Food storage guide
STORING FRESH FOOD
Cured or Smoked Meat and Cold Cuts. Ham, bacon, sausage, cold cuts. etc keep best In origi-
nol wrapplpgs Cnce oper:ed tightly
Canned Ham. Stxe In refrigerator unless the la- bel SCIVSIFS okav :o store on the shelf Do not freeze
Fresh Poultry Wisp In plastic yiirap The plastic
wrap on poultrv, as purchased, may be used for ;torage
STORAGECHARTFORFRESHAND CUREDMEAT*
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| Variety | Meats |
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There | is | a right | way |
| to | package | and | store | refrlg- | Chicken |
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| or | frozen | foods |
| To keep | foods |
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| Ground | Beef . . . | . . . . . . . . . . | 1 to | |||||||||||
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| Steaks | and Roasts | . . . . . . | 3 to | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
take | the | time | to | study | these |
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| Cured | Meats | . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . | 7 to | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
leafy | Vegetables |
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| Bacon | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 5to7 |
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trim or tear | off | bruised | and | disco!ored |
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| or | ColdCuts | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3to5 |
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zold | water | and | drain | Place |
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container |
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<eep | leafy | vegetables |
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| NOTE: Fresh | fish | arld | shellfish | should be | used the | |||||||||
Fruits |
| Wash, |
| let | dry | and | store | iri | refrigeraior | 17 | same day | as | purc%sed |
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elastic |
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until they are ready to use Sort and keep berries r |
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their | store | container |
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closed |
| paper | bag | on | a | refrigerator | shelf |
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Meat- Meat is perishable and expensive you won’t want to waste an ounce of It through careless
handling. The following list and chart give you pack- aging hints and time Ilmits Store meat in the meat pan
| Fresh, | Prepackaged |
| Meat. | Store | fresh meat in | ||||||||
the | store | wrapping. |
| Vacuum | packaged |
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be | frozen | for as | long | as | one | mor,th | If the | seal | 1s not | |||||
broken |
| If you | want | to | keep | it | frozen |
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should | wrap | it with | special | freezer | wrapping | moterlai | ||||||||
Fresh |
| Meat, | Not | Prepackaged. |
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market | wrapping |
| paper | and | In aluminum | foil | ||||||||
for | storing | it | unfrozen. |
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Cooked |
| Meat. | Wrap | or cover | cooked |
| meat | with | ||||||
plastic | wrap | or | aluminum | foil | Store | immediately |
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Eggs |
| store | 4roul | washing | In the | orIgInal | car- | ||||||||
ton | or | use | tne | iltillty | BIG | that | came |
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refrigerator |
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Milk |
| ih’~pc- rnlik | cortor#s | For best | storage. | place | |||||||||
Mk | or, | mq:erior | si;elf | or bottar- |
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Beverages |
| Mpe | boTtles | ard | Zans |
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door sr,elf :lr ,rsicie the refriqerator |
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Butter |
| Keep | aoened | butter | IF: covered | dish or | in | ||||||||
tble | J J,ty r‘ ampor+ment | W?erl | storing | an | extra | sup- | |||||||||
piy | iv~op | 1:’ frePz?r | packaging |
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Cheese |
| S+o:t:- | iri | t3e | orlglrol |
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tightly | sn gelastic | &rap | or | alurrlrlum | foil. |
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Condiments |
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sup, | mustard. | ;eily, ,?llves) on ?4e door shelves where | |||||||||||||
they are in easy reuch |
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leftovers |
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transferring |
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