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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 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
Corned beet................. 2weeks
Cured ham . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 2 months
(Salting 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 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
I
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 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9to12months
[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 to6 months
‘Based on US DA and MlchlQon Cooperotwe Exterwm Serwce
suggested stcmge lhmes
electricity goes off
Call the power company Ask now long power
~111 be off
1. If serL/lce s to be interrupted 24 hours or less,
iteep Sot,h ,ioo:s rio<ec! This W,III help frozen
foods ?o stay frozer
2. If serL#lce 15 tc be .nterrupted longer than 24
hours
(a] Remobe all frozen food and store In a
frozen food locker Or
(b) Place 2 lx (0 9 kg] of dry Ice
in
freezer for
every cu ft of freezer space THIS
w~li
keep
frozen foods for 2 to 4 aays Wear gloves to
protect your hands from dry Ice burns
cc;
If neltCler food locker storage no: drv Ice
s available use or can perishable food
at orIce
3. A full freezer WIII sta%f cold larger than a portly
fllled one A freezer full of mea+
,NIII
stav cold
longer than o freezer full of baked goods If
food contains ice crystals, I+ may be safely
refrozen,
ai+hOLJgn the quCIlty
and
!lOVOr
may
be affected Use refrozen foods qulcklv if
the
condltior of the food s poor or you have any
suspicions t 8s wise tc’ dispose of
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