IMPORTANT: Do not expect your Food Storagetlme
freezer to quick-treeze any large MAIN DISHES
quantity of food. Put no more un-
Stews; meat, poultry
frozen food into the freezer than will and fish casserole . . . . 2 to 3 months
freeze within 24 hours. (No more than TV dinners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 to 6 months
2 to 3 pounds of fresh meat or 3 to 4
DAIRY PRODUCTS
pounds of vegetables per cubic foot Butter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 to 9 months
of freezer space.) leave enough
Margarine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 to 9 months
space for air to circulate around Cheese:
packages. Be careful to leave
Camembert, brick,
enough room at the front so the door Mozzarella, farmer?s . . . . 3 months
can close tightly.
Creamed cottage . . DO NOT FREEZE
Cheddar, Edain, Gouda,
Swiss, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 to8 weeks
Freezing can change texture of
FOOOSTORAGECHART
cheese.
Ice cream, ice milk
Storage times* will vary according to the sherbet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 weeks
quality of the food, the type of packaging or EGGS
wrap used [moisture and vapor-proof), and Whole (mixed) . . . . . . . . . 9 to12 months
the storage temperature which should be Whites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 to 12 months
0? F [ -17.8%). Yolks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 to12 months
[Add sugar or salt to yolks or whole mixed
Food Storage time
FRUITS eggs1
BAKED GOODS
Fruit juice concentrate . . . . . 12 months Yeast breads and rolls . . . . . . 3 months
Commercially frozen fruit . . 12 months Baked Brown ?N Serve
Citrus fruit and juices.. . . 4 to 6 months rolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 months
Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B to12 months Unbaked breads,. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 month
VEGETABLES Quick breads . . . . . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months
Commercially frozen . . . . . . . B months Cakes, unfrosted . . . . . . . . 2 to 4 months
Home frozen . . . . . . . . . . . 8 to 12 months
Cakes, frosted . . . . . . . . . 8 to 12 months
MEAT Fruit cakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 months
Bacon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 weeks or less
Cookie dough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 months
Corned beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 weeks Baked cookies . . . . . . . . . 8 to 12 months
Cured ham . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 2 months Baked pies.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 2 months
(Salting meat shortens freezer life) Ple dough only . . . . . . . . . . 4 to 6 months
Frankfurters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 month -Based cm IX, D.A and Mbchlgon Coopetat~ve Exlens~m Service
Ground beef, lamb, veal 2 to 3 months suggested slmoge lmes
Roasts:
Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 to 12 months If electricity goes off
lamb and veal . . . . . . . 6 to 9 months Call the power company. Ask how long power
Pork . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 to 8 months will be off
Sausage, fresh . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 2 months 1. If service IS to be interrupted 24 hours or less,
Steaks and chops: keep both doors closed This WIII help frozen
Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 to12 months foods to stay frozen.
lamb, veal, pork . . . . . 3 to4 months 2. If service IS to be Interrupted longer than 24
FISH hours:
Cod, flounder, haddock (a] Remove all frozen food and store in a
Sole....................... 6months frozen food locker Or
Blue fish, salmon . . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months (b) Place 2 Ibs (0.9 kg] of dry ice in freezer for
Mackerel, perch . . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months every cu. f-l of freezer space. This will keep
Breaded fish (purchased) . . . 3 months frozen foods for 2 to 4 days. Wear gloves to
Clams, oysters, cooked protect your hands from dry ice burns.
fish, crab, scallops . . . . 3 to4 months [c) If neither food locker storage nor dry Ice
Alaskan king crab . . . . . . . . . 10 months IS available, use or con perishoble food
Shrimp, uncooked . . . . . . . . . 12 months at once.
POULTRY
3. A full freezer will stay cold longerthan a portly
Whole chicken or turkey.. . . 12 months fllled one. A freezer full of meat will stay cold
Duck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6months longer than a freezer full of baked goods. If
Glblets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months food contains ice crystals, It may be safely
Cooked poultry w/gravy . . . 6 months
refrozen, although the quality and flavor may
Slices (no gravy) . . . . . . . . . 1 month be affected Use refrozen foods quickly If the
condition of the food IS poor or you hove any
suspicions, It IS wise to dispose of tt. |
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