7
GB
Guide to Using the Freezer
Meat and Fish
Food Wrapping
Tenderising
(days)
Storage
(months)
Thawing Time
Beef Roast Tinfoil 2 / 3 9 / 10 Not required.
Lamb Tinfoil 1 / 2 6 Not required.
Pork Roast Tinfoil 1 6 Not required.
Veal Roast Tinfoil 1 8 Not required.
Veal/Pork Chops
Each piece wrapped in cling wrap and then
in tinfoil (4 to 6 slices)
6 Not required.
Veal/Lamb Cutlets
Each piece wrapped in cling wrap and then
in tinfoil (4 to 6 slices)
6 Not required.
Minced Meat
In aluminium containers covered with cling
wrap.
Freshly
minced
2 Slowly in refrigerator.
Heart and Liver Plastic Baggies 3 Not required.
Sausages Cling Wrap or Tinfoil 2 As necessary.
Chicken and Turkey Tinfoil 1 / 3 9 Very slowly in refrigerator.
Duck and Goose Tinfoil 1 / 4 6 Very slowly in refrigerator.
Pheasant, Partrige and
Wild Duck
Tinfoil 1 / 3 9 Very slowly in refrigerator.
Hare and Rabbit Tinfoil 3 / 4 6 Very slowly in refrigerator.
Venison Tinfoil or Cling Wrap 5 / 6 9 Very slowly in refrigerator.
Large Fish Tinfoil or Cling Wrap 4 / 6 Very slowly in refrigerator.
Small Fish Plastic Baggies 2 / 3 Not required.
Crustaceans Plastic Baggies 3 / 6 Not required.
Shellfish
Store in salted water in aluminium
containers or plastic containers.
3 Very slowly in refrigerator.
Boiled Fish Tinfoil or Cling Wrap 12 In hot water.
Fried Fish Plastic Baggies 4 / 6 Directly in pan.