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electrolux
Freezing fresh food
The 4-star compartment is
suitable for long term storage of
commercially frozen food, and for
freezing fresh food.
To freeze fresh foods it is not
necessary to change the setting of the
thermostat knob with respect to the
normal running position.
However, for a quicker freezing
operation, turn the thermostat knob to
the coldest setting; but remember that,
in this condition, the refrigerating
compartment temperature might drop
below 0°C.
If this occurs reset thermostat knob to
a warmer setting.
Storage of frozen food
When first starting-up or after a period
out of use, before putting the products
in the compartment let the appliance
run for at least two hours on the
coldest setting, then turn the
thermostat knob to the normal
operating position.
Important
In tthe eevent oof aaccidental ddefrosting,
for eexample ddue tto aa ppower ffailure, iif
the ppower hhas bbeen ooff ffor llonger tthat
the vvalue sshown iin tthe ttechnical
characteristics cchart uunder ““rising
time”, tthe ddefrosted ffood mmust bbe
consumed qquickly oor ccooked
immediately aand tthen rrefrozen ((after
cooling).
Thawing
Deep-frozen or frozen food, prior to
being used, can be thawed in the
refrigerator compartment or at room
temperature, depending on the time
available for this operation.
Small pieces may even be cooked still
frozen, directly from the freezer: in this
case, cooking will take longer.
HINTS
Hints for refrigeration
Useful hints:
Meat ((all ttypes):
wrap in polythene
bags and place on the glass shelf
above the vegetable drawer.
For ssafety, sstore iin tthis wway oonly oone oor
two ddays aat tthe mmost.
Cooked ffoods, ccold ddishes, eetc..:
these should be covered and may be
placed on any shelf.
Fruit aand vvegetables:
these should be
thoroughly cleaned and placed in the
special drawer(s) provided.
Butter aand ccheese:
these should be
placed in special airtight containers or
wrapped in aluminium foil or polythene
bags to exclude as much air as
possible.
Milk bbottles:
these should have a cap
and should be stored in the bottle rack
on the door.
Bananas, ppotatoes, oonions aand ggarlic,
if nnot ppacked, mmust nnot bbe kkept iin tthe
refrigerator.
