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Food storage
guide
STORING FRESH FOOD
There IS a right way to package
and store refrig-
erated or frozen foods To keep foods fresher longer.
take the flme to study these recommended
steps
leafy
Vegetables
Remove
the store &rap-
ping
and trim or tear off bruised
and discc-,lored
areas
Wash In cool water and drain
Leave some
water on the leaves as they go Into the crisper Cold,
motst air helps keep
leafy vegetables
fresh and
crisp
Vegetables
with Skins [tomatoes,
peppers)
Cooke ,d Meat. Wrap or cover cooked
meat witt
waxed
F Iper, plastic
wrap or aluminum
foil Store
lmmedlc
'ely
Curec
or Smoked
Meat
and Cold
Cuts. Ham
bacon,
s Iusage, cold cuts, etc., keep best In o(lgl
nal wrap pings. Once
opened,
tightly
re-wrap
ir
plastic w ap or aluminum
foil
Cannc ,d Ham. Store in refrigerator
unless the la
bel says
's okay to store on the shelf Do not freeze
Fresh
'oultry.
Loosen the market wrapping
ant
store In
ie supermarket
tray. or loosely
wrap
II
waxed
F lper or plastic wrap.
STORA ;E CHART FOR FRESH AND CURED MEAT'
TYFB
Approximate
Time
(days)
Varie
y Meats
1 to 2
Chic1 en
. .._.............
1 to 2
Groul td Beef
1 to 2
Steal '5 and Roasts
3 to 5
Cure' I Meats
7 to 10
Baco '1
.._..........
.._.......
5to 7
Cold
'::uts
3 to 5
If me' * IS tc be stored longer ti?on the times given
follow+ '-e dIrectIons
for freezlng
NOTE: ,'resh fish and shellfish should be used the
Wash, dry and store IV a crisper
Fruits
Wash, dry and store or a crisper
Do not
same dc ./ as purchased
wash or hull berries until they are ready to I,%: Sort
and keep berrtes in their store container
In a crisper,
or store In a loosely closed paper
bag on
(I
refng-
_
erator shelf
Eggs
Store without washing
in the original
car
ton or u e the Utility
Bin that
came
with
you
refrlgeraf
sr.
Milk
\Nipe milk cartons
Store on a shelf Insldc
the refrig 'rotor. Do not store on a door shelf
Beverc
ges
Wipe bottles and cans Store on (
door she1 or Inside the refrigerator.
Meat.
Meat IS perishable
and expe?sl :t:
Butter
you
Store what you might use In a day of
tidor~ t want to daste an oclnce of it thrcjugh
areless
the serv;i 3 dish in the Butter Compartment
Wher
horIrJllrIg
-he
follotiing
Qst and
chart
g de you
you havl
extra,
wrap
in freezer
packaging
ant
gackaglrg
hln+s apa
time
imits
freeze
Cheer
'I?
.Store In the orIgInal
wrapplng
unt
Fresh, Prepackaged
Meat.
Store 'res- -neat
r,
you are
eady
to use it Once
opened,
re-wray
+hp s'zre ~rapp~rg
Y'x car
'reeze
J- t' E wrap
tightly
IF
astic wrap or aluminum
foil
a'~
s70k? t ior me
3rho
heels
if ,'\> ~cnt
.c. keey=
Condl
nents
Store small jars and bottles [cat
8' fr32en !r?cger
~0, s-c~~,,d r\rar
: dd1!3 jr)ec a
sup, mus lrd jelly, olives) on the door shelves where
"t;e:$r
\hraccin
g -rate-~~;l
they
are
easy reach
Fresh Meat,
Not Prepackaged
%A-- '\)e
the
Leftov
: rs
Always ccsver leftovers
with plas?l,
y'3irz'T
.\rJ:~>p'Pg r.)onL1' ;>' 2 r<.> ,A,enc ;:B
jl,el'J
r
wrap 3r : ljmnun-
foil to keep food from d?:lng OL
.k'J~j ~: : ,cJpw i>r a ,;.-I _,\~jr.> L , 7 ,: >+~:rmr a + .,~~Irgzer,
Plcrstl-
c,
+a ners with tight Iids are fine too
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