IMPORTANT: Do not expect your Food Storage tlme
freezer to quick-freeze 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
Margarlne .............. 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, Edam, Gouda,
Swlss,etc ............. 6 to8 weeks
Freezlng can change texture of
FOOD STORAGE CHART
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 (mlxed) ......... 9 to 12 months
the storage temperature which should be Whjtes ................. 9 to 12 months
0? F (-17.6?C). Yolks.. ................. 9to12months
(Add sugar or salt to yolks or whole mixed
Food Storage time
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FRUITS
BAKED GOODS
Frult 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 3months
rolls .......................
Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 to 12 months 1 month
Unbaked breads .............
VEGETABLES
Quick breads ........... 2 to 3 months
Commercially frozen . . . . . 8 months
Cakes, untrosted ........ 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)
Pie dough only .......... 4 to 6 months
Frankfurters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 month ?Based on U.S.D.A. and Mlchlgan Cooperative Ertenslon Sewce
Ground beef, lamb, veal 2 to 3 months suggested storage times
Roasts:
Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 to 12 months If electricity goes off
lamb and veal . . . . . . . 6 to 9 months Call the power compony. 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 ciosed This will help frozen
Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 to 12 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 (o] Remove oil frozen food and store In a
Sole.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 months frozen food locker. Or
Blue fish, salmon . . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months (b) Place about 20 pounds of dry Ice on top
Mackerel, perch . . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months of the food, using pieces as large OS pos-
Breaded fish (purchased) . . . 3 months sible Protect your hands with gloves
Clams, oysters, cooked [c] If neither food locker storage nor dry Ice
fish, crab, scallops . . . . 3 to 4 months IS available. use or can perlshable food
Alaskan king crab . . . . . . . . . 10 months at once
Shrimp, uncooked . . . . . . . . . 12 months 3. A full freezer will stay cold longer than a portly
POULTRY fllled one A freezer full of meat will stay cold
Whole chicken or turkey.. . . 12 months longer than a freezer full of baked goods If
Duck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 months food contarns Ice crystals, It may be safely
Giblets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months refrozen, although the quality ond flavor may
Cooked poultry w/gravy . . . 6 months be affected Use refrozen foods quickly If the
Slices (no gravy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 month conditron of the food IS poor or you hove any
suspicions, It IS wise to dispose of It.
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