Not all food products are created equal. So, too, not all foods have the same storage life.
Our Peacock Poultry Farms team wants you to be as informed as possible about how you can ensure those eating at your table will be served the tastiest, most nutritious meals possible.
The reference chart below lists many (but certainly not all) of the products we offer at Peacock’s. The storage times in your home refrigerator or freezer were compiled by the Food Market Institute and are intended as useful guidelines, not as hard and fast rules.
FOODS PURCHASED REFRIGERATED |
REFRIGERATED |
FROZEN |
DAIRY PRODUCTS | ||
Cheese, hard (i.e. cheddar, Swiss, block parmesan) |
3-4 weeks (opened) |
6 months |
” , shredded |
1 month (opened) |
3-4 months |
” , soft (i.e. Brie, Bel Paese) |
1 week |
6 months |
Milk (plain or flavored) |
1 week |
3 months |
FISH | ||
Lean fish (cod, halibut, haddock, sole) |
1-2 days |
6-8 months |
Lean fish (pollock, ocean perch, sea trout) |
1-2 days |
4 months |
Cooked fish (all varieties) |
3-4 days |
1-2 months |
SHELLFISH | ||
Shrimp, scallops |
1-2 days |
3-6 months |
Crab legs |
5 days |
9-12 months |
Lobster tails |
1-2 days |
6 months |
Cooked shellfish (all varieties) |
3-4 days |
3 months |
MEAT, Fresh | ||
Beef, lamb, pork or veal chops, steaks, roasts |
3-5 days |
4-12 months |
Ground meats |
1-2 days |
3-4 months |
Cooked meats (after home cooking) |
3-4 days |
2-3 months |
MEAT, Smoked or Processed | ||
Bacon |
1 week |
1 month |
Ham, fully cooked, whole |
1 week |
1-2 months |
” , fully cooked, slices or half |
3-4 days |
1-2 months |
” , cook before eating |
1 week |
1-2 months |
Sausage, raw, bulk type |
1-2 days |
1-2 months |
” , smoked links and patties |
1 week |
1-2 months |
POULTRY, Fresh | ||
Chicken & Turkey, whole |
1-2 days |
12 months |
” ” , parts |
1-2 days |
9 months |
Duck & Goose, whole |
1-2 days |
6 months |
POULTRY, Cooked or Processed |
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Fried chicken |
3-4 days |
4 months |
Ground turkey & chicken |
1-2 days |
3-4 months |
Rotisserie chicken |
3-4 days |
4 months |
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This month’s “Facts from the Farm” …
- A ‘cornish game hen’ is actually a 5-6 week old chicken.
- Because of the milk which they produce in large quantities, cows are called foster mothers to the human race.\A pig’s small lungs make them highly susceptible to pneumonia and bronchitis.
- Shrimp can only swim in a backward motion.
- If you see a sheep on its back, lend a hand. A sheep can’t get up from that position. If left on its back for too long it will eventually die.