Whirlpool ETl4JM manual Meat, Fish, Poultry, Eggs

IMPORTANT: Do not expect your freezer to quick-

freeze any large quantity of food. Put no more

unfrozen food into the freezer than will freeze within 24 hours. (No more than 2 to 3 pounds of

food per cubic foot of freezer space.) leave

enough space for air to circulate around pack-

ages. Be careful to leave enough room at the front so the door can close tightly.

FOODSTORAGECHART

Storage times* will vary according to the qual- ity of the food, the type of packaging or wrap used (moisture and vapor-proof), and the stor- age temperature which should be 0°F( P17.8°C).

Food							Storage lime
FRUfTS
Fruit juice			concentrate					12 months
Commercially						frozen fruit	.....	12 months
Citrus	fruit			and		juices	4 to 6 months
Others	....................						8 to 12 months
VEGETABLES
Commercially						frozen		8 months
Home	frozen				..............		8 to 12 months
MEAT
Bacon	....................						4 weeks		or less
Corned		beef				.............	4 weeks		or less
(Salting meat shortens freezer life)
Frankfurters					.....................			1 month
Ground beef, lamb, veal ... 2 to 3 months
Roasts:
Beef	....................						6 to	12	months
lamb		and			veal		6 to 9 months
Pork	.....................						4to8months
Sausage,			fresh			.............	1 to	2	months
Steaks	and			chops:
Beef	....................						8to12		months
lamb,		veal,				pork	3 to	4	months
FISH
Cod, flounder,						haddock
sole	.........................							6monfhs
Blue fish,			salmon				2 to 3 months
Mackerel,			perch				2 to 3 months
Breaded			fish		(purchased).		.....	3 months
Clams,	oysters,					cooked
fish,	crab,			scallops			3 to 4 months
Alaskan		king			crab			IO months
Shrimp,	uncooked							12 months
POULTRY
Chicken		or		turkey,
whole		or		parts				12	months
Duck	..........................							6months
Giblets		....................					2to3		months
Cooked		poultry				w/gravy		6 months
Slices	(no		gravy)					1 month
MAiN DISHES
Stews;	meat,				poultry
and	fish		casserole				2 to 3 months
TV dinners				.................			3to6nionths

Food			Storage Time
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Butter			6to9months
Margarine	.....................		12 months
Cheese:
Camembert,		Mozzareiia,
farmer’s				3 months
Creamed	cottage		DO NOT FREEZE
Cheddar,	Edam, Gouda,
Swiss,	brick,	etc	6 to	8 weeks
Freezlng can change texture of
cheese.
Ice cream,	ice milk, sherbet		.....	2 months
EGGS
Whole (mixed)		.................	12 months
Whites			12 months
Yolks			12months

(Add sugar or salt to yolks orwhole mixed eggs]

BAKED GOODS
Yeast	breads		and roils		3 months
Baked	Brown		‘N Serve roils		3 months
Unbaked		breads				1 month
Quick	breads		..............	2 to 3 months
Cakes,	unfrosted			2 to 4		months
Cakes,	frosted		............	8 to	12	months
Fruit cakes		....................			12	months
Cookle	dough		..................		3 months
Baked	cookies		............	8 to	12	months
Baked	pies			1 to 2 months
Pie dough		only		4 to 6 months

‘Based on U.S.D.A.and Michigan Cooperative Extension Service suggested storage times.

If electricity goes off

Call the power company. Ask how long powe will be off.

1.If service is to be interrupted 24 hours or les! keep both doors closed. This will help froze1 foods to stay frozen.

2.If service is to be interrupted longer than 2d hours:

(a]Remove all frozen food and store in ( frozen food locker. Or...

(b)Place 2 Ibs (0.9 kg) of dry ice in freezer fo every cu. ft of freezer space. This will keel frozen foods for 2 to 4 days. Wear gloves tc protect your hands from dry ice burns.

(c)If neither food locker storage nor dry ice i available, use or can perishable food a once

3.A full freezer will stay cold longer than c partly filled one. A freezer full of meat will stay cold longer than a freezer full of bakea goods. If food contains ice crystals, it may be safely refrozen, although the quality and flavor may be affected. Use refrozen foods quickly. If the condition of the food is poor 01 if YOU feel it is unsafe, dispose of it.

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