Guide to Using the freezer
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Meat and fish
Food
Wrapping
Tenderising
(days)
Storage
(month)
Thawings Time
Beef Roast
Tinfoil
2/3
9/10
Not required
Lam b
Tinfoil
1 / 2
6
Not required
Pork Roast
Tinfoil
1
6
Not required
Veal Roast
Tinfoil
1
8
Not required
Veal/Pork Chops
Eac h piec e wrapped in c ling wrap
and then in tinfoil (4 to 6 slic es)
6
Not required
Minc ed Meat
Eac h piec e wrapped in c ling wrap
and then in tinfoil (4 to 6 slic es)
6
Not required
Heart and Liver
Plastic Baggies
3
Not required
Sausages
Cling Wrap or Tinfoil
2
As nec essary
Chic ken and Turkey
Tinfoil
1/3
9
Very slowly in refrigerator
Duc k and Goose
Tinfoil
1 / 4
6
Very slowly in refrigerator
Pheasant, Partrige and
Wild Duc k
Tinfoil
1 / 3
9
Very slowly in refrigerator
Hare and Rabbit
Tinfoil
3 / 4
6
Very slowly in refrigerator
Venison
Tinfoil or Cling Wrap
5/6
9
Very slowly in refrigerator
Large Fish
Tinfoil or Cling Wrap
4/6
Very slowly in refrigerator
Sm all Fish
Plastic Baggies
2 / 3
Not reguired
Crustac eans
Plastic Baggies
3/6
Not reguired
Shellfish
Store in salted water in alum inium
c ontainers or plastic c ontainers
3
Very slowly in refrigerator
Boiled Fish
Tinfoil or Cling Wrap
12
In hot water
Fired Fish
Plastic Baggies
4/6
Direc tly in pan
Fruits and Vegetables
Food
Preparation
Blanching
Time
Wrapping
Storage
(month)
Thawing Time
Apples and Pears
Peel and c ut into slic es
2'
In Containers (c over
with syrup)
12
In refrigerator
very slowly
Apric ot, Peac hes, Cherries
and Plum s
Peel and pit
1'/2'
In Containers (c over
with syrup)
12
In refrigerator
very slowly
Strawberries, Blac kberries
and Raspberries
Rinse and fry
In Containers (c over
with sugar)
10/12
In refrigerator
very slowly
Cooked Fruit
Cut, c ook and strain
In Containers (add
10% sugar)
12
In refrigerator
very slowly
Fruit Juic e
Wash, c ut and c rush
In Container (sugar
to test)
10/12
In refrigerator
very slowly
Cauliflower
Rem ove leaves, c ut head into
sm all piec es and blanc h in wa-
ter and a little lem on juic e
2'
Plastic Baggies
12
Not reguired
Cabbage and Brussel
Sprouts
Wash and c ut into sm all piec es
1'/2'
Plastic Baggies
10/12
At room tem -
perature
Peas
Shell and wash
2'
Plastic Baggies
12
Not reguired
Frenc h Beans
Wash and slic e if reguired
2
Plastic Baggies
10/12
Not reguired
Carrots, Peppers and Tu-
m ips
Peel, wash and slic e if nec es-
sary
3'/4'
Plastic Baggies
12
Not reguired
Mushroom s and Aspara-
gus
Wash, peel and c ut up
3'/4'
Plastic Baggies
6
At room tem -
perature
Spinac h
Wash and m inc e
2'
Plastic Baggies
12
At room tem -
perature
Vegetable for Soups
Wash and c ut up sm all piec es
3'
Plastic Baggies or
Containers
6/7
Not reguired
Varios Foods
Preparation
Blanching Time
Wrapping
Storage
(month)
Thawing time
Bread
Plastic Baggies
4
At room tem perature in the oven
Cakes
Plastic Baggies
6
About 10 m inutes at room tem pera-
ture, c ook at 100/200
0
C
Cream
Plastic Containers
6
At room tem perature or in refrigerator
Butter
In original wrapping
or tinfoil
6
In refrigerator
Boiled Food or
Vegetable Soup
Plastic or Glass Con-
tainers
3/6
At room tem perature or in hot water
Eggs
Freeze without shells
in sm all c ontainers
10
At room tem perature or in refrigerator
