IMPORTANT: Do not expect your freezer to qulck- freeze any large quanfify of food. Put no more unfrozen food Into the freezer than will freeze wlfhln 24 hours. (No more than 2 to 3 pounds of food per cubic foot of freezer space.) leave enough space for alr to clrculafe around pack- ages. Be careful to leave enough room af the front so the door can close flghfiy.

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%).

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

.............

4 weeks

or less

(Salting meat shortens freezer life)

 

Frankfurters

 

.....................

 

1 month

Ground beef, lamb, veal ... 2 to 3 months

Roasts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beef

....................

 

 

 

6fol2monfhs

lamb

and

 

veal

6 to 9 months

Pork

.....................

 

 

 

4to8months

Sausage,

fresh

.............

1 to 2 months

Steaks

and

chops:

 

 

 

Beef

....................

 

 

 

8to12months

lamb,

veal,

pork

3 to 4 months

FISH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cod,

flounder,

 

haddock

 

 

 

sole

 

.........................

 

 

 

 

6months

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

klng

crab

 

10 months

Shrimp,

uncooked

 

12 months

POULTRY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicken

or

turkey,

 

12 months

whole

or parts

 

Duck

..........................

 

 

 

 

 

6 months

Giblets

....................

 

 

 

2to3monfhs

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

 

 

Storage Time

DAIRY PRODUCTS

 

6to9monfhs

Buffer

 

Margarlne

.....................

12 months

Cheese:

 

 

 

 

Camembert,

Mozzarella,

 

3 months

farmer’s

 

Creamed

cottage

DO NOT FREEZE

Cheddar,

Edam, Gouda,

6 to

8 weeks

Swiss,

brick,

etc

Freezlng can change texture of

 

cheese.

 

 

.....

2 months

ice cream,

ice milk, sherbet

EGGS

 

 

12 months

Whole (mixed)

.................

Whites

 

12 months

Yolks

12monfhs

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

BAKED GOODS

 

 

3 months

Yeast breads

and rolls

Baked

Brown

‘N Serve rolls

3 months

Unbaked

breads

 

 

1 month

Quick

breads

..............

2 to 3 months

Cakes,

unfrosfed

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 electrlclfy 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.

(d)Ice bin may need to be emptied if ice has thawed into a solid mass.

3.A full freezer will stay colder 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 fla- vor may be affected. If the condition of the E; is poor or if you feel it is unsafe, dispose

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Whirlpool ED22DW manual Foodstoragechart, Fruits, Meat, Fish, Eggs