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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
beef
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 weeks
Cured
ham
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 2 months
(Saitlng
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..
. . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . 6 months
Blue fish, salmon
. . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months
Mackerel,
perch
. . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months
Breaded
fish (purchased)
. . . 3 months
Clams,
oysters,
cooked
fish, crab,
scaliops
. . . . 3 to 4 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
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,
MozzoreJJa,
farmer's
. . . . 3 months
Creamed
cottage
. . DO NOT FREEZE
Cheddar.'Edam,
-da,
Swiss, etc..
. . . . . . . , . . . 6 to8 weeks
Freezing
can chanw
texture
of
cheese.
ice cream,
Ice milk
sherbet
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 weeks
EGGS
Whok
(mlxed)
. . . . . . . . . 9 to 12 months
Whites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 to12 months
Yolks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 to12 months
(Add sugar or salt to yolks or whde mixed
eggs1
BAKED GOOUB
Yea&bceMs
and rotls
. . . . . . 3 months
baked
##own 'N Serve
rolk
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3months
Unbaked
breads
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 month
QuJckbreads
. . . . . . . . . . . 2 to3 months
Cakes,
unfrosted
. . . . . . . . 2 to 4 months
Cakes,
frosted
. . . . . . . . . 8 to 12 months
FruItcakes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12months
Cockle
dough
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 rrronths
Bakedcadtloc
. . . . . . . . . 8 lo12 menths
Baked
plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to2 m@n#hr
PledoughoFlly
. . . . . . . . . . 4to6montns
'Bead
cm U.S.D.A. and
Michv&mn
Cooperative
btemim
Service
wggerted
storage
times.
If electricity
goes off
Call
the power
company
Ask how
long
power
WIII be off
1.
If service
IS to be Interrupted
24 hours or less,
keep
both
doors
closed
Thts wtll help
frozen
foods
to stay frozen
2. If service
IS to be Interrupted
longer
than
24
hours
(a)
Remove
all frozen
food
and
store
in a
frozen
food
locker
Or.
(b)
Place
about
20 pounds
of dry Ice on top
of the food,
using pieces
as large
as pos-
sible
Protect
your hands
with gloves
[c)
If neither
food
locker
storage
nor dry Ice
IS avallable,
use or can
perishable
food
at once
3. A full freezer
WIII stay cold
longer
than a partly
filled
one
A freezer
full of meat
will stay cold
longer
than
a freezer
full of baked
goods.
If
food
contains
Ice crystals,
It may
be safely
refrozen,
although
the quality
and flavor
may
be affected
Use refrozen
foods
quickly.
If the
condltlon
of the food
IS poor
or you have
any
susplclons,
it IS wise to dispose
of it.
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