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
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FRUITS |
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Fruit Juice | concentrate | 12 months | |||||||
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Citrus | fruit | and | Juices | 4 to 6 months | |||||
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VEGETABLES |
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Home | frozen |
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MEAT |
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Bacon |
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Corned | beef | ............. | 4 weeks | or less | |||||
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Frankfurters |
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Ground beef, lamb, veal ... 2 to 3 months | |||||||||
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lamb | and |
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Pork | ..................... |
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Sausage, | fresh | ............. | 1 to 2 months | ||||||
Steaks | and | chops: |
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lamb, | veal, | pork | 3 to 4 months | ||||||
FISH |
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Cod, | flounder, |
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Blue fish, salmon | 2 to 3 months | ||||||||
Mackerel, | perch | 2 to 3 months | |||||||
Breaded | fish | (purchased). | ..... | 3 months | |||||
Clams, | oysters, | cooked |
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fish, | crab, | scallops | 3 to 4 months | ||||||
Alaskan | klng | crab |
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Shrimp, | uncooked |
| 12 months | ||||||
POULTRY |
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Chicken | or | turkey, |
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Giblets | .................... |
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Cooked | poultry | w/gravy | 6 months | ||||||
Slices | (no | gravy) |
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MAIN DISHES |
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Stews; | meat, | poultry |
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and | fish | casserole | 2 to 3 months | ||||||
TV dinners |
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DAIRY PRODUCTS |
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Margarlne | ..................... | 12 months | ||
Cheese: |
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Camembert, | Mozzarella, |
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Creamed | cottage | DO NOT FREEZE | ||
Cheddar, | Edam, Gouda, | 6 to | 8 weeks | |
Swiss, | brick, | etc | ||
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ice cream, | ice milk, sherbet | |||
EGGS |
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| 12 months | |
Whole (mixed) | ................. | |||
Whites |
| 12 months | ||
Yolks | 12monfhs | |||
(Add sugar or salt to yolks or whole mixed eggs]
BAKED GOODS |
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Yeast breads | and rolls | |||||
Baked | Brown | ‘N Serve rolls | 3 months | |||
Unbaked | breads |
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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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