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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 food 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 to12 months
VEGETABLES
Commercially frozen . . . . . . 8 months
Home frozen . . . . . . . . 8 to 12 months
MEAT
Bacon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 weeks or less
Corned beef . . . . . . . . . . . 4 weeks or less
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 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
Food
MAIN DISHES
Storage tlme
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, Mozzarella,
farmer’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 months
Creamed cottage . . . DO NOT FREEZE
Cheddar, Edam, Gouda,
Swiss, brick, etc. . . . . . . 6 to 8 weeks
Freezing can change texture of
cheese.
Ice cream, ice milk,
sherbet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 months
EGGS
Whole (mixed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 months
Whites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 months
Yolks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 months
(Add sugar or salt to yolks or whole mixed
eggs)
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 to 6 months
‘Based on U.S.D A
and MlchlQan Cooperal~ve Exlens~m Service
SuggeSted StCfOge tlmeS
if electricity goes off
Call the power company. Ask how long pow~
WIII be off
1.
If service IS to be interrupted 24 hours or lea
keep both doors closed This WIII help froze1
foods to stay frozen
2. If service IS to be Interrupted longer 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. ft of freezer space This will keel
frozen foods for 2 to 4 days. Wear gloves t
protect your hands from dry ice burns.
(c) If neither food locker storage nor dry its
IS avallable, use or can perishable fool
at once.
3. A full freezer will stay cold longer than a part1
filled one. A freezer full of meat will stay co11
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 thl
condition of the food is poor or you have an
suspicions, it IS wise to dispose of it
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