Defrosting Food
Depending on the particular kind of food and
the use you intend to make of it, you may
choose among the defrosting methods given
here:
at room temperature,
in the refrigerator,
in an electric oven,
with or without fan heater,
in a microwave oven.
Use-up food that has thawed out or partially
begun to defrost as soon as possible.
Do not refreeze. If the food is cooked first, it
may be refrozen as a prepared dish.
Refrigerator compartment
The refrigerator compartment will defrost
automatically. The melting water is caught in
the collecting channel (defrosting-water
conductor) (Fig.
k
/5) it’s then led to the
compressor where it evaporates. Please
keep the water conductor and defrosting
outlet (Fig.
k
/6) absolutely clean so that the
water can drain away freely.
Freezer compartment
For safety reasons, the freezer
compartment (Figure
a
/B) does not
defrost automatically since teh products
stored in this area should not accidentally
defrost.
Intensive frost and ice builds-ups adversely
influence the transmission of cold to the
frozen products and cause the rate of
energy consumption to augment.
When a coat of ice of approximately 1/2 cm
thickness has built up inside the freezer, it
should be alowed to defrost. The most
convenient time to defrost is, of course,
when the freezer is totally or nearly empty.
If there are still frozen products in the
freezer you should switch on the super-
freeze, Figure
s
/22, approximately 4 hours
prior to defrosting so as to extra deep-
freeze. You may then remove the bins with
contents from the appliance.
Wrap-up bins in several layers of newsprint
paper or in a blanket and store in a cool
place. Leave the door of the freezer open
and unplug.
Figure
l
/17, empty lowest frizen food bin
and place underneath runoff to collect thaw
water.
Try to defrost as quickly as possible. (The
longer the food is kept at ambient
temperature the shorter its shelf-life will be).
Clean interior of appliance thoroughly after
defrosting.
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Freezing food/Food storage
and Making ice
Defrosting
