Page Five
| Food | Refrigerator
37 F or below |
Pantry | Freezer
0 F or below |
| Pork | |||
| Chops | 2-3 days | 2-3 months | |
| Ground | 1-2 days | 1-2 months | |
| Roasts | 2-4 days | 3-6 months | |
| Sausage | 2-3 days | 1-2 months | |
| Potatoes | |||
| White | 2-3 months | ||
| Sweet | 1-2 weeks | ||
| Pudding | |||
| (prepared) | 1-2 days | ||
| (dry mix) | 12 months | ||
| Rice | |||
| Brown | 6 months | 1 month | |
| White | 2 years | ||
| Flavored or herb | 6 months | ||
| Salad dressings | |||
| (unopened) | 10-12 months | ||
| (opened) | 3 months | ||
| Shortening (opened) | 8 months | ||
| Spices & herbs | |||
| Whole spices | 1-2 years | ||
| Ground spices | 6 months | ||
| Seeds | 3-6 months | 12 months | |
| Dried herbs | 6 months | ||
| Fresh herbs | 3-5 days | ||
| Fresh gingerroot | 1 week | 3 months | |
| Tea | |||
| Loose leaves | 2 years | ||
| Bags | 18 months | ||
| Herbal | 6-9 months | ||
| Brewed | 2-3 days | ||
| Tofu (opened) | 2-3 days | ||
| Vegetable oils | |||
| (unopened) | 6-12 months | ||
| (opened) | 6 months | ||
| Olive (opened) | 4 months | ||
| Vegetables | |||
| Fresh | |||
| Asparagus | 3-4 days | ||
| Beets | 1-2 weeks | ||
| Broccoli | 3-5 days | ||
| Brussels sprouts | 3-5 days | ||
| Cabbage | 1-2 weeks | ||
| Carrots | 1-2 weeks | ||
| Cauliflower | 3-5 days | ||
| Cucumbers | 3-5 days | ||
| Greens | 1-2 days | ||
| Sweet corn | 1-2 days | ||
| Peppers | 3-5 days | ||
| Frozen | 8-10 months | ||
| Vinegar | 2 years | ||
| Yogurt | 7-10 days |
Sources: Ohio State University & Michigan State University Extensions, Food Marketing Institute & Keeping Food Fresh by Janet Bailey (Harper & Row, 1989) & Columbus Dispatch
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