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Food storage guide
iTORlNG 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 wrapptng
Trim
3r tear
off bruised
and
drscolored
areas
Wash
In
cool water,
drain
and store In crrsper
Cold.
morst air
nelps
keep
leafy
vegetables
fresh
and
crisp
The
crisper
has sealing
gaskets
to help
keep
humid
air
In It also has a control
to help
adjust
the amount
of
numrdrty
in the crisper
Vegetables
with Skins
(carrots,
peppers)
Store
in crisper,
plastrc
bags
or plastrc
container
Cured
or Smoked
Meat and Cold
Cuts.
Ham.
bacon,
sausage,
cold
cuts, etc
keep
best In orlgl-
nal
wrapprngs
Once
opened,
trghtly
re-wrap
in
plasttc
wrap
or alumrnum
foil
Canned
Ham.
Store in refrrgerator
unless the la-
bel says It's okay
to store on the shelf
Do not freeze
Fresh Poultry
Loosely
wrap
in waxed
paper
or
plastic
wrap
The plastic
wrap
on poultry,
as pur-
chased,
may
be used for storage
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STORAGE CHART FOR FRESH AND CURED MEAT*
rVw
Approxlmate
Time
(days)
Variety
Meats
. . . . . . .
.
. . . . . . 1 to 2
Chicken
.
. . .
. .
1 to2
Ground
Beef
. . . . .
.
. . .
. 1 to 2
Steaks and Roasts
. . .
. . . . .
3 to 5
Cured
Meats
. . . . . . .
. . . .
7 to 10
Bacon
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5to7
ColdCuts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3to5
*If meat is to be siored longer than the times given.
follow the directions
for freezing.
NOTE:
Fresh fish and
shellfish
should
be used the
Fruits
Wash,
tet dry and
store
In refrigerator
In
same
day as
purchased
plastic
bags
or crisper
Do not wash
or hull berries
until thev are readv
to use Sort and
keep
berries
In
Eggs
Store without
washrng
in the origrnal
car-
ton
or use
the
Ut~I~ty Brn that
came
with
your
refrigerator
Meat
IS perishable
and expensrve
Milk
Wrpe
milk ccrtons
For best storage.
place
Meat'
you
mrlk on Interior
shelf or bottom
door
shelf
won't
want
to waste
an ounce
of It through
careless
handling
The followrng
list and chart
grve you pack-
Beverages
Wipe
bottles
and
cans
Store
on a
aging
hints and
time
limits. Store meat
In the meat
door
shelf or Inside
the refrrgerator
Butter
..Keep
opened
butter
In covered
dsh or in
pan.
Fresh, Prepackaged
Meat.
Store
fresh meat
In
the Utility Compartment.
When
storing
an extra
sup-
the store wrapping.
Vacuum
packaged
meat
can
ply, wrap
In freezer
packaging
and freeze
be frozen
for as long
as one month
If the seal IS not
Cheese
Store
In the
orlgrnal
wrapping
untrl
you
are
ready
to use it Once
opened,
re-wrap
broken
If YOU Want
to keep
It frozen
longer.
You
tightly
,n plastic
wrap
or alumrnum
foil
should
wrap
It with special
freezer
wropprng
materrol
Fresh Meat,
Not Prepackaged.
Remove
the
Condlments
.Store small
tars and
bottles
(cat-
sup, mustard,
jelly, olives)
on the door
shelves
where
marKet
wrapprng
paper
and
re-wrap
loosely
In they are in easy reach
waxed
paper
or aluminum
forI for storing
It unfrozen
Cooked
Meat.
Wrap
or cover
cooked
meat
with
leftovers
Cover
leftovers
with
plastrc
wrap
or
waxed
paper,
plastic
wrap
or aluminum
foil
Store
aluminum
foil
to keep
food
from
drying
out
and
t ransferrlng
food
odors
Plastic
containers
with trght
rmmedrately.
lids are fine, too
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