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IMPORTANT: Do not expect your
freezer to quick-freeze any large
quantlty of food. Put no more un-
frozen food into the freezer than will
freeze within 24 hours. (No more than
2 to 3 pounds of fresh meat or 3 to 4
pounds of vegetables per cubic foot
of freezer space.) leave enough
space for air to circulate around
packages. Be careful to leave
enough room at the tront so the door
can close tightly.
FOOD STORAGE CHART
Storage times’ will vary according to the
quality of the food, the type of packaging or
wrap used (moisture and vapor-proof), and
the storage temperature which should be
0” F (-17.8”C).
Food
FRUITS
Storage time
Fruit Juice concentrate . . . 12 months
Commercially frozen fruit . . 12 months
Citrus fruit and juices.. . . 4 to 6 months
Others . . . . . . . 8 to 12 months
VEGETABLES
Commercially frozen . . . . . 8 months
Home frozen . . . 8 to 12 months
MEAT
Bacon . . . .
4 weeks or less
Corned beef . . . . . . 2 weeks
Cured ham . . . 1 to 2 months
(Salting meat shortens freezer life)
Frankfurters _. . 1 month
Ground beef, lamb, veal 2 to 3 months
Roasts:
Beef . . . 6 to 12 months
Lamb and veal . 6 to 9 months
Pork , . 4 to 8 months
Sausage, fresh . . . . . . 1 to 2 months
Steaks and chops:
Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 to12 months
Lamb, veal, pork . . . . . . 3 to 4 months
FISH
Cod, flounder, haddock
Sole . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 months
Blue fish. salmon . . . . . . 2 to 3 months
Mackerel. perch . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months
Breaded fish (purchased) . . . 3 months
Clams. oysters, cooked
fish. crab, scallops . . . . 3 to4 months
Alaskan king crab . . . . . . . . 10 months
Shrimp, uncooked . . . . . . . 12 months
POULTRY
Whole chicken or turkey.. . . 12 months
Duck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6months
Giblets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months
Cooked poultry w/gravy . . . 6 months
Slices (no gravy) . . . .
1 month
Food
MAIN DISHES
Storage time
Stews; meat, poultry
and fish casserole . . . . 2 to 3 months
TV dinners.. . . . . . . . . . 3 to 6 months
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Butter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 to 9 months
Margarlne . . . . . . . . 2 to 9 months
Cheese:
Camembert, brick,
Mozzarella, farmer’s 3 months
Creamed cottage .
DO NOT FREEZE
Cheddar, Edam, Gouda,
Swiss,etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 to8 weeks
Freezlng can change texture of
cheese.
Ice cream, Ice milk
sherbet . . . . . . . . . 4 weeks
EGGS
Whole (mlxed) . . . . . . 9 to 12 months
Whites . . . . . . . . . . . 9 to 12 months
Yolks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9to12months
(Add sugar or salt to yolks or whole mixed
eggs)
BAKED GOODS
Yeast breads and rolls . . . . . 3 months
Baked Brown ‘N Serve
rolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 months
Unbaked breads.. . . . . . .
1 month
Quick breads . . . . . 2 to 3 months
Cakes, unfrosted . . . . 2 to 4 months
Cakes, frosted . . . . 8 to 12 months
Frult cakes . . . . . . . . . . 12 months
Cookie dough . . . . . . . 3 months
Baked cookies . . . . 8 to 12 months
Baked pies.. . . . .
1 to 2 months
Ple dough only . . 4 to 6 months
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If eiectriclty goes off
Call the power company. Ask how long power
will be off
1. If service
IS
to be interrupted 24 hours or less,
keep both
doors closed This will help frozen
foods to stay frozen.
2. If service
IS
to be Interrupted longer than 24
hours:
(a] Remove all frozen food and store in a
frozen food locker. Or.
(b) Place 2 Ibs (0.9 kg) of dry ice in freezer for
every cu ft of freezer space. This will keep
frozen foods for 2 to 4 days. Wear gloves to
protect your hands from dry ice burns.
(c) If neither food locker storage nor dry ice
IS
available, use or can perishable food
at once.
3. A full freezer
will
stay cold longerthan a partly
fllled one. A freezer full of meat will stay cold
longer than a freezer full of baked goods. If
food contains ice crystals, It may be safely
refrozen, although the quality and flavor may
be affected. Use refrozen foods quickly. If the
condition of the food IS poor or you have any
suspicions. It is wise to dispose of It