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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
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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.
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