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Vegetables and fruits
Preparation
Maximum storage time
String Beans and Beans
Wash, cut into small pieces and boil in water
10 - 13 months
Beans
Hull, wash and boil in water
12 months
Cabbage
Clean and boil in water
6 - 8 months
Carrot
Clean, cut into slices and boil in water
12 months
Pepper
Cut the stem, cut into two pieces, remove the
core and boil in water
8 - 10 months
Spinach
Wash and boil in water
6 - 9 months
Cauliflower
Remove the leaves, cut the heart into pieces
and leave it in water with a little lemon juice for
a while
10 - 12 months
Eggplant
Cut into pieces of 2cm after washing
10 - 12 months
Corn
Clean and pack with its stem or as sweet corn
12 months
Apple and Pear
Peel and slice
8 - 10 months
Apricot and Peach
Cut into two pieces and remove the stone
4 - 6 months
Strawberry and Blackberry
Wash and hull
8 - 12 months
Cooked fruits
Add 10% of sugar to the container
12 months
Plum, Cherry and Sourberry
Wash and hull the stems
8 - 12 months
Maximum storage
time
Thawing time at
room temperature
Thawing time in oven
Bread
4- 6 months
2 - 3 hours
4 - 5 minutes (220 - 225°C)
Biscuits
3 - 6 months
1 - 1.5 hours
5 - 8 minutes (190 - 200°C)
Pastry
1 - 3 months
2 - 3 hours
5 - 10 minutes (200 - 225°C)
Pie
1 - 1.5 months
3 - 4 hours
5 - 8 minutes (190 - 200°C)
Phyllo(Filo) dough
2 - 3 months
1 - 1.5 hours
5 - 8 minutes (190 - 200°C)
Pizza
2 - 3 months
2 - 4 hours
15 - 20 minutes (200°C)
Dairy products
Preparation
Maximum storage
time
Storage conditions
Pack (Homogenized) milk
In its own packet
2 - 3 months
Pure milk - in its own packet
Cheese - excluding white
cheese
In slices
6 - 8 months
Original packaging may be
used for short-term storage.
Keep wrapped in foil for longer
periods.
Butter and magarine
In its packaging
6 months