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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.
FOOO STORAGE CHART
Storage times* will vary according to the
quality of the food, the type of packaging or
wiop used (moisture and vapor-proof), and
ihe storage temperature which should be
0” F ( -17~3°C).
Food
FRUITS
Storage tlme
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Fruit juice concentrate . 12 months
Commercially frozen fruit . 12 months
Citrus fruit and juices. . . . 4 to 6 months
Others . . . . . . . . 8 to12 months
VEGETABLES
Commercially frozen . 8 months
Home frozen . . . . . . . . . . 8 to 12 months
MEAT
Bacon .
4 weeks or less
Cornedbeef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2weeks
Cured ham 1 to 2 months
(Saltlng 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 to 12 months
Lamb, veal, pork . . . . . . 3 to 4 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 king crab . . . . . . . 10 months
Shrlmp. 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
Margarine 2 to 9 mcnths
Cheese:
Camembert, brick,
Mozzarella, farmer’s 3 months
Creamed cottage DO NOT FREEZE
Cheddar, Edam, Gouda.
Swiss, etc. 6 to 8 weeks
Freezing can change texture of
cheese.
Ice cream, ice milk
sherbet _. _. _. _. _. 4 weeks
EGGS
Whole (mixed) 9 to 12 months
Whites 9 to 12 months
Yolks 9 to 12 months
[Add sugar or salt to yolks or whole mlxed
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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
Fruit cakes . 12 months
Cookie dough . 3 months
Baked cookies 8 to12 months
Baked pies..
1 to 2 months
Pie dough only . . . . 4 to 6 months
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If the electricity goes off.. .
ask the power company hqw long It WI;I be off
1 If less thar\ 24 hours,
keep the doors closed.
Most foods ~111 slay frozen
2 If more than 24 hours
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Store all froze7 food lr a locker
Or
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Put about 20 pounds of dry Ice on top of the
food Use pieces as big as possible Wear
gloves for protection
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Use or con perishables at once If neither locker
ror dry Ice IS avallable
3 A full freezer WIII stay cold longer than o par
tlally filled one Meat stays cold longer than
baked goods If focd still has Ice crystals In it. it
can be refrozen although the quality and flavor
may be affected Use refrozen food first If you
hove any doubts about the food.
dispose
of it
4 When the power comes back on, the TOO
WARM Symbol WIII glow prcvided the refrlger-
otor temperature IS too high The CHECK COIL
Symbol may also glow See pages 6 and 7 for
information on these