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IMPORTANT: Do not expect your freezer to quick-freeze any large quantity of food. 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.
FROZEN FOOD STORAGE CHART Storage times� ~111 vary according to the quality of the food the type of PaCkCIglng or wrap used [moisture and vapor-proof). and the storage temperature :should be at 0 F [ 178 C)
Food
FRUITS
Storagetime 12 months fruit 12 months 4 to 6 months 8 to 12 months
Food Storage time MAIN DISHES Stews; meat, poultry and fish casserole 2 to 3 months TV dinners.. 3 to 6 months DAIRY PRODUCTS Butter 2 to 9 months Margarine 2 to 9 months Cheese: Camembert, dry curd cottage, farmer�s, Roquefort, blue 3 months Creamed cottage DO NOT FREEZE Cheddar, Edam, Gouda, Swiss, brick, etc. 6 to 8 weeks Freezing can change texture of cheese. Ice cream, ice milk, sherbet 4 weeks EGGS Whole (mixed) 9 to12 months Whites 9 to 12 months Yolks 9 to 12 months
(Add eggs1 sl;gar or salt to yolks Jr whole rmxed
Fruit juice concentrate Commercially frozen Citrus fruit and juices Others
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 Sausage, fresh Steaks and chops: Beef Lamb, veal, pork FISH Cod, flounder, haddock sole . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blue fish, salmon Mackerel, perch Breaded fish (purchased) Clams, oysters, cooked fish, crab, scallops Alaskan king crab Shrimp, uncooked POULTRY Whole chicken or turkey.. Duck Giblets Cooked poultry w/gravy Slices (no gravy) 4tO 8 months 1 to 2 months 8 to 12 months 3 to 9 months . . . 6 months 2 to 3 months 2 to 3 months 3 months 3 to 4 months 10 months I2 months 12 6 2 to 3 6 months months months months 1 month
BAKED GOODS Yeast breads and rolls Baked Brown �N Serve rolls ,.,.,.,................ Unbaked breads.. Quick breads Cakes, unfrosted Cakes, frosted Fruit cakes Cookie dough Baked cookies Baked pies.. Pie dough only , ._, L ! : 1.1 i I, : 1;.- ._.: r� , 1, If electricity goes off
3 months 3 months 1 month 2 to 3 months 2 to 4 months 8 to 12 months 12 months 3 months 8 to 12 months 1 to 2 months 4 to 6 months 1. I.
Call the power company Ask hou lc,r;g pcwer \NI!I ne oft 1. If serv!ce IS to be interrupted 24 hours or less Keep freezer dosed Most food ~111s:ay frozen 2. If service IS to be Interrupted longer than 24 hours (a�; Remove all frozen food ond store III a frozen food locker Or (b] Place about 20 pounds of dry ice on top of the food, using pieces as large as possible Protect your hands with gloves [c] If neither food locker storage nor dry ice IS ovaliable, use or can perishable food at once 3. A full freezer ~111stay cold longer than o partly fllled 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 this quickly If the condltlon of the food IS poor or you have any suspicions It IS wse to &Dose of it
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