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Food storage guide
STORING FRESH FOOD
There IS a right way to package and store refrig-
erated or frozen foods. To keep foods fresher, longer,
take the time to study these recommended steps.
Leaty Vegetables..
Remove the store wrapprng
and tram or tear off bruised and discolored areas
Wash In
cool
water and dram. Cold, moist atr helps
keep leafy vegetables fresh and crisp
Vegetables with Skins
(carrots. peppers] Store
in crisper, plastic bags or plastic contarner
Fruits
. ..Wash. let dry and store in refrigerator in
plastic bags or crisper Do not wash or hull berries
until they are ready to use. Sort and keep berries in
thetr store container in CI crisper, or store in a loosely
closed paper bag on a refrigerator shelf.
Meat* Meat is perishable and expensive ..you
won’t want to waste an ounce of it through careless
handling. The following list and chart give you pack-
aging hints and time limits. Store meat In the meat
pan.
Fresh, Prepackaged Meat.
Store fresh meat in
the store wrapping. Vacuum packaged meat can
be frozen for as long as one month if the seal
IS
not
broken. If you want to keep rt frozen longer, you
should wrap It wrth special freezer wrapprng materrol.
Fresh Meat, Not Prepackaged.
Remove the
market wrapping paper and re-wrap in aluminum foil
for storing it unfrozen.
Cooked Meat.
Wrap or cover cooked meat with
plastic wrap or aluminum foil. Store immediately
Cured or Smoked Meat and Cold Cuts.
Ham.
bacon, sausage, cold cuts, etc., keep best In origi-
nal wrappings. Once opened, trghtly re-wrap in
plastic wrap or aluminum foil
Canned Ham.
State in refrigerator unless the ICI-
bel says it’s okay to store on the shelf. Do not freeze.
Fresh
Poultry...Wrap in plastic wrap. The plastic
wrap on poultry, as purchased, may be used for
storage
STORAGE CHART FOR FRESH ARD CURED MEAT*
TYPO
Approxlmato Tlmo
(-WI
Variety Meats
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1to2
Chicken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 to2
GroundBeet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 to2
SteaksandRoasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 to5
Cured Meats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bacon
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
g :z :O
ColdCuts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 to5
*If meat is to be stored longer than the times given.
follow the directions for freezing.
NOTE:
Fresh fish and shellfish should be used the
same day as purchased.
Eggs
.Store without washing in the original car-
ton or use the Utility Bin that came with your
refrigerator.
MIlk...Wrpe milk cartons For best storage,
pIaCe
milk on interior shelf.
Beverages.
Wipe bottles and cans Store on a
door shelf or Inside the refrigerator
Butter...Keep
opened butter In covered dish or in
the Butter Compartment. When storing an extra sup-
ply, wrap in freezer packaging and freeze.
Cheese
Store in the original wrapprng until
you are ready to use it. Once opened. re-wrap
ttghtly In plastic wrap or aluminum foil.
Condlments
Store small jars and bottles (cat-
sup, mustard, jelly, olrves) on the door shelves where
they are in easy reach.
Leftoverr...Cover
leftovers with plastic wrap or
aluminum foil to keep focd from dryrng out and
transferrtng food odors. Plastic contarners with tight
lrds are fine, too.