Food Storage Guide
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Freezer food storage chart
Storage times will vary according to the quality of the food, the type of packaging or wrap used (air and moisture proof), and the storage temperature which shoufd be 0°F
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Fruit juice | concentrate | .12 | months | |
Commercially | frozen fruit.. ............... .12 | months | ||
Citrus fruif | 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) |
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Ground | beef, lamb, veal | .2 | to 3 months | |
Roasts: |
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Beef | .6 to 12 | months | ||
Lamb | and veal | .6 | to 9 months | |
Pork | .4 | to 8 months | ||
Sausage, | fresh | 1 to 2 | months | |
Steaks and chops: |
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Beef | .8 to 12 | months | ||
Lamb, | veal, pork | .3 to 4 | months | |
Flsh
Cod, flounder, haddock, sole.. ........... .6 months
Blue | fish, | salmon | .2 | to 3 months | |||
Mackerel, | perch | .......................... | .2 | to 3 months | |||
Breaded | fish (purchased) | .................. | .3 | months | |||
Clams, | oysters, | cooked | fish, |
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crab, | scallops | .......................... | .3 | to 4 months | |||
Alaskan | king crab | 10 months | |||||
Shrimp, | uncooked | 12 | months | ||||
Poultry |
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Chicken | or turkey, |
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whole | or parts |
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Duck | .................................................. |
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Giblets | ........................................ |
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Cooked | poultry | w/gravy | ..................... | .6 | months | ||
Slices | (no | gravy) | 1 month | ||||
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Stews; | meat, | poultry | .2 to 3 months |
and fish | casserole | ||
TV dinners | 3 to 6 months | ||
Dalry products |
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Butter |
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Margarine | 12 months | ||
Cheese: |
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Camembert, Mozzarella, | |||
Farmer’s | 3 months | ||
Creamed | cottage | .............. DO NOT FREEZE | |
Cheddar, | Edam, | Gouda, | |
Swiss, Brick, etc.. ................. .6 to 8 weeks
(Freezing can change texture of cheese.)
ke cream, ice milk, sherberi.. ............ .2 months
Eggs | 12 | months |
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Whites | 12 | months |
Yolks | 12 | months |
(Add sugar or salt to yolks or whole mixed eggs.) Bakedgoods
Yeast | breads and rolls.. ..................... .3 | months | |||
Baked Brown ‘N Serve rolls.. .............. 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 | |||
Cookie | 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.
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