How Long You Can Freeze Your Favorite Foods

James Worrell

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Beef: 2 to 3 months

Breads and cakes: 3 months

Casseroles: 3 months

Chicken pieces: 4 months

Hard sausage (pepperoni): 1 to 2 months

Vegetable or meat soups and stews: 2 to 3 months

Bacon: 1 month

Chicken pieces: 9 months

Ground meat: 3 to 4 months

Hot dogs: 1 to 2 months

Pork chops: 4 to 6 months

Sausage (pork, turkey, or beef): 1 to 2 months

Steaks: 4 to 12 months

Whole chicken: 1 year

Written by Melissa Clark

February 2005

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