ok... it's been in your fridge for 3 days.... is it still good? Or how about in your freezer for a year???? check the chart below....
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Storing Perishable Foods. Always date the item whether it's going in the fridge or the freezer. | ||
| Food Product | Refrigerator (40 degrees F) | Freezer (0 degrees F) |
| EGGS fresh, in the shell |
3 weeks in original container | don't freeze |
| raw yolks or whites | 2-4 days | 1 year (freeze separately if you can) |
| hard cooked | 1 week | don't freeze well |
| SOUPS & STEWS vegetable or meat added |
3-4 days | 2-3 months |
| MEATS & POULTRY beef roast |
3-5 days | 6-12 months |
| beef steaks | 3-5 days | 6-12 months |
| lamb chops | 3-5 days | 6-9 months |
| pork chops | 3-5 days | 4-6 months |
| pork roasts | 3-5 days | 4-6 months |
| stew meat-beef, lamb or pork | 1-2 days | 3-4 months |
| ham, canned, label says "keep refrigerated" | 6-9 months (in the can) | don't freeze |
| ham, fully cooked, slices | 3-4 days | 1-2 months |
| ground beef, lamb, pork, poultry or mixtures of them | 1-2 days | 3-4 months |
| sausage, raw-beef, pork or poultry | 1-2 days | 3-4 months |
| smoked breafast links or patties | 7 days | 1-2 months |
| bacon | 7 days | 3 months |
| chicken or turkey, whole | 1-2 days | 1 year |
| chicken or turkey, pieces | 1-2 days | 9 months |
| COOKED MEATS & POULTRY meat or meat mixtures |
3-4 days | 2-3 months |
| gravy or meat broth | 1-2 days | 2-3 months |
| poultry mixtures | 3-4 days | 4-6 months |
| poultry pieces, plain | 3-4 days | 4 months |
| poultry pieces covered with broth/gravy | 1-2 days | 6 months |
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