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| Food | Refrigerator
37 F or below |
Pantry | Freezer
0 F or below |
| Lettuce | |||
| Head | 5-7 days | ||
| Leafy greens | 1-2 days | ||
| Lunch meats | |||
| (opened) | 5-7 days | ||
| Hot dogs | 4-5 days | ||
| Margarine | 4-6 months | 12 months | |
| Mayonnaise | |||
| (unopened) | 2-3 months | ||
| (opened) | 2 months | ||
| Milk | |||
| Buttermilk | 7-10 days | ||
| Condensed or evaporated | 12 months | ||
| (opened) | 4-5 days | ||
| Fresh | 7 days | ||
| Soy | |||
| Fresh | 4-5 days | ||
| Aseptic | |||
| (unopened) | 12 months | ||
| (opened) | 4-5 days | ||
| Nuts | |||
| (in shell) | 3-6 months | ||
| (vacuum-canned) | 1 year | ||
| (opened) | 3-6 months | 2 weeks | 9-12 months |
| Onions | 3-4 weeks | ||
| Pantry staples | |||
| Baking powder | 6 months | ||
| Baking soda | 18 months | ||
| Bouillon | 12 months | ||
| Cornmeal | 12 months | ||
| Cornstarch | 12-18 months | ||
| Cream of tartar | 12 months | ||
| Extracts | |||
| (unopened) | 2 years | ||
| (opened) | 12 months | ||
| Gelatin | 18 months | ||
| Pasta | |||
| (dry) | 2 years | ||
| (fresh) | 2-3 days | 6 months | |
| Peanut butter | |||
| (unopened) | 6-9 months | ||
| (opened) | 2-3 months | ||
| Pies | |||
| Fruit | 4-5 days | 1-2 months | |
| Custard | 2-3 days | ||
| Pumpkin | 4-5 days | 2 months | |
| Unbaked fruit | 8 months | ||
| Popcorn (unpopped) | 2 years |
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