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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.
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 tlme
Fruit juice concentrate . . . . . 12 months
Commercially frozen fruit . . 12 months
Citrus fruit and )uices . . . . 4 to 6 months
Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 to12 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
(Saltlng meat shortens freezer life)
Frankfurters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 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....................... 6months
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 klng 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 tlme
Stews; meat, poultry
and flsh casserole . . . . 2 to 3 months
TV dinners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 to 6 months
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Butter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 to 9 months
Margarlne . . . . . . . . . , . . . . 2 to 9 months
Cheese:
Camembert, brick,
Mozzarella, farmer’s . . . . 3 months
Creamed cottage . .
DO NOT FREEZE
Cheddar, Edam, Gouda,
Swlss,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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9tolPmonths
[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 to 4 months
Cakes, frosted . . . . . . . . . 8 to 12 months
Fruit cakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 months
Cookie dough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 months
Baked cookies . . . . . . . . . 8 to12 months
Baked pies.. . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 to 2 months
Pie dough only . . . . . . . . . . 4 to 6 months
‘Based M US DA and MlchlQon Cooperol~ve Extemcr ServCe
Suggested StCxOge ilmes
If electricity goes off
Call the power company Ask how long powe
will be off
1.
If service
IS
to be Interrupted 24 hours or less
keep both doors ciosed This will help froze1
foods to stay frozen.
2. If service IS to be Interrupted !onger than 2,
hours
[a] Remove all frozen food and store in (
frozen food locker. Or.
(b) Place 2 Ibs (0 9 kg) of dry Ice In freezer fc
every cu. 17 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 ICI
IS ava~loble, use or con perishoble foot
at once
3. A full freezer WIII stay cold longer than o port1
filled one A freezer full of meat WI/I stoy col(
longer than a freezer full of boked goods
food contains Ice crystals, It moy be safe1
refrozen, although the quality and flovor ma
be affected Use refrozen foods quickly If thl
condition of the food IS poor or you hove on
suspicions, It IS wise to dispose of it.