Temperature Monitor - GE CA10 Use And Care Manual

TemperatureMonitor
{on models so equipped)
R
$. Freezefoods quickly.
Continually rotatefrozen foods to
the frontof the freezerso the longest-
frozen
f
are used first.
Cooling coils welded to shelves
hastenfreezing
w
food is placed
in direct contact with shelves.
10.Stomtinntidsimmdiately.
Commercially frozen food can be
storedanypiace inthe freezer.These
foods should not be ailowedto thaw
before being piaced in the freezer.
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Freezing
The temperature alarm is located
on the front of the freezer.The
alarm wiii sound if the freezer
temperature rises above 20° F.
The aiarm operates on househoid
electricity. if the power faiis, the
aiarm wiii not perform.
An ON/OFF switch aiiows the
temperatureaiarm to be deactivated
when not wanted. The freezer is
shipped with the temperatureaiarm
in the OFF position. After the
freezer has run iong enough to
iower the temperature, you may
activate the aiarm.
Caution: Adding more than 3
pounds of warm food per cubic foot
of freezer capacity can trigger the
aiarm system.
1. FreezeIhe best. Freezeoniy
top-quaiity foods. Freezing retains
quaiity and fiavor; it cannot improve
quaiity.
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Materials
You'ii find these materiais heipfui
in preparing foods for the freezer:
2. Keep work
area cieam
3. Work quickly. The quicker fruits
and vegetables are frozen after
picking, the better the frozen
product wiii be. You'ii save time,
too, with iess cuiiing and sorting.
e Large kettie with ciose-fitting iid
for bianching vegetables and fruits
e Fine sieve or smaii coiander to
put vegetables in for bianching
e Assortment of knives for cutting
up meat, fruits and vegetables
4. Choose correct packaging
materiais. Frozen foods wiii dry
out if not properiy wrapped or
packaged. Both rigid containers
and fiexibie bags or wrappers
can be used. Make sure they are
especially designed for freezing.
~ Floiisof absorbent paper toweis or
soft cioth toweis for draining foods
e Proper freezer packaging
materiais for various types of food
(see page 10)
e Smaii ioading furmei for fruit and
vegetabie containers, to keep
seaiing edge ciean
To activate the alarm, push a key
or eraser end of a pencii into the
hoie marked ON and move the
rocker switch to the ON position.
5. Foiiow reliable instructions for
freezing different types of food.
6. Freeze foods in practical rneai-
sized packages
~ Giass marking pencii for iabeiing
packages
Todeactivate the aiarm, move the
switch to the OFF position.
7. Fiii container
p
When
piacing iiquid or semi-iiquid foods
in containers, ieave about 1/2" at
top (1-1/2"for giass containers) to
aiiow for expansion during freezing.
e Roii of freezer tape
Key-ejecting lock
(enmodei$soequipped)
The key for the spring-ioaded iock
is automatically ejected—key wili
not remain in iock in either the
open or ciosed position. Keep the
k
out of reach ofchikiren and
awayfrom the freezw
8. Freeze
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There is an established maximum
of food your freezer is designed to
freeze atone time—approximateiy
3 pounds per cubic foot of freezer
capacity. In normal position, your
freezer's controi diai wiii maintain
sufficiently iow temperatures in the
freezer to freeze recommended
quantities of food.
To quick-freeze smali amounts of
food, piace it in direct contact with
a
refrigerated sheif.
To
q l a o
food, turn controi to No. 7. Return it
to No. 4 after freezing is compieted.
Lets you store frozen
f p a
iike books for easy seiection.
Never freeze more than three
p o f p c f o
f c a o
if you have a large quantity of food
to freeze, stare patl of it in your
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untii the first quantity is frozen.
Specially sized for storage of
frozen juice cans. Some modeis
have two juice-can sheives.
Turns on when the door is opened;
turns off when the door is ciosed.
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