IMPORTANT: Do not expect your freezer to quick-freeze any large quantlty of tood. Put no more untrozen tood tnto the freezer than will treeze wlthln 24 hours. (No more than 2 to 3 pounds of fresh meat or 3 to 4 pounds ot vegetables per cubic toot 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.
FOODSTORAGECHART 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 (-17.8C).
hod Bteroge time MAIN MSHES Stews; meat, pouRtry and ttsh casserole . . . . 2 to 3 months TV dinners.. , . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 to6 months DAIRY PRODUCYS Butter :. . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 to 9 months Margartne . . , . . . . . . . . . . . 2 to 9 months Cheese: Camembert. brkk. Moz~arelk,tarmer�s . . . . 3 months Creamed cottage . . DO NOT FREEZE Cheddar, Edam; Bouda, Swlss,etc . . . . . , . . . . . ..6to8weeks Freezlng can change texture ot cheese. Ice cream, ice milk sherbet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4weeks EGGS Whole (mlxed) . . . . . . . . . 9 to 12 months Whites . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . , 9 to12 months Yolks . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 to12 months 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, untrosted . . . . . . . . 2 to 4 months Cakes, trosted . . . . . . . . . 8 to 12 months Fruit cakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 months Cookie dough . . . . , . . . , . . . . . 3 months Baked cookies . . . . . . . . . 8 to12 months Bakedples... .,.. B. . . . . . lto2months Pie Uough only . . . . , . . . . . 4 to 6 months
�Based on U.S.D.A. and Michlgon wggesfed storage times. Cocperati~e Evtensicn Service
Btorago tlme Food FRUITS Fruit Juice concentrate . . . . . 12 months Commerclolly trozen trult . . 12 months Citrus hult and )ulces . . . . 4 to 6 months Others . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . 8 to12 months VEGETABLES Commercially trozen . . . . . . . 8 months Home trozen . . . . . . . . . . . 8 to 12 months MEAT Bacon . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . 4 weeks or less Corned beet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 weeks Cured ham . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 2 months (Saltlng meot shortens treezer Ilte) Frankturters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 month Ground beet, lamb, veal 2 to 3 months Roasts: Beet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 to 12 months Lomb and veal . . . . . . . 6 to 9 months Pork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 to8 months Sausage, tresh . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 2 months Steaks and chops: Beet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 to 12 months lamb, veal, pork . . . . . . 3 to4 months FISH Cod, Rounder, haddock Sole....................... 6months Blue tlsh, salmon . . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months Mackerel, perch . . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months Breaded fish (purchased) . . . 3 months Clams. oysters, cooked tlsh, crab, scallopa . . . . 3 to4 months Alaskan klng crab , . . . . . . . . 10 months Shrimp, uncooked . . . . . . . . . 12 months POULTRY Whole chlcken or turkey,. . . 12 months Duck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 months Giblets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months Cooked poultry w/gravy . . . 6 months Slices (no gravy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 month
(Add sugar or salt to yolks or whole mixed Km1
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Call the power company Ask how long power WIII be off 1. If service IS to be Interrupted 24 hours or less. keep both doors closed 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 2 Ibs (0.9 kg) of dry ice In freezer for every cu. ft of freezer space This will keep frozen foods for 2 to 4 days. Wear gloves to protect your hands from dry ice burns, (c) If neither food locker storage nor dry ice is avallable, use or can perishable food at once. 3. A full freezer will stay cold longer than a partly filled one. A freezer full of meat will 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 condition of the focd is poor or you have any suspicrons, It IS wtse to dispose of it. 13
