Home freezers : their selection and use / [prepared by Earl C. McCracken]

This publication raises some of the questions families will need to consider in their planning in order to select the frozen-food facilities that will suit them best. It takes up points on design and construction that may enter into the choice of a home freezer, and gives suggestions for using a fre...

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Main Author: McCracken, Earl C.
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1949.
Series:Miscellaneous publication (United States. Department of Agriculture) ; no. 687.
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Table of Contents:
  • Planning for the freezer. How will the freezer be used?
  • What are the costs of owning and operating a home freezer?
  • Is home freezer ownership a paying proposition?
  • How large a freezer does a family need?
  • Where will the freezer be placed?
  • Selecting the freezer. Cabinet design
  • Points on construction
  • Refrigerating mechanism
  • Using the home freezer. Packaging food for freezing
  • Loading the freezer
  • Storing frozen food
  • Regulating freezer temperature
  • Defrosting
  • What to do in case of nonoperation.