Food storage guide
STORING FRESH FOOD Cured or Smoked Meat and Cold Cuts. Ham
bacon, sausage. cold cuts, etc keep best in origi
nal wrappings Once opened, tightly re-wrap Ir
plastic wrap or aluminum foil
Canned Ham. Store In refrigerator unless the la
bel says Its okay to store on the shelf Do not freeze
Fresh Pouttry Loosely wrap In waxed paper o r
plastrc wrap The plastic wrap on poultry, as pur
chased may be used for storage
STORAGECHARTFOR FRESHANOCUREDMEAT'
Approximate flme
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There IS a rrght way to package and store refrrg- 1 to 2
Variety Meats
erated or frozen foods To keep foods fresher, longer. 1 to2
Chicken _. _. _,
take the trme to study these recommended steps 1 to 2
Ground Beef
Leafy Vegetables. .Remove store wrapprng. Trim Steaks and Roasts 3 to 5
or tear off brursed and discolored areas Wash in Cured Meats 7 to 10
cool water, drain and store in crisper. Cold, moist arr Bacon . . . . . .._..........._........ 5to7
helps keep leafy vegetables fresh and crisp. The ColdCuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3to5
crrsper has sealing gaskets to help keep humrd air *If meat IS to be stored longer than the times given.
tn. It also has a control to help adjust the amount of follow the directrons for freezing
humrdity In the crisper,
Vegetables wlth Skins (carrots, peppers] Store
In crisper, plastic bags or plastrc container NOTE: Fresh fish and shellfrsh should be used th6 3
Frults Wash, let dry and store In refrrgerator In samedayaspurchased
plastrc bags or crrsper Do not wash or hull berries
until they are ready to use Sort and keep berrres In
their store contarner In a crrsper, or store in a loosely
closed paper bag on a refrigerator shelf
Store without washing in the original Cal
Etaas
ton or use the Utrlrty Brn that came wrth you
refrigerator
Milk Wrpe milk cartcns For best storage. plan :e
Meat Meat IS perrshable and expensrve you milk on Interior shelf or bottom door shelf
won?t want to waste an ounce of It through careless Beverages Wipe bottles and cans Store on a
handlrng The followrng list and chart grve you pack- door shelf or rnslde the refrrgerator
aging hunts and trme lrmrts Store meat In the meat Butter. Keep opened butter In covered dash or in
pan the Utility Compartment When stocing an extra suf 3-
Fresh, Prepackaged Meat. Store fresh meat In ply, wrap in freezer packaging and freeze
the store wrapprng Vacuum packaged meat can Store In the orlgrnal wrapprng ur iill
Cheese
be frozen for as long as one month if the seal IS not you are ready to use It Once opened, re-wrc IP
broken If you want to keep it frozen longer, you tightly In plastic wrap or aluminum foil
should wrap it with specral freezer wrapping material Condiments Store small tars and bottles [cc It-
Fresh Meat, Not Prepackaged. Remove the sup, mustard, jelly, olives) on the door shelves whe re
market wrapprng paper and re-wrap loosely In they are In easy reach
waxed paper or aluminum foil for storrng it unfrozen Leftovers Cover leftovers with plastic wrap or
Cooked Meat. Wrap or cover cooked meat wrth aluminum foil to keep fo& from drying out or Id
waxed paper, plastic wrap or aluminum foil Store transferring food odors Plastrc contarners with trg ht
rmmediately lids are fine. too
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