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Food storage guide

STORING FRESH FOOD

There IS a rrght way to package and store refrig-

erated or frozen foods To keep foods fresher, longer,

take the trme to study these recommended steps.

Leafy Vegetables

Remove store wrapplng Tram

or tear off brursed and drscolored areas Wash In

cool water, drain and store In crisper Cold, morst clr

helps keep leafy vegetables fresh and crrsp

Vegetables with Skins

(carrots, peppers) Store

In crisper. plcstrc bags or plcst~c container

Fruits

Wash, let dry and store In refrigerator In

plastic bags or crisper Do not wash or hull berrres

until they are ready to use Sort and keep berries r

their store contarner In a crisper, or store in a loosely

closed paper bag on a refrigerator shelf

Meat

Meat IS perishable and expensrve you

won’t want to waste on ounce of it through careless

hcndlrng The followrng lrst and chart grve you pcck-

aging hints and trme lrmlts. Store meat In the meat

pan.

Fresh, Prepackaged Meat.

Store fresh meat In

the store wrapping Vacuum packaged meat can

be frozen for as long OS one month If the seal IS not

broken If you want to keep it frozen longer, you

should wrap It with special freezer wrapping material

Fresh Meat, Not Prepackaged.

Remove the

market wrapprng paper and re-wrap loosely In

waxed paper or aluminum foil for storing It unfrozen

Cooked Meat.

Wrap or cover cooked meat with

waxed paper, plastic wrap or clumlnum foil Store

rmmedrately

Cured or Smoked Meat and Cold Cuts.

Ham,,

bacon sauscge cold clU’: etc keep bes’ n origl~

ncl ‘wrapglngs OrIce opened t @try re-wrap in

plastic drop or aluminum foil

Canned Ham.

Store In refrNgerctor #unless the IO-

be’ scys its okay to store on trse shelf DG not freeze

Fresh Poultry

Looselr ~‘rcp or hcxed paper or

p astic wrap

-he plastic ‘wcp or, polJltrc as our-

cwsed Taq !x bsen, for storage

STORAGE CHART FOR FRESH AND CURED MEAT”

rVPe

Approximate Time

(days)

Variety Meats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 2

Chicken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . 1 to2

Ground Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 2

Steaks and Roasts . . . . . . . . . . . 3 to 5

Cured Meats . . . . . . . . _. . . . . 7 to 10

Bacon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5to7

ColdCuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3to5

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

follow the directions for freezing.

NOTE:

Fresh fish and shellfish should be used the

same day as purchased

hxas

Store without washrng in the orlginal

carton or use the egg nest In the door of your

refrigerator

Milk

Wipe milk cartons For best storage, place

milk on nterior shelf

Beverages

Wipe bottles and cans Store on o

door shelf or Inside the refrigerator

Butter

Keep opened butter In covered dish or In

the Butter Ccmpcrimen? When storing an extra sup-

ply, wrap In freezer packaging and freeze

Cheese

Store In the origrnal wrcpprng untrl

you are ready to use It Once opened, re-wrap

tightly in plcstrc wrap or aluminum foil

Condlments

Store small jars and bottles [cat-

sup, mustard, jelly, olives) on the door shelves where

they are In easy reach

leftovers

Cover leftovers with plastic wrap or

alumrnum foil to keep food from drying out and

transferring food odors Plastic containers with tight

IIds are fine. too

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