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 in
plastic wrap or aluminum foil.
Canned Ham. Store in refrigerator unless the
label says it?s okay to store on the shelf. Do not
freeze.
Fresh Poultry...Wrap in plastic wrap. The plastic
on poultry, as purchased, may be used for storage.
STORAGE CHART FOR FRESH AND CURED MEAT?
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refrigerated or frozen foods. To keep foods fresher, Variety Meats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lto2
Chicken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 2
longer, take the trme to study these recommended
steps. Ground Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to2
Steaks and Roasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 to 5
leafy Vegetables...Reinove srore wrapping
and trim or tear off brursed and discolored areas. Cured Meats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 to 10
Bacon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 to 7
Wash In Cold water and drain. Place in plastic bag
or plastic container and store In crisper. Cold, moist Cold Cuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 to 5
arr helps keep leafy vegetables fresh and crrsp. ?If meat is to be stored longer than the times glven,
Vegetables with Skins (carrots, peppers)...Store follow the directions for freezing.
rn crisper. plastic bags or plastic container.
Fruit...Wash, let dry and store in refrigerator in NOTE: Fresh fish and shellfish should be used the
plastic bags or crisper. DG not wash or hull berries same day as purchased.
until they are ready to use Sort and keep berries in
their store container in a crisper, or store in a
loosely closed paper bag on a refrigerator shelf
Eggs...Store without washing in the original car-
ton or use the egg containers in the Utility Compart-
ment In the door of your refrigerator.
Milk...Wipe milk cartons. For best storage, place
Meat:..Meat iS perrshable and expensive ..you milk on interior shelf
won?t want to waste cn ounce of it through careless Beverages...Wrpe bottles and cans. Store on a
handling. The follcwrng ?1st and chart give you door shelf or inside the refrigerator.
packaging hints and time Irmits. Store meat in the Butter...Keep opened butter in Covered dish or
meat drawer. In the Butter Compartment. When storing an extra
Fresh, Prepackaged Meat. Store fresh meat In supply, wrap in freezer packaging and freeze.
thestore wrapping. Vacuum packaged meat can CheeSe...StGre in the Orlginal Wrapping Until
be frozen for as long as one month If the seal IS not you are ready to use it. Once opened, re-wrap
broken. If you want to keep it frozen longer, you tightly in plastic wrap or aluminum foil.
should wrap it wltn special freezer wrapping COndimentS...StGre small jars and bottles
material. [catsup, mustard. jelly, olives) on the door shelves
Fresh Meat, Not Prepackaged. Remove the where they are in easy reach.
market wrapping paper and re-wrap in aluminum Lefiovers...Cover leftovers with plastic wrap or
foil for storing it unfrozen. aluminum foil to keep food from drying out and
Cooked Meat. Wrap or Cover CGGked meat with transferring food odors. Plastic containers with tight
plastic wrap or aluminum !oil Store immediately. lids are fine, too. |
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