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IMPORTANT: Do not expect your

freezer to quick-freeze any large

quantlty of food. Put no more un-

frozen food into the freezer than will

freeze wlthln 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 front so the door

can close tightly.

FOOD STORAGE CHART

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

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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 . . , . . . . , . . . . . . 2 weeks

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 to12 months

Lamb and veal . 6 to 9 months

Pork . . . . . . . . . . 4 to 8 months

Sausage, fresh . . . . . . 1 to 2 months

Steaks and chops:

Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 to12 months

Lamb, veal, pork . . . . . . 3 to4 months

FISH

Cod, flounder, haddock

Sole.. . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . 6 months

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 king crab . IO months

Shrimp, uncooked . . 12 months

POULTRY

Whole chicken or turkey.. . 12 months

Duck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6months

Giblets . . . . . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months

Cooked poultry w/gravy . . . 6 months

Slices (no gravy) . . . . . . . . . . . 1 month

Food

MAIN DISHES

Storage

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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 to12 months

(Add sugar or salt to yolks or whole mixed

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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 lo12 months

Baked pies.. . . . . . . . .

1 to 2 months

Pie dough only . . . . . . . . . 4 to6 months

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Service

If electricity goes off

Call the power company. Ask how long power

WIII be off.

If service IS to be Interrupted 24 hours or less,

keep both doors ciosed 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 WIII keep

frozen foods for 2 to 4 days. Wear gloves to

protect your hands from dry Ice burns

IS avallable. use or can perishable food

at once

3. A full freezer WIII stay cold longer than o partly

filled one A freezer full of meat WIII stay cold

longer than a freezer full of baked

goods If

food contains Ice crystals, It may be safely

refrozen, although the quality and flavor may

be affected Use refrozen fox& quickly. If the

condition of the food IS poor or you have any

susplclons, it is wise to dispose of It

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