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IMPORTANT: Do not expect your
freezer to quick-freeze any large
quantity 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 front 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 ( -17.8aC).
Food
FRUITS
Storage time
Fruit juice concentrate . . . . . 12 months
Commercially frozen fruit . . 12 months
Cltrus frult and juices . . . . 4 to 6 months
Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 to 12 months
VEGETABLES
Commercially frozen . . . . . . . B 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6to12months
lamb and veal . . . . . . . 6 to 9 months
Pork.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 to8 months
Sausage, fresh . . . . . . . . . .
1 to 2 months
Steaks and chops:
Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 to12 months
lamb, veal, pork . . . . . . 3 to4 months
FISH
Cod, flounder, haddock
Sole....................... 6months
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 klng crab . . . . . . . . . 10 months
Shrimp, uncooked . . . . . . . . 12 months
POULTRY
Whole chicken or turkey . . . . 12 months
Duck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 months
Glblets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months
Cooked poultry w/gravy . . . 6 months
Slices (no gravy) . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 month
Fcod
MAIN DISHES
Storage tlme
Stews; meat, poultry
and flsh casserole . . . . 2 to 3 months
TVdlnners *. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 to6 months
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Butter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 to 9 months
Margarine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 mllk
sherbet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 weeks
EGGS
Whole (mlxed) . . . , . . . . . 9 to 12 months
Whltes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 to 12 months
Yolks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 to 12 months
(Add sugar or salt to yolks or whole mixed
eggs1
BAKED GOODS
Yeast breads and rolls . . . . . . 3 months
Baked Brown ‘N Serve
rolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . 3 months
Unbaked breads . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 month
Gulck breads . . . . . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months
Cakes, unfrosted . . . . . . . . 2 to 4 rwenffw
Cakes, frosted . . . . . . . . . 8 to 12 months
,Frult cakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 months
Cookie dough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 months
Baked
cookies . . . . . . . . . 8
to12 rnonfhr
Bakedpfes .,............ lto2rnonfhs
Pie dough only.. . . . . . . . . 4 to6 months
‘Bead on U.S.D.A. and Michigan Cooperative E!&nsicm Service
sug~esled storage times.
If electricity goes off
Call the power company. Ask how long powe
will be off
1.
If servtce
IS
to be Interrupted 24 hours or less
keep both doors closed This WIII help frozer
foods to stay frozen.
2. If servrce
IS
to be interrupted longer than 2~
hours
[a) Remove all frozen food and store In c
frozen food locker Or
(b) Place 2 Ibs (0 9 kg] of dry ice In freezer fo
every cu. ft of freezer space This WIII keer
frozen foods for 2 to 4 days. Wear gloves tc
protect your hands from dry ice burns
(c] If neither food locker storage nor dry
ICE
IS available, use or can perishable foot
at once
3. A full freezer witI stay cold longer than a part11
filled one A freezer full of meat will stay colt
longer than a freezer full of baked goods. I
food contains ice crystals, It may be safe11
refrozen, although the quality and flavor ma\
be affected Use refrozen foods quickly If the
condition of the food IS poor or you have an\
susptcions, it IS wise to dispose of It