Food Storage Chart
The follow,ring chart shows approximate storage times* for valious refrigerated and frozen foods. These storage times
can vary depending on the type of packaging used and the storage temperatures.
Butter |
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Milk & cream |
| 1 week | Not recommended | Cheek | the carton dating. Close tightly. Don't | ||||||||
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Cream | cheese, | cheese | Not recommended | Wrap | tightly. Some | cheese | foods can be | ||||||
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Cottage | cheese |
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Hard cheese (Swiss, | May become crumbly | Wrap | tightly. Cut | off mold | if it develops | on | |||||||
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Sour cream |
| 10 days | Not | recommended | Store | in the | original | carton. | Check the | carton | |||
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Eggs in the shell | i week | NOt recommended | Refrigerate small ends | down. |
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Leftover yolks or | days | For each cup | of yolks | to be frozen, | add i tsp. | ||
whites |
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Apples |
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Bananas, pears & | Ripen | at room | temperature | before | |||||||
avocados |
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Berries | & cherries | Store |
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Citrus | fruits | Not recommended | May | also store | at | If refrigerated. | |||||
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Grapes |
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Peaches. nectarines. | Ripen | at room | temperature | before | |||||||
plnms | & apricots |
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Pineapples, cut | 2=3_ | _vill _ot_ | Use _quickly to | ||||||||
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