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MPORTANT: Do not expect your freezer to quick-
‘8828 any large quantity of food. Put no more
nfrozen food into the freezer than will freeze
rlfhln 24 hours. (No more than 2 to 3 pounds of
Dad per cubic foot of freezer space.) leave
Inough space for alr to circulate around pack-
Iges. Be careful to leave enough room at the
ant so the door can close tightly.
FOOD STORAGE CHART
Storage times* will vary according to the qual-
ity of the food, the type of packaging or wrap
used [moisture and vapor-proof], and the stor-
age temperature which should be 0°F ( -17.8%).
Food Storage Time
FRUITS
Fruit juice concentrate ........ 12
months
Commerciaiiy frozen fruit ...... 12 months
Citrus fruit and Juices ....... 4 to 6 months
Ofhers
....................
B to 12 months
VEGETABLES
Commerciaiiy frozen
...........
B months
Home frozen .............. B to 12 months
MEAT
Bacon
....................
4 weeks or less
Corned beef
..............
4 weeks or less
(Salting meat shortens freezer
life)
Fmnkfurters .....................
1 month
Ground beef, iamb, 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 .................... Btol2months
lamb, veal, pork ......... 3 to 4 months
FISH
Cod, flounder, haddock
sole
..........................
6 months
Blue fish, salmon
...........
2 to 3 months
Mackerel, perch ............ 2 to 3 months
Breaded flsh (purchased) ......
3 month6
Clams, oysters, cooked
flsh, crab, scallops ....... 3 to 4 months
Alaskan klng cmb ............
10 months
Shrimp, uncooked ............. 12 months
POULTRY
Whole chicken or turkey ....... 12 months
Duck
...........................
6 months
Glbiets ..................... 2to3months
Cooked poultry w/gmvy
.......
6 months
Slices (no gravy) ................
1
month
MAIN DISHES
stews; meat, poultry
and fish casserole ........ 2 to 3 months
TVdinners.. ................ 3to6months
Food
Stomge
lime
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Butter
...................... 6 to 9 months
Margarine ..................... 12 months
Cheese:
Camembert, Mozzarella,
farmer% .......... , ......... 3 months
Creamed cottage
...... DO NOT FREEZE
Cheddar, Edam, Gouda,
Swiss, brick, etc. .. . ..... 6 to
B
weeks
Freezing can change texture of
cheese.
ice cream, ice milk, sherbet ..... 2 months
EGGS
Whole (mixed) ................. 12 month6
Whites ......................... 12 month6
Yolks.. ......................... 12monfhs
[Add sugar or salt to yolks or whole mixed eggs)
BAKED GOODS
Yeasl breads and roils .......... 3 months
Baked Brown ‘N Serve roils ...... 3 months
Unbaked breads ................
1 month
Quick breads .............. 2 to 3 months
Cakes, unfrosted ........... 2 to 4 months
Cakes,frosted ............ Btol2months
Fruit cakes .................... 12 months
Cookie dough .................. 3 months
Baked cookies ............ 8 to 12 months
Baked pies ................. 1 to 2 months
Pie dough only ............. 4 to 6 months
‘Based on U.S.D.A. and Michigan Cooperative
Extension Service suggested storage times.
If electricity goes off
Call the power company. Ask how Lng powc
will be off
1. If service is to be interrupted 24 hours or les:
keep both doors closed. This will help froze
foods to stay frozen.
2. If service is to be interrupted longer than 2
hours:
(a] Remove all frozen food and store in r
frozen food locker. Or...
(b) Place 2 Ibs (0.9 kg] of dry ice in freezer fc
every cu. ft of freezer space. This will keel
frozen foods for 2 to 4 days. Wear gloves tl
protect your hands from dry ice burns.
(c] If neither food locker storage nor dry ice I
available, use or can perishable food c
once.
3. A full freezerwill stay cold longerthana part1
filled one. A freezer full of meat will stay colt
longer than a freezer full of baked goods.
food contains ice crystals, it may be safe1
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
suspicions, it is wise to dispose of it.