Whirlpool ED19MT Storage time, Commercially frozen months Home frozen to 12 months, Stews, Fish

IMPORTANT: Do not expect your

freezer to quick-freeze any large quantity of food. Put no more un- frozen food into the freezer than will freeze within 24 hours. (No more than 2 to 3 pounds of fresh meat or 3 to 4 pounds of vegetables per cubic foot of freezer space.) leave enough

space for air to circulate around

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

FOODSTORAGECHART

Storage times* will vary according to the quality of the food, the type of packaging or wrap used (moisture and vapor-proof), and

the storage 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

Commercially frozen . . . . . . . 8 months Home frozen . . . . . . . . . . 8 to 12 months

MEAT

Bacon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 weeks or less Corned beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 weeks Cured ham . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 2 months (Saitlng meat shortens freezer life) Frankfurters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 month Ground beef, iamb, 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 to4 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

fish, crab, scaliops . . . . 3 to 4 months Alaskan king crab . . . . . . . . . 10 months

Shrimp, uncooked . . . . . . . . . 12 months

POULTRY

Whole chicken or turkey.. . 12 months Duck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 months Giblets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months

Cooked poultry w/gravy . . . 6 months Slices (no gravy] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 month

Food							Storage time
MAIN	DISHES
Stews;		meat.		poultry
and fish			casserole			. . . .	2 to	3 months
TV dinners							3 to	6	months
DAIRY	PRODUCTS
Butter		. . .	. . . .	. .	. . .	. . . . . . .	6 to	9 months
Margarine			. .	. .	. . .	. . . . . . .	2 to	9 months
Cheese:
Camembert,					brick,
	MozzoreJJa,				farmer’s		. . . .	3 months
Creamed			cottage			. . DO NOT FREEZE
Cheddar.‘Edam,						-da,
	Swiss,		etc..		. . . . . . . , . . . 6 to8				weeks
Freezing		can		chanw		texture		of
cheese.
ice	cream,		Ice		milk
sherbet			. . .	. .	. . .	. . . . . . .	. . . .	. 4 weeks
EGGS
Whok		(mlxed)			. . .	. . . . . .	9 to 12 months
Whites		. .	. . . .	. .	. . .	. . . . . .	9 to12		months
Yolks .		. . .	. . . .	. .	. . .	. . . . . .	9 to12		months

(Add sugar or salt to yolks or whde mixed

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BAKED GOOUB

Yea&bceMs and rotls . . . . . . 3 months baked ##own ‘N Serve

rolk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3months Unbaked breads . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 month

QuJckbreads . . . . . . . . . . . 2 to3 months Cakes, unfrosted . . . . . . . . 2 to 4 months Cakes, frosted . . . . . . . . . 8 to 12 months

FruItcakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12months Cockle dough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 rrronths

Bakedcadtloc . . . . . . . . . 8 lo12 menths Baked plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to2 m@n#hr

PledoughoFlly . . . . . . . . . . 4to6montns

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wggerted storage times.

If electricity goes off

Call the power company Ask how long power WIII be off

1.If service IS to be Interrupted 24 hours or less, keep both doors closed Thts wtll 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 about 20 pounds of dry Ice on top of the food, using pieces as large as pos- sible Protect your hands with gloves

[c)If neither food locker storage nor dry Ice

IS avallable, use or can perishable food at once

3.A full freezer WIII 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

condltlon of the food IS poor or you have any susplclons, it IS wise to dispose of it.