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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
breeze 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.
FOOD STORAGE CHART
Storage times* will vary according to the
quality of the food, 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
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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
Corned beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 weeks
Cured ham . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 2 months
(Salting meat shortens freezer life)
Frankfurters . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 lo12 months
lamb, veal, pork.. . . . . 3 to4 months
FISH
Cod, flounder, haddock
Sole....................... 6monfhs
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
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Food
MAIN DISHES
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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 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 mixed
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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 to 12 months
Baked pies.. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 2 months
Ple dough only . . . . . . . . . . 4 to6 months
‘Based a7 U.S.D A. and Mlchlgan Cooperatwe Exlms:m
Service
suggested storage times.
if electricity goes off
Cal, the power company Ask how long power
4 be off
1.
If serv’ce IS ?o be interrupted 24 hours or less,
keep both mcrs clcsed This WIII help frozen
foods ?o stay frozen
2. If ser\‘tce IS to be lnterrcipted longer than 24
hours
(a] Remove 0’1 frozen food ant store In a
frozen ‘ooc! locker. Or
it;) ?lace 2 lbs (0 9 kg] of dry Ice In freezer for
every ccl f- of freezer space This WIII keep
frozen foods for 2 to 4 days Wear gloves to
protect your hands from dry Ice burns
(~‘1 If nelt”ier food locker storage nor dry ice
IS avallab,e, use or con perishable food
at once
3. A fciis freezer tillI stav cola longer than a partly
f hea one A freezer fu cf meat will stay cold
longer than a freezer full ‘of baked goods If
food c3ntair,s
ce cystals. It may be safely
‘efrgzer aitbougrl the quality and flavor may
be affectea llse refrozen foods quickly If the
condltlon ot ‘he food IS poor or you have any
SUS~I~IOQS, I+ ‘s A’,ise to dispose of It
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