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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 focd, 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
Cornedbeef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2weeks
Cured ham . . . . . . 1 to 2 months
(Salting meat shortens freezer life)
Frankfurters . . . . . . . . . . . . . f 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 to4 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 . . . . . . . . 6 months
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 months
Cheese:
Camembert, brick,
Mozzarella, farmer’s . . . 3 months
Creamed cottage . . DO NOT FREEZE
Cheddar, Edam, Gouda,
Swiss, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . 6 to8 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 to12 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
Quick breads . . . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months
Cakes, unfrosted . . . . . . . . 2 to4 months
Cakes, frosted . . . . . . 8 to 12 months
Fruit cakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 months
Cookie dough . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 months
Baked cookies . . . . . . . 8 to 12 months
Baked pies. . . . . . . . . . 1 to 2 months
Pie dough only . . . . . . . . . 4 to6 months
‘Based on US DA and Michigan Ccoperohve Extensfcm- Service
suggested storage times
Call the power company Ask how long power
WIII be off
1.
If service IS to be interrupted 24 hours or less,
keep both doors c/oseo’ This WIII help frozen
foods to stav frozen
2. If servrce IS to be Interrupted longer than 24
POUK
(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 con perrshable food
at once
3. A full freezer will stay cold longer than a partly
frlled one A freezer full of meat WIII stay cold
longer than o freezer full of baked goods If
food contans Ice crystals,
I?
may be safely
refrozer, although the qualrty and flavor may
be affected Use refrozen focds quickly If the
condrtron of +he food
IS
poor or you have any
suspscions, it is w,se to dispose of it
If electricity goes off