Fully Utilising The Freezer Compartment Volume; Tips For Buying Frozen Food; Tips For Storing Food In The Freezer Compartment; Freezing Smaller Amounts Of Food Quickly - Siemens GI81N Série Manuel D'utilisation

If the top compartment does not
3.
have enough space, store the re-
maining quantity in the compart-
ment underneath.
Fully utilising the freezer
compartment volume
Learn how to store the maximum
amount of frozen food in the freezer
compartment.
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Store food directly on the shelves
2.
and on the floor of the freezer
compartment.

Tips for buying frozen food

Follow the tips when you are buying
frozen food.
¡ Check the packaging is not dam-
aged.
¡ Check the best-before date.
¡ The temperature in the supermar-
ket freezer must be –18 °C or
lower.
¡ Do not interrupt the deep-freeze
chain. If possible, transport frozen
food in a cool bag and quickly
place it in the freezer compart-
ment.
Tips for storing food in the
freezer compartment
Follow the tips if you are storing food
in the freezer compartment.
¡ To quickly and gently freeze larger
quantities of fresh food, place this
in the top frozen food container.
¡ Place the food over the whole area
of the compartments or the frozen
food containers.
¡ Do not bring food which is to be
frozen into contact with frozen
food.
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¡ To ensure that the air can circulate
freely in the appliance, push the
frozen food containers in as far as
they will go.
Freezing smaller amounts of
food quickly
Observe the instructions when you
want to freeze a smaller amount of
food quickly.
Add the food to the second frozen
1.
food container from the bottom,
starting from the right.
Spread the food over a wide area
2.
in the freezer compartment.

Tips for freezing fresh food

Follow the tips when you freeze fresh
food.
¡ Freeze fresh and undamaged food
only.
¡ Freeze food in portions.
¡ Cooked food is more suitable than
food that can be eaten raw.
¡ Vegetables: Wash, chop up and
blanch before freezing.
¡ Fruit: Wash, pit and perhaps peel,
possibly add sugar or ascorbic
acid solution.
¡ Food that is suitable for freezing in-
cludes baked items, fish and sea-
food, meat, game, poultry, eggs
without shells, cheese, butter and
quark, ready meals and leftovers.
¡ Food that is unsuitable for freezing
includes lettuce, radishes, eggs in
shells, grapes, raw apples and
pears, yoghurt, sour cream, crème
fraîche and mayonnaise.
Packing frozen food
If you select suitable packaging ma-
terial and the correct type of pack-
aging, you can determine the product
quality and prevent freezer burn.
Place the food in the packaging.
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