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Food storage guide
STORING FRESH FOOD
There
IS a right way
to package
and
store refrlg-
erated
or frozen
foods
To keep
foods
fresher,
longer,
take
the time to study these
recommended
steps
Leafy Vegetables
Remove
store wrapping
and
trim or tear off bruised
and drscolored
areas
Wash In
cola
water
and dram. Place
rn plastrc
bag
or plastrc
container
and
store
In crisper
Cold,
moist
arr helps
keep
leafy
vegetables
fresh and crisp
Vegetables
with Skins
(carrots,
peppers]
Store
In crrsper,
plastic
bags
or plastrc
container
Fruits
Wash,
let dry and
store
In refrigerator
in
plastic
bags
or crisper
Do not wash
or hull berries
until they are ready
to use Sort and
keep
berrres
in
their store container
In a crisper,
or store In a loosely
closed
paper
bag
on a refrigerator
shelf
IC
Meat.
Meat
IS perishable
and expensive
you
won't
want
to tiaste
an ounce
of it through
careless
handling
The followrng
lrst and chart
give you pack-
aging
hints and
time
lrmrts. Store meat
in the meat
pan
Fresh, Prepackaged
Meat.
Store
fresh meat
in
the store wrapprng.
Vacuum
packaged
meat
can
be frozen
for as long
as one month
If the seal IS not
broken
If vol.
want
to keep
It frozen
longer,
you
should
wrap
It with specral
freezer
wrapprng
materral
Fresh Meat,
Not Prepackaged.
Remove
the
market
wrapping
paper
and re-wrap
In alumrnum
forI
for storrng
It unfrozen
Cooked
Meat.
Wrap
or cover
cooked
meat
with
plastic
wrap
or aluminum
foil Store immediately
Cured
or Smoked
Meat and Cold
Cuts.
Ham,
bacon,
sausage,
cold
cuts, etc.,
keep
best in origr-
nal
wrappings
Once
opened,
tightly
re-wrap
in
plastrc
wrap
or aluminum
foil.
Canned
Ham.
Store in refrrgerator
unless the la-
bel says It's okay
to store on the shelf
Do not freeze
Fresh Poultry
.Wrap
In plastic
wrap
The plastic
wrap
on poultry,
as purchased,
may
be used
for
storage
STORAGE CHART FOR FRESH AND CURED MEAT*
VP.
Ap0roxtmato
Time
(davsl
VarletyMsats
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . it02
Chlcken
. , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to2
GroundBest
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to2
Steaks and Roasts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 to 5
Cured
Meats
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 to10
Bacon
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 to7
Cold Cuts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 to5
*If meat is to be stored longer than the times given,
follow the directions
for freezing.
NOTE:
Fresh fish and
shellfish
should
be used the
same
day as purchased
Eggs...Store
without
washing
tn the original
carton
or use the egg containers
in the Utility Compartment
in
the door
of your refrigerator:
Milk
Wipe
milk cartons
For best storage,
place
milk on interror
shelf or bottom
door
shelf
Beverages
Wipe
bottles
and
cans
Store
on a
door
shelf or Inside
the refrigerator
Butter
.Keep
opened
butter
In covered
dish or in
the Utrlrty Compartment
When
storing
an extra
sup
ply, wrap
In freezer
packaging
and freeze.
Cheese
Store
In the
original
wrapping
until
you
are
ready
to use it Once
opened,
re-wrap
tightly
In plastic
wrap
or aluminum
foil.
Condlments
Store small
furs and
bottles
(cat-
sup. mustard,
Jelly, olrves)
on the door
shelves
where
they are In easy reach.
leftovers
Cover
leftovers
with
plastrc
wrap
or
aluminum
foil
to keep
food
from
drying
out
and
transferring
food
odors
Plastic
containers
with trght
lrds are fine, too
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