IMPORTANT: Do not expect your
Food Storage time
freezer to quick-freeze any large
MAIN DISHES
quantity of food. No more than 2 to
Stews; meat, poultry
3 pounds of fresh meat or 3 to 4
and fish casserole 2 to 3 months
pounds of vegetables per cubic foot
TV dinners 3 to 6 months
of freezer space. Leave enough
DAIRY PRODUCTS
space for air to circulate around
Butter 2 to 9 months
packages. Be careful to leave
Margarine 2 to 9 months
enough room at the front so the door
can close tightly. Cheese:
Camembert, dry curd
cottage, farmer?s,
Roquefort. blue 3 months
FROZEN FOOD STORAGE CHART Creamed cottage DO NOT FREEZE
Cheddar, Edam. Goudo.
Storage times? WIII vary according ?o the Swiss, brick, etc. 6 to 8 weeks
qualitv of the food the type of packoglng or Freezing can change texture of
wrap used (moisture and vapor-proof) and cheese.
the storage temperature (should be ai 0 F Ice cream, ice milk.
( 18 cy sherbet 4 weeks
EGGS
Food Storage time Whole (mixed) 9 to 12 months
Whites
FRUITS 9 to 12 months
Yolks 9 to 12 months
Fruit juice concentrate 12 months
(Add sugar or salt to yolks or whole mIxed
Commercially frozen fruit 12 months
Citrus fruit and juices 4 to 6 months eggs1
Others 8 to 12 months BAKED GOODS
Yeast breads and rolls 3 months
VEGETABLES
Baked Brown ?N Serve
Commercially frozen 8 months
rolls 3 months
Home frozen 8 to 12 months
MEAT Unbaked breads 1 month
Quick breads 2 to 3 months
Bacon 4 weeks or less
Cakes, unfrosted 2 to 4 months
Corned beef 2 weeks
Cakes, frosted
Cured ham 1 to 2 months 8 to 12 months
Fruit cakes 1.. 12 months
(Salting meat shortens freezer life]
Frankfurters 1 month Cookie dough 3 months
Baked cookies .? : .? .? ?8?to 12 months
Ground beef, lamb, veal 2 to 3 months
Baked pies.. 1 to 2 months
Roasts:
Pie dough only 4 to 6 months
Beef 6 to 12 months * I,.. ,l ?,I i 1 :?.. ;.
Lambandveal 6to9months 11.. ?. : ;.
Pork : :. 4 to 8 months
Sausage, fresh 1 to 2 months
If electricity goes off
Steaks and chops: Call the poiuer company Ask how long po?her A III
Beef 8 to 12 months be of
Lamb, veal, pork 3 to 9 months 1. ?f ser: r <,e s ts be InterrupTed 24 hours or less,
FISH ret; Wezer c iosed Most focE ~111 stay froreri
Cod, flounder, haddock 2. r SWJICF IS to be interrupted longer than 24
sole 6months t,)(,rS
Blue fish, salmon 2 to 3 months :a) Remove all frozen food and store IC a
Mackerel, perch 2 to 3 months frcie? food locker Or
Breaded fish (purchased) 3 months ibl Place about 20 pounds of dry ice on top
Clams, oysters, cooked -;f +hle food, using pieces as large as pos-
fish, crab, scallops 3 to 4 months slble Protect your hands with gloves
Alaskan king crab 10 months (cl I? relther food locker storage nor dry ice
Shrimp, uncooked 12 months s avaIlable. use or can perishable food
POULTRY r;lt owe
Whole chicken or turkey.. 12 months 3. A full freezer 4 stay cold longert~an a partly
Duck 6 months fIlled orle A freezer full of meat WIII stay cold
Giblets .? .?. :. I : ?2 \0 3 months longer +-or a freezer full of baked goods If
Cooked poultry w/gravy 6 months ?ooc eontolr8s ce crystals, It may be safely
Slices (no gravy) : : 1 month refrcrer, although the qualtty and flcvor soy
be affected use this quickly If the condltIon
of ihe food IS poor or you have spy stispmclons,
I? IS me to dispose of It
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