IMPORTANT: Do not expect your freezer to quick-freeze any large quantity of food. Put no more unfrozen 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 front 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 Storage time FRUITS 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 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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . 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 Storage time MAIN DISHES Stews; meat, poultry and fish casserole . . 2 to 3 months TV dinners . .. . . . . . 3 to 6 months DAIRY PRODUCTS Butter .. ... . . . 6 to 9 months Margarfne . . . . . . . . . . . 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 eggs1 BAKED GOODS Yeast breads and roils . . . . . . 3 months Baked Brown �N Serve rolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3months Unbaked breads.. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 month Quick breads . . . . . . . . . . . 2 to3 months Cakes, unfrosted . . . . . . . . 2 to4 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 dough only . . . . . . . . . . 4 to 6 months
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Call the power company Ask how long power WIII be off I. If servrce IS to be Interrupted 24 hours or less, keep both doors ciosed This WIII 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 about 20 pounds of dry Ice on top of the food, usrng preces as large as possible Protect your hands with gloves (c] If neither food locker storage nor dry Ice IS avarlable, use or can perishable food at once. 3. A full freezer WIII stay cold longer than a 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 foods quickly If the conditron of the food IS poor or you have any susprcrons, It 1swise to dispose of it
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