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cryovac ribs, how long in freezer?

jbrodie
jbrodie Posts: 111
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
Just got a small freezer and would like to know how long baby backs will maintain their quality frozen.
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  • Egmont Key
    Egmont Key Posts: 69
    Have always heard 1 year then out it goes.
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  • Richard Fl
    Richard Fl Posts: 8,297
    The Professor AKA "Spring Chicken' found this awhile back while on one of is nocturnal tours of the Chicken Ranch.

    How to, Frozen Food Freshness Guide

    I ran across this on my MSN Home Page this morning. Worth passing on... Spring "Fresh As A Daisy" Chicken Spring Texas USA


    Freshness Guide
    Foods frozen for longer than the recommended times aren't harmful — they just won't be at their peak flavor and texture.
    FOOD - TIME IN FREEZER (0°F)
    Milk - 3 months
    Butter - 6 to 9 months
    Cheese, hard (Cheddar, Swiss) - 6 months
    Cheese, soft (Brie, Bel Paese) - 6 months
    Cream, half-and-half - 4 months
    Sour cream - don't feeze
    Eggs (raw yolks, whites) - 1 year
    Frankfurters (opened or unopened packages) - 1 to 2 months
    Luncheon meats (opened or unopened packages) - 1 to 2 months
    Bacon - 1 month
    Sausage, raw, links or patties - 1 to 2 months
    Ham, fully cooked (whole, half, slices) - 1 to 2 months
    Ground or stew meat - 3 to 4 months
    Steaks - 6 to 12 months
    Chops - 3 to 6 months
    Roasts - 4 to 12 months
    Chicken or turkey, whole - 1 year
    Chicken or turkey, pieces - 9 months
    Casseroles, cooked, poultry - 4 to 6 months
    Casseroles, cooked, meat - 2 to 3 months
    Soups and stews - 2 to 3 months
    Fish, lean (cod, flounder, haddock) - 6 months
    Fish, fatty (bluefish, mackerel, salmon) - 2 to 3 months
    Fish, cooked - 4 to 6 months
    Fish, smoked - 2 months in vacuum pack
    Shrimp, scallops, squid, shucked clams, mussels, oysters - 3 to 6 months
    Pizza - 1 to 2 months
    Breads and rolls, yeast - 3 to 6 month
    Breads, quick - 2 to 3 months
    Cakes, unfrosted - 3 months
    Cheesecakes - 2 to 3 months
    Cookies, baked - 3 months
    Cookie dough, raw - 2 to 3 months
    Pies, fruit, unbaked - 8 months
    Pies, custard or meringue-topped - don't freeze
    Piecrust, raw - 2 to 3 months
    Nuts, salted - 6 to 8 months
    Nuts, unsalted - 9 to 12 months




    Excerpted from The Good Housekeeping Cookbook (Hearst Books/Sterling Publishing).


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    Source: BGE Forum, Spring Chicken, 2008/11/29
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  • rosros
    rosros Posts: 409
    like twinkies, forever. They are usually vacuum sealed with inert gas. unfortunatley most are are injected with 12% salt/tenderizing solution.
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  • Fidel
    Fidel Posts: 10,172
    until you thaw them.

    They'll be fine in cryo for years.
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  • stike
    stike Posts: 15,597
    forever.

    seriously.

    the FDA says as much.
    "indefinitely" is the word they use, and there's no ambiguity there, for an organization famous for over-simplfying things and being overly conservative.

    properly frozen, they will keep F-O-R-E-V-E-R.

    the only issue with something kept at proper freezer temps is whether or not it gets freezer burnt. cryovac shouldn't be a problem, it's tough and there's no oxygen/air in cryovac'd meats.

    even if something gets freezer burnt, as long as it has been at recommended freezer temps, it will be safe as far as food-safety goes, though it will be less than fresh and have a bad texture
    ed egli avea del cul fatto trombetta -Dante
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  • stike
    stike Posts: 15,597
    too bad.

    hopefully what you've heard tonight will undo that B)
    ed egli avea del cul fatto trombetta -Dante
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