IMPORTANT: Do not expect your Food Storage time
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
Margarine 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,
Swiss, etc. 6 to 8 weeks
Freezing can change texture of
FOOD STORAGE CHART
cheese.
Ice cream, ice milk
Storage times- WIII vary occordlng to the sherbet 4 weeks
quality of the food, the type of packaging or EGGS
wrap used (moisture and vapor-proof). and Whole (mixed) 9 to 12 months
the storage temperature which should be Whites 9 to 12 months
0 F(-178-C) Yolks , 9 to12 months
[Add sugar or salt to yolks or whole mixed
Food Storage time
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FRUITS BAKED GOODS
Fruit 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 rolls _. 3 months
Others _. _. 8 to12 months Unbaked breads.. 1 month
VEGETABLES Quick breads 2 to 3 months
Commercially frozen 8 months Cakes, unfrosted 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 Bakedcookies 8 to12 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 -snip,: -1 ; ,I,,-! lj* 2 1, / 2 : ,,+ 1,? > jer jl
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Ground beef, lamb, veal 2 to 3 months
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Roasts:
Beef 6 to 12 months If electricity goes off
Lamb and veal 6 to 9 months Call the 00 W,?C cornpark AjK T?IOW !ong cXWer
Pork 4 to 8 months WI/I be off
Sausage, fresh 1 to 2 months $. If service 15 to ne ~r~?e:r~ipied 24 hotirs or less
Steaks and chops: keei.? hoti: 1~ ?31:; ~KXC! TPIS will help frozen
Beef 8 to 12 months toads to s!ay ?rozer?
Lamb, veal, pork 3 to4 months 2. If service IS to be lrlterrupted longer th=ln 24
FISH hours
Cod, flounder, haddock [a] Remove all frozen food and store in o
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 OS large as ~os-
Breaded fish (purchased) 3 months sable Protect your hands with gloves.
Clams, oysters, cooked [c) If neither food locker storage nor dr? Ice
fish, crab, scallops 3 to4 months IS ovolloble, use or con perishable food
Alaskan king crab 10 months at once
Shrimp, uncooked _. 12 months 3. A full freezer ~111 stay cold longer than o partly
POULTRY fllled one, A freezer full of meat WIII stay cold
Whole chicken or turkey 12 months longer than a freezer full of baked goods. If
Duck _. _, _. _. _. _. 6 months food contolns Ice crystals, It may be safely
Giblets 2 to 3 months refrozen, olthough the quality and flavor may
Cooked poultry w/gravy 6 months be affected Use refrozen foods quickly If the
Slices (no gravy) 1 month condition of the food IS poor or you hove any
suspicions, It IS wise to dispose of It |
ACEC
