Food storage guide
STORING FRESH FOOD
There is a right way to package and store refrig-
erated or frozen foods To keep foods fresher, longer,
take the time to study these recommended steps.
Leafy Vegetables
Remove store wrapprng and
tram or tear off bruised and drscolored areas Wash in
cold water and drain Place in plastrc bag or plastic
conturner and store In crisper. Cold, moist arr helps
keep leafy vegetables fresh and crisp
Vegetables with Skins
(carrots, peppers] ..Store
In crisper, plastrc bags or plastrc conturner
Fruits
.Wash, let dry and store In refngerator in
plastic bags or crisper. Do not wash or hull berries
until they are ready to use. Sort and keep berries in
their store container in a crisper, or store
In o loosely
closed paper bag on a refrigerator shelf
Milk
Wipe milk cartons. For best storage, place
Meat*
Meat IS perishable and expensive .you
milk on interior shelf
won’t want to waste an ounce of it through careless
handling The following list and chart give you pack-
Beverages.
Wipe bottles and cans. Store on a
aging hints and trme limits Store meat in the meat
door shelf or inside the refrigerator
Butter...Keep
opened butter In covered dish or in
pan
Fresh, Prepackaged Meat
.Store fresh meat in
the Butter Compartment. When storing an extra sup-
the store wrapping Vacuum packaged meat can
ply, wrap In freezer packaging and freeze.
Cheese
be frozen for as long as one month if the seal
IS not
.Store in the original wrapping until
you are ready to use it. Once opened, re-wrap
broken If
YOU Wan? to
keep It frozen longer, You tlghtty in
plastic wrap or aluminum foil.
should wrap It with special freezer wrapprng material
Condlments
Fresh Meat, Not Prepackaged.
Remove the
Store small jars and bottles (cat-
market wrapping paper and
re-Wrap In OlUminUm foil
sup, mustard, Jelly, olives) on the door shelves where
they are in easy reach,
for storing it unfrozen.
Cured or Smoked Meat and Cold Cuts.
Ham.
bacon, sausage, cold cuts, etc., keep best in origi-
nal wrappings. Once opened, tightly re-wrap in
plastic wrap or aluminum for1
Canned Ham.
Store in refrigerator unless the ICI-
bel says it’s okay to store on the shelf. Do not freeze.
Fresh Poultry..
Wrap in plastic wrap. The plastic
wrap on poultry, as purchased, may be used for
storage.
STORAGE CHART FOR FRESH AND CURED MEAT*
lLPe
Approxlmato Time .
Variety Meats
(days1 , to2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chlcken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 to2
Ground Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 to2
Steaks
and Roasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 to 5
Cured Meats . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . .
Bacon
. . . . ..<.....................
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Cold Cuts
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 to5
*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.
Eggs
Store without washing in the original car-
ton or use the Utrlrty Bin that came with your
refrigerator.
Cooked Meat.
Wrap or cover cooked meat with
leftovers
Cover leftovers with plastic wrap or
plastic wrap or alumrnum foil Store immedratelv
aluminum foil to keep food from drying out and
transferring food odors Plastic contarners with tight
IIds ore fine, too.
