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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.
FOOOSTORAGECHART
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
Storagetlme
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
Cornedbeef
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 to12 months
Lamb, veal,
pork . . . . . 3 to 4 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 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
Storagetime
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 to8 weeks
Freezing
can change
texture
of
cheese.
Ice cream,
ice milk
sherbet
....................
4weeks
EGGS
Whole (mixed)
.........
9 to 12 months
Whites
.................
9 to12 months
Yolks ...................
9 to 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
Frutt cakes
.................
12 months
Cookie
dough
..............
3 months
Baked
cookies
.........
8 to 12 months
Baked
pies ..............
1 to 2 months
Pie dough
only ..........
4 to 6 months
'Based
on U.S.D A. and
Mlchlgan
Cooperotwe
Extensm
Swvvx
suggested
Stwage
tlmeS
If electricity
goes off
Call the power
company
Ask how long powe
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1. !' ievict-
#s tc be lnterrclpted
24 hours or less
wc:;e~> bsSr'. doors cioseo
Thus WIII help frozer
'xcljs t\ stay frozen
2. ' serj : a 5 t:; be interrupted
longer than 2~
*' .'I'>,rS
;:
Re- cl/e al' frozer! food and store In c
f:o:on fooa locker Or
1.. Wace 2 Ibs (0 9 kg] of dry ice In freezer fo
every cu ft of freezer space
This will keer
fro,:en foods for 2 to 4 days Wear gloves tc
brctect your hands from dry Ice burns
!f rse ther food locker storage
nor dry
ICE
'j c:.,olabte
use or can perrshable
foot
at xf:ce
3. r
'1~11
freezer w11 stay cold longer than a part11
t PCJ or t' A freezer full of meat WIII stay
COIC
:lger rr-an a freezer fu!l of baked
goods
I
'# fed c Jntalns Ice crystals, it may be safeI\
ryt-oze.
olthoclgh the quality and flavor ma\
L,F- affeg:ied
tJse refrozen foods quickly
If thE
PI!I? 113 of the food IS ooor or you have on\
,'r. ::
:~ I* s .~mse to dispose of It
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