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 re-wrap In plastic drop or nltiminum foil

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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Approxlmate

Tlme

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1 to

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variety

Meats

 

. . . . . . . . .

There

is

a right

way

 

to

package

and

store

refrlg-

Chicken

 

. .

.

. . . . . . . . . . .

1 to2

2

erated

 

or

frozen

foods

 

To keep

foods

 

fresher,

longer,

 

Ground

Beef . . .

. . . . . . . . . .

1 to

 

 

 

 

Steaks

and Roasts

. . . . . .

3 to

5

take

the

time

to

study

these

 

recommended

 

steps.

 

 

 

 

Cured

Meats

. . . .

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

7 to

10

leafy

Vegetables

 

Remove

store

wrapping

and

 

Bacon

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

5to7

 

trim or tear

off

bruised

and

disco!ored

 

areas

 

Wash

lrl

 

 

or

ColdCuts

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

3to5

 

zold

water

and

drain

Place

 

in

plastlc

 

bag

 

plastic

 

*If meat is to be stored longer than the times given,

container

 

and

store

in

crisper

 

Cold,

 

moist

air helps

 

 

 

follow the directions for freezing.

 

 

 

<eep

leafy

vegetables

 

fresh

ard

crisp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vegetables

 

with

Skins

(carrots,

peppers)

 

Stsre

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In crisper.

plastic

 

bogs

 

or

plastic

container

 

 

 

 

NOTE: Fresh

fish

arld

shellfish

should be

used the

Fruits

 

Wash,

 

let

dry

and

store

iri

refrigeraior

17

same day

as

purc%sed

 

 

 

 

elastic

 

bags

or

crisper.

 

Do

 

not

wash

or

hull

berries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

until they are ready to use Sort and keep berries r

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

their

store

container

 

in

a

crisper,

or

store

In

CI loosely

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

closed

 

paper

bag

on

a

refrigerator

shelf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

meat

car)

be

frozen

for as

long

as

one

mor,th

If the

seal

1s not

broken

 

If you

want

to

keep

it

frozen

 

ionger

ycti

should

wrap

it with

special

freezer

wrapping

moterlai

Fresh

 

Meat,

Not

Prepackaged.

 

 

Remove

the

market

wrapping

 

paper

and

re-wrap

In aluminum

foil

for

storing

it

unfrozen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cooked

 

Meat.

Wrap

or cover

cooked

 

meat

with

plastic

wrap

or

aluminum

foil

Store

immediately

 

Eggs

 

store

4roul

washing

In the

orIgInal

car-

ton

or

use

tne

iltillty

BIG

that

came

 

with

your

refrigerator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Milk

 

ih’~pc- rnlik

cortor#s

For best

storage.

place

Mk

or,

mq:erior

si;elf

or bottar-

 

door

 

srelt

 

 

 

 

Beverages

 

Mpe

boTtles

ard

Zans

 

Store

on

a

door sr,elf :lr ,rsicie the refriqerator

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

and

treeze

 

 

 

Cheese

 

S+o:t:-

iri

t3e

orlglrol

 

wropplng

until

you

ore

 

ready

tc

use

,t Once

opened,

re-wrap

 

tightly

sn gelastic

&rap

or

alurrlrlum

foil.

 

 

 

 

Condiments

 

Store

small

/ors

and

bottles

(cat-

sup,

mustard.

;eily, ,?llves) on ?4e door shelves where

they are in easy reuch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

leftovers

 

,: ,s<er bf‘i-

 

 

 

c Iastir

y\lrap

or

 

 

 

s-

,J\Ger:: dh

 

cluI:lr,ill-‘

 

i:lI

 

-;; <een

fed

 

from

 

crrylrlg

out

and

transferring

 

lc~ia

MOE

Plasi~c

con:ciners

 

with

tight

hrjs or+ f’-F *c‘ ;

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Whirlpool ED25PM manual Food storage guide, Storagechartforfreshand Curedmeat