Whirlpool ET18HM manual Foodstoragechart, Fruits, Meat, Dairy Products, 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( -17.WC).

Food							Storage	Tlme
FRUITS						........	12 months
Frult Juice			concentrate
Commercially						frozen fruit	..... 12 months
CltNS	fNlt		and			JUlCeS	4 to 6 months
Others		....................					8 to 12 months
VEGETABLES						..........	8 months
Commercially						frozen
Home	frozen				..............		8 to 12 months
MEAT							4 weeks	or less
Bacon		....................
Corned		beef			.............		4 weeks	or less
(Salting meat shortens freezer life)
Frankfurters					.....................		1 month
Ground beef, iamb, veal ... 2 to 3 months
Roasts:							6tol2months
Beef		....................
lamb		and			veal		6 to 9 months
Pork		.....................					4to8months
Sausage,			fresh			.............	1 to 2 months
Steaks		and		chops:			8tol2months
Beef		....................
lamb,		veal,			pork		3 to 4 months
FfSH
Cod,	flounder,					haddock	6months
sole		.........................
Blue flsh,			salmon				2 to 3 months
Mackerel,			perch				2 to 3 months
Breaded		fish			(purchased)		...... 3 months
Clams,		oysters,				cooked	3 to 4 months
fish,	crab,			scallops
Alaskan		king			crab		IO months
Shrimp,		uncooked					12 months
POULTRY
Chicken		or		turkey,
whole		or parts					12 months
Duck	..........................						6 months
Giblets		....................					2to3months
Cooked		poultry				w/gravy	6 months
SllCeS	(no		gravy)				1 month
MAIN DISHES
Stews;		meat,			poultry		2 to 3 months
and	fish		casserole
TV dlnners				.................			3 to 6 months

Food				Storage time
DAIRY PRODUCTS				6toOmonffw
Bufter
Margarfne				12 months
Cheese:
Camembert,		Yonarelia,		3monfhs
fanner%	....................
Creamed	cottage		......	DO NOT FREE2E
Cheddar,	Edam,		Gouda,
SwNs,briok,etc.			........	6to8weeks
keeting can change texture of
ChOOSO.				..... 2 months
ice cream,	Ice	mifk,	sherbet
EGGS				12 mOfIlhS
Whole (mfxed)		.................
Whites				12months
Yolks				I2 months

(Add sugar or salt to yolks or-whole mixed eggs]

BAKED GCODS				........	3montfts
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BakedBrown			WServeroiis..	.... 3montfts
Unbaked		breads			1 month
Qufckbreads			..............		2to3months
Cakequnfrosted			...........		2to4months
Cake&frosted			............	8to12monffts
hit	cakes				12 monfhs
Cookie		dough	..................		3 monfhs
Bakedcookies..			..........	8tol2monfhs
Bakedpfes..			...............		1 to2monfhs
Piedoughoniy			.............		4to6monfhs
*Based	on	U.S.D.A. and Mlchlgan			Cooperatlve

Ex-tenslon Service suggested storage times.

If electricity goes off

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

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

2.If service is to be interrupted longer than 24 hours:

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

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

(c)If neither food locker storage nor dry ice is available, use or can perishable food at once.

3.A full freezer will stay cold longer than a partly filled one. A freezer full of meat will stay cold longer than a freezer full of baked 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 or if you feel it is unsafe, dispose of it.