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