If you’re like me, you have a freezer full of stuff. I bought way too much last year and now I’m eating my way through the freezer. Here is a good schooling on “Thawing 101.” Here’s a few highlights that I found interesting:
Protein
- Bacon, Uncooked: 7 days
- Beef Roast, Steaks or Ribs, Uncooked: 3 to 5 days
- Chicken, Uncooked: 1 to 2 days
- Ground Beef, Uncooked: 1 to 2 days
- Lunch Meat, Unopened: 2 weeks
Prepared Foods
- Bagels: 1 to 2 weeks
- Bread: 1 to 2 weeks