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 tront so the door
can close tightly.
FOOOSTORAGECHART
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
FRUITS
Storage time
Fruit juice concentrate 12 months
Commercially frozen fruit 12 months
Citrus fruit and juices 4 to 6 months
Others B to 12 months
VEGETABLES
Commercially frozen B months
Home frozen
B
to 12 months
MEAT
Bacon 4 weeks or less
Cornedbeef .._...__.,_,,.... 2weeks
Cured ham 1 to 2 months
(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....................... 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 to4 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
MAIN DISHES
Storage time
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,
Mozzarella, farmer’s 3 months
Creamed cottage DO NOT FREEZE
Cheddar, Edam, Gouda,
Swiss,etc.. 6 to8 weeks
Freezing can change texture of
cheese.
Ice cream, ice milk
sherbet 4 weeks
EGGS
Whole (mixed] 9 to 12 months
Whites 9 to 12 months
Yolks 9 to 12 months
[Add sugar or salt to yolks or
whole mixed
eggs1
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
Cookie dough 3 months
Baked cookies 8 to12 months
Baked pies 1 to 2 months
Pie dqugh only 4 to 6 months
-Based on US D A and Mlchlgan Ccmperotlve Extens~m Service
SUggeSted StCXage IlmeS
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 ~0th doors closed This WII! help frozen
foods to stay frozen
2. If service
IS
to be Interrupted longer ti-ian 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 WIII keep
frozen foods for 2 to 4 days Wear gloves to
txotect your hands from dry Ice burns
( c if nel?her food locker storage nor 39 ice
IS aUa~loble ,~se or cart Ger sbable iod
at orce
3.
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freezer WI” stay co d orIger ‘?a’- a Ljart~y
fMed ore A freezer ful of Teat
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sta’? cold
longer than a freezer full
of
baked goods 1‘
food contains ce crystals, It may be sofeiy
refrozer although the quattty and flavor qoy
be affected Llse refrozen- focds qtilcklk If +be
condltlorl of the food IS poor or you hcxe any
susp~c ons t #s &lse to dispose of I?