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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
Leafy Vegetables
Remove store wrapping ana
trim or tear off bruised and dlscolored areas Wash in
cold water and drain. Place In plastic bag or plastic
container and store In crisper Cold, moist air helps
keep leafy vegetables fresh and crisp
Vegetables with Skins
[carrots, peppers] Store
In crisper, plastic bags or plastic container
Frults
.Wash, let dry and store In refrigerator in
plastic bags 01 crisper Do not wash or hull berries
until they are ready to use. Sort and keep berries II-
their store container In a crisper, or store In a loosely
closed paper bag on a refrigerator shelf
Cured or Smoked Meat and Cold
Cuts. Ham,
bacon, sausage, cold cuts, etc keep best in origl-
nal wrapplngs Once opened, tightly re-wrap In
plastic wrap or aluminum foil
Canned Ham.
State in refrigerator unless the la-
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 AND CURED MEAT*
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Variety Meats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
i to 2
Chicken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 to2
Ground Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 to 2
Steaks and Roasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 to 5
Cured Meats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7 to 10
Bacon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Cold Cuts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 to 5
*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 carton
or use the egg containers in the Utility Compartment in
the door of your refrigerator.
Meat-
Meat
IS
perishable and expensive
Milk
Wipe milk cartons For best storage, place
you
won’t want to waste an ounce of It through careless
milk on Interior shelf or bottom door shelf
handling The followlng list and chart gave you pack-
Beverages
Wipe bottles and cans Store on a
aging hints and time Ilmits. State meat In the mea?
door shelf or inside tqe refrigerator
Butter
pan
Keep openea butter In covered dish or In
Fresh, Prepackaged Meat.
Store fresh meat In
the Utilitv Compartment When storing an extra sup-
the store wrapping Vacuum packaged meat can
ply, wrap In freezer pockagIng and freeze
be frozen for as long as one month If the seal IS no
Cheese
Store
in
the orIginal wrapplng until
broken If you want to keep it frozen longer, you
you are ready to use it Once opened, re-wrap
should wrap It with special freezer wrapping Toterlal
tightly in plastic wrap or aluminum foil
Condlments
Fresh Meat, Not Prepackaged.
Remove the
Store small jars and bottles (cat-
market wrapping paper and
re-Wrap In OiUmlnUT’ fOll
sup, mustard, jelly, olives) on the door shelves where
for storing it unfrozen
the” are In easy reach
Cooked Meat.
Wrap or cover cooked meat with
Leftovers
Cover leftcvers with plastic wrap or
plastic wrap or aluminum foil Store immediately
du-iinum foil to keep food from drying out and
transferring
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odors Plast c containers with tight
Itus are fine tot