Smeg FD32ES - Dos and Don

EN Instruction for use
Do’s and don’ts
Do
- Clean and defrost your appliance
regularly (See "Defrosting")
Do
- Keep raw meat and poultry below
cooked food and dairy products.
Do
- Take off any unusable leaves on
vegetables and wipe off any soil.
Do
-
Leave lettuce, cabbage, parsley and
cauliflower on the stem.
Do
-
Wrap cheese firstly in greaseproof paper
and then in a polythene bag, excluding
as much air as possible. F
or best results,
take out of the fridge compartment an
hour before eating.
Do
-
Wrap raw meat and poultry loosely in
polythene or aluminium foil. This
prevents drying.
Do
-
Wrap fish and offal in polythene bags.
Do
-
Wrap food with a strong odour or which
may dry out, in polythene bags, or
aluminium foil or place in airtight
container.
Do
- Wrap bread well to keep it fresh.
Do
-
Chill white wines, beer, lager and mineral
water before serving.
Do
-
Check contents of the freezer every so
often.
Do
- Keep food
for as short a time as possible
and adhere to "Best Before" and "Use
by" etc. dates.
Do
- Store commercially frozen food in
accordance with the instructions given on
the packets.
Do
-
Always choose high quality fresh food
and be sure it is thoroughly clean
before
you freeze it.
Do
-
Prepare fresh food for freezing in small
portions to ensure rapid freezing.
Do
-
Wrap all food in aluminium foil or freezer
quality polythene bags and make sure
any air is excluded.
Do
- Wrap frozen food immediately after
purcha
sing and put it in to the freezer as
soon as possible.
Do
-
Defrost food in the fridge compartment.
Don’t- Store bananas in your fridge
compartment.
Don’t
-
Store melon in your fridge. It can be
chilled for short periods as long as it
is wrapped to prevent it flavouring
other food.
Don’t
-
Cover the shelves with any protective
materials which may obstruct air
circulation.
Don’t
- Store poisono
us or any dangerous
substances in your appliance. It has
been designed for the storage of
edible foodstuffs only.
Don’t
- Consume food which has been
refrigerated for an excessive length of
time.
Don’t
-
Store cooked and fresh food together
in the same conta
iner. They should
be packaged and stored separately.
Don’t
-
Let defrosting food or food juices drip
onto food.
Don’t
-
Leave the door open for long periods,
as this will make the appliance more
costly to run and cause excessive ice
formation.
Don’t
- Use sha
rp edged objects such as
knives or forks to remove the ice.
Don’t
-
Put hot food into the appliance. Let it
cool down first.
Don’t
- Put liquid-
filled bottles or sealed cans
containing carbonated liquids into the
freezer, as they may burst.
Don’t
- Exceed the
maximum freezing loads
when freezing fresh food.
Don’t
- Give children ice-
cream and water
ices direct from the freezer. The low
temperature may cause 'freezer
burns' on lips.
Don’t
- Freeze fizzy drinks.
Don’t
-
Try to keep frozen food which has
thawed; it
should be eaten within 24
hours or cooked and refrozen.
Don’t
-
Remove items from the freezer with
wet hands.
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