all food should be cooked until it reaches 75 degrees C, and let to cool. You can safely place it in the fridge at any time after cooking, although it is best to let it cool to a sensible tempreture to avoid overheating in ur fridge.
As far as storage goes, the standard in restaurants and food shops is no longer than 3 days, including th eday it was cooked. But in the home id say it was fine to store cooked meats for a maximum of 5 days depending on type of meat..
Most things can be frozen but if you keep up with some sort of routine you shouldnt need to freeze much other than raw meats.
For exmaple, on monday,i freeze a load of chicken exept what i need for tues. Then on tues i take what i need for wed, and so on. This ensures maximuim shelf life of your foods.
When using fish other than tined fish I would only store this in fridge for 1 day after defrost. This is my person preference.
Under no circumstances shold you freeze food that has not cooled, nor should you refreeze a previously defrosted item of food.
also i wouldnt freeze cooked meats especially shit u got from shops cos u just dunno how long it bin there
Hope this helps
Reply With Quote