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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.
FOOOSTORAGECHART
Storage times* will vary according to the
quality of the food, the type of packaging or
wrap used (moisture and vapoc-proof). and
the storage temperature which should be
0” F ( -17.&C].
Storage tlmo
FRUtTS
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 Ilfe)
frankturters . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . 1 month
Ground beef, lamb, veal 2 to 3 months
Roarts:
Beet . . . . . . . :. . . . . . . . . 6 to12 months
Lamb and veal . . . . . . 6 to 9 monYhs
Pork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 to8months
SausogeJresh . . . . . . . 1 to 2 months
Steaks and chops:
Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 to 12 months
Lamb. veal, pork . . . . . . 3 to 4 months
FISH n
Cod, ilounder, haddock
Sole.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 months
Blue fish, salmon . . . . 2 to 3 months
Mackerel. perch . . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months
Bread&U
tlsh (purchased) . . . 3 months
Ckma.
oysters, cooked
flsti, crab, scallops . . . . 3 to4 months
Alaskan king crab
. . . . . . . . . 10 months
Stiiimp,uncooked . . . . . . . . . 12 months
POULTRY
Whele Chlcken or turkey . . . 12 months
Duck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-months
Giblets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months
Cooked poultry w/gravy , , , 6 months
Slices (no gravy) . . . . . . . . . . 1 month
Food
MAIN DISHES
Storagotlme
Stews; meat, poultry
and fish casserote . . . . 2 to 3 months
TV dinners.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.to 6 months
DAIRY PRCDUCTS
Butter . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .‘I 6 to 9 months
Margarine , . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 to 9 months
Cheese:
Camembert, brick, ‘.’
Mozzarella, farmer’s . :. . 3 months
Creamed cottage . . DC NOT FREEZE.
Cheddar, Edarn,~Goucta,
Swiss, etc.. . . . . , . . . . . . 6 to8 weeks
Freezlng can changetexture of
cheese.
Ice cream, ice milk
sherbet..................... 4weeks
EGGS
Whole (mixed) . . . . . . . . . 9 to 12 months.
Whltes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 to 12 months
Yolks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 to12 months
[Add
sugar or salt to yolks or whole mixed
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BAKEDGGUDS
Yeast breads and rolls . . , . . . 3 months
Baked Brown ‘N Serve
rolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 months
Unbaked breads.. . . . . . . . . . . 1 month
Quick breads . . . . . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months
Cakes, ungosted .“. . . . . . . 2 to4 months
Cakes, frosted . . . . . . . .‘: 8 to 12 months
Fruit cakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 months
Cookie dough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 months
Bakedc@okles . . . . . . . . . 8 kl2months
Bakedtier . . . . . ;...‘...... 1toPmonths
Pledoughonty . . . . . . . . . . 4to6months
‘Based an U.S.D A and
MChQan
Coo~etahve Erlens~cn Service
suggested
staroge Imes
If electricity goes off
Call the power company Ask how long power
WI/I be off
1.
If service IS to be Interrupted 24 hours or less.
keep both doors ciosed This WIII help frozen
focds 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 about 20 pounds of dry ice on top
of the food, using pieces as large as pos-
sible Protect your hands wrth gloves
[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 longer than a partly
fIlled one A freezer full of meat will stay cold
longer than a freezer full of baked goods If
food contarns 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