Food Storage Time
IMPORTANT: Do not expect your freezer to quick-
freeze any large quantity of food. Put no more DAIRY PRODUCTS
unf?ozen food into the freezer than will freeze Butler ...................... 6to9months
Margarlne ..................... 12 months
within 24 hours. (No more than 2 to 3 pounds of
food per cubic foot of freezer space.) leave Cheese:
enough space for air to circulate around pack- Camembert, Mozzarella,
farmer?s .................... 3 months
ages. Be careful to leave enough room at the Creamed cottage ...... DO NOT FREEZE
front so the door can close tightly.
Cheddar, Edam, Gouda,
SWISS, brick, etc. ........ 6 to 8 weeks
Freezing can change texture of
cheese.
FOOD STORAGE CHART
Ice cream, ice milk, sherbet ..... 2 months
EGGS
Storage times* will vary according to the qual. Whole [mixed) ................. 12 months
itv of the food, the type of packaging or wrap Whites ......................... 12 months
used (moisture and vapor-proof), and the star. Yolks ........................... 12 months
age temperature which should be 0°F [ -17.8?C) [Add sugar or salt to yolks or-whole mixed eggs)
Food Storage Time BAKED GOODS
FRUITS Yeast breads and rolls .......... 3 months
Baked Brown ?N Serve rolls ...... 3 months
Fruit juice concentrate ........ 12 months Unbaked breads ................ 1 month
Commercially frozen fruit ..... 12 months Quick breads .............. 2 to 3 months
Citrus fruit and juices ...... 4 to 6 months
Others .................... 8to12 months Cakes, unfrosted ........... 2 to 4 months
Cakes, frosted ............ 8 to 12 months
VEGETABLES Fruit cakes .................... 12 months
Commercially frozen .......... 8 months Cookie dough .................. 3 months
Home frozen .............. 8 to 12 months
MEAT Baked cookies ............ 8 to 12 months
Baked pies ................. 1 to 2 months
Bacon .................... 4 weeks or less Ple dough only ............. 4 to 6 months
Corned beef ............. 4 weeks or less
(Salting meat shortens freezer life) ?Based on U.S.D.A. and Michigan Cooperative
Extension Service suggested storage times.
Frankfurters ..................... lmonth
Ground beef, lamb, veal ... 2 to 3 months
Roasts:
Beef .................... 6tol2 months
lamb and veal .......... 6 to 9 months If electricity goes off
Pork ..................... 4to8months Call the power company. Ask how long power
Sausage, fresh ............. 1 to 2 months will be off
Steaks and chops: 1. If service is to be interrupted 24 hours or less,
Beef .................... 8 to 12 months keep both doors closed. This will help frozen
lamb, veal, pork ......... 3 to 4 months foods to stay frozen.
FISH
Cod, flounder, haddock 2. If service is to be interrupted longer than 24
hours:
sole ......................... 6months (a] Remove all frozen food and store in a
Blue fish, salmon ........... 2 to 3 months frozen food locker. Or...
Mackerel, perch ........... 2 to 3 month5
(b) Place 2 Ibs (0.9 kg) of dry ice in freezer for
Breaded fish (purchased) ...... 3 months every cu. ft of freezer space. This will keep
Clams, oysters, cooked frozen foods for 2 to 4 days. Wear gloves to
fish, crab, scallops ....... 3 to 4 months
Alaskan klng crab ............ 10 months protect your hands from dry ice burns.
(c] If neither food locker storage nor dry ice is
Shrimp, uncooked ............ 12 months available, use or can perishable food at
POULTRY
Chicken or turkey, once.
whole or parts .............. 12 months 3. A full freezer will stay cold longer than a
Duck .......................... 6 months partly filled one. A freezer full of meat will stay
Giblets .................... 2to3months cold longer than a freezer full of baked
Cooked poultry w/gravy ....... 6 months goods. If food contains ice crystals, it may
Slices (no gravy) ................ 1 month be safely refrozen, although the quality and
MAIN DISHES flavor may be affected. Use refrozen foods
Stews; meat, poultry quickly. If the condition of the food is poor or
and fish casserole ....... 2 to 3 months if you feel it is unsafe, dispose of it.
TV dinners ................. 3 to 6 months
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