Fruits, Vegetables, Meat, Dairy Products

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 ( -17.8”C).

Food					Storage		Time
FRUITS
Fruit juice		concentrate				12 months
Commercially				frozen fruit		12 months
Citrus fruit and				juices	4 to 6 months
Others	....................				8 to	12 months
VEGETABLES
Commercfally				frozen		8 months
Home trozen			..............		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	......................				4 to 8 months
Sausage,		fresh		.............	1 to 2 months
Steaks	and chops:
Beef	....................				8 to	12 months
lamb,	veal,		pork		3 to 4 months
FiSH
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
tish, crab, scallops					3 to 4 months
Alaskan	king		crab			10 months
Shrimp,	uncooked					12 months
POULTRY
Whole	chicken			or turkey		12 months
Duck						6 months
Glblets	.....................				2to3months
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		..................			3 to 6 months

Food				Stomge lime
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Butter	......................			6toOmonths
Margarine		....	,		12 months
Cheese:
Camembert,			Mozzarella,
farmer’s			....................		3months
Creamed		cottage		DO NOT FREEZE
Cheddar,		Edam, Gouda,
SWISS,brick, etc				6 to 8 weeks
Freezing can change texture of
cheese.
Ice cream,		ice milk, sherbet		.....	2 months
EGGS
Whole	(mixed)		.................		12 months
Whites	.........................				12 months
Yolks					12 months
:Add sugar or salt to yolks orwhole mixed eggs)
BAKED GOODS
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
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 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 longerthan 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 you have any suspicions, it is wise to dispose of it.

FOODSTORAGECHART

FRUITS

VEGETABLES

MEAT

DAIRY PRODUCTS