STORING FROZEN FOOD Packaged Frozen Food Store on freezer door
shelf or in the freezer If you plan to store It for a long
time, re-wrap it with alumrnum for1 or plastic wrap.
Frozen Meats* The following hints WIII help
keep the quality In your frozen meats,
1. Freeze meat while fresh and in top condition
2. Use only recommended wrapping materials
3. Prepare the meat for freezlng before wrap-
ping it Trim off excess fat and remove bones
when practical Meut should not be salted
because salt shortens freezer life.
4. Wrap tightly, pressrng out as much air as
possible
The freezer sectron IS deslgned for storage of corn-
mercrclly frozen foods and for freezing foods at 5. Label and date it
6. Refreezing thawed meat IS not recommended.
home
Frozen Soups, Juices Store on freezer door
shelf or In the freezer
STORAGE CHART FOR FROZEN FOOD
Packaging -The secret of successful freezing IS Storage times given in this chart are only a
n the packaging The wrap you use must be arr. guide. For best use of freezer space, keep fro-
noisture and vapor proof The way you close and zen foods for short times. Use, then replace as
seal the package must not allow air. moisture or needed.
apors In or out Bread .......................... 2 months
Rrgrd polyethylene (plastic) containers with trght- Cooked Dishes ............... 2-3 months
ittlng Irds, straight-sided conning freezing jars, Fish and Seafoods
ieavydutv aluminum foil, plastIccoated paper and Fresh ......................... 6 months
Ton-permeable plastrc wraps (such as Saran) are Commercially Frozen ...... l-3 months
ecommended Note. Heat-sealed borlrng bags are Frutts ........................... 6months
easy to use and can be used by themselves or as IceCream ....................... 1 month
carton liners Concentrated Juice .......... 4-6 months
Meats
IMPORTANT: Do not expect your freezer to quick- Bacon ................ Less than 1 month
freeze any large quantlty of food. leave enough Pork roasts, chops .......... 3-4 months
space for air to circulate around packages. Be Sausage .................... 1-2 months
caretul to leave enough room at the front so the Beef, veal, lamb roasts ....... 6 months
door can close tightly. Ground meat ............... . l-2 months
Poultry ..................... 3-4 months
Vegetables .................... 6 months
Ice Cream...Store in the freezer. Once the pack-
=Ige is opened, place a piece of aluminum foil or
2lastlc wrap smoothly against the Ice cream surface ?Courtesy of NatIonal LIvestock and Meat Board and
This WIII prevent ice crystals from forming. USDA
Vacation and moving care
Short vacations. . . the ice maker at least a day ahead When the last
load of ice drops, turn off the ice maker
No need to shut off the refrigerator If you will be Unplug the refrigerator and clean it. .rtnse well
away for less than four weeks Use up penshables, and dry Tape rubber or wood blocks to both doors
freeze other Items. If your refrigerator IS equipped
with on automatic Ice maker, 1) turn It off, 2) shut off keeping them open far enough for arr to get in
This will keep odor and mold from burlding up
the water supply to the Ice maker, 3) empty the Ice
bin. WARNING: Tape blocks out of a child?s
Long vacations. . . reach...do not allow children near
the refrigerator when the doors are
Remove all the food If you are golng for o month blocked open. They may become
or more If your refrrgerator IS equipped wrth an injured or trapped.
automatic Ice maker, turn off the water supply to
10 To restart refrigerator, see ?Usrng Your Refrigerator ? |
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