O meaai pisapisao e taofia ai mai le leaga, ae o le a le mea e sili ona lelei mo meaai, veggies, fualaau aina ma isi mea masani? Ina ia aloese mai le faʻamafanafana faʻasalalauina ma se tulaga lautele o le lelei, faʻamoemoe e faʻatau naʻo le tele o meaai e mafai ona e faʻaaoga i se taimi talafeagai. O le a le mea talafeagai? E faalagolago i meaai. Faitau i lalo mo nisi faʻamatalaga.
O le Soifua Maloloina o le Meatisini Faasao
E faʻatatau i le ituaiga aano o aano o manu o loʻo e malolo, e mafai ona tumau i soo se mea mai le masina e tasi i le tasi tausaga.
Tagai i lalo mo mea patino. E tusa lava po o le a le umi, e te manao e faʻapipiʻi au meaʻai. I le avea ai o se tulafono lautele, afai o loʻo e fuafua e faʻaaogaina i totonu o ni nai masina, tuu le aano o manu i totonu o le pusaaisa i lona uluai afifiina. Afai o loʻo e fuafua e faʻamalolo mo le umi atu nai lo ni nai masina, oe manaʻo e afifi i se isi apa o le alumini pepa poʻo se pepa faʻaavanoa poʻo le tuʻuina o mea fou i totonu o se pusa paʻu pepa. I soʻo se tasi, ia mautinoa e tusi le afifi e tusa ai ma mea o loʻo aofia ai ma le aso na faʻama ai.
| Meat and Seafood | Shelf Life | Punaoa |
| Bacon | 1-2 masina | E faʻapefea ona faʻafefiloi meaʻai mo le faʻafefe |
| Toa po o le pipi, atoa | 1 tausaga | |
| Toa, fasi | 9 masina | |
| Filifili (puaa, vela, mamoe) | 4-12 masina | |
| Iʻa | 3-8 masina | |
| Meaʻai o le eleele | 3-4 masina | |
| Ham | 1-2 masina | |
| Toa anufe | 1-2 masina | |
| Taumafa Meaʻai | 3-4 masina | |
| Meaʻai manu | 1-2 masina | |
| Toa | 4-12 masina | |
| Sausage, ulaula | 1-2 masina | |
| Sausage, e le faʻaumatia | 1-2 masina | |
| Laʻau | 3-12 masina | |
| Steak | 6-12 masina | |
| Taʻa manu feʻai, leai se meaʻai | 8-12 masina | |
| © Erin Huffstetler |
Punaoa: USDA, Nofoaga Autu a le Atunuʻu mo le Faasao Meaʻai, Faleoloa Taumafa Taumafa
Pulu suamalie ma isi mea gaosi susu
O le susu susu e le masani ae o se ala saogalemu atoatoa e teu ai susu susu. Ia mautinoa e aveese se ipu mai se koneteina (poʻo le tutusa mai se atigipusa laʻititi) e mafai ai ona faʻalauteleina e pei ona leai se suavai.
E mafai ona malulu ile kulimi i totonu o fagu vailaʻau, pei ona mafai ona taʻe ma sasaina fuamoa. O le kulimi malosi ma le maʻisaga e lelei tele, e le pei o kulimi mama ma kulimi kulimi.
| Fafaga | Shelf Life | Punaoa |
| Pulu | 6-9 masina | E faʻapefea ona faʻafefe le pata |
| Faletini | 3 masina | E faʻapefea ona faʻafefe ai le kulimi |
| Leisi, faigata | 6 masina | Faʻasusu Fagu |
| Pulu, salu | 2-3 masina | |
| Sui sui | 12 masina | |
| Laʻau, faʻamaʻe | 12 masina | E faʻafefea ona faʻafefe ai le anu |
| Aisa kulimi | 2-4 masina | |
| Miliki | 3 masina | E faʻafefea ona faʻafefe le susu |
| © Erin Huffstetler |
Punaoa: USDA, Nofoaga Autu a le Atunuʻu mo le Faasao Meaʻai, Faleoloa Taumafa Taumafa
Laftovers Freezing
O meaʻai maoaʻe mai se taumafataga manaia o se mea e maasiasi ma e matua faigofie lava ona teuina i totonu o lau kisaisa. E pei o aano o manufasi, e te manao e faʻapipiʻi ma le faʻaeteete mea uma i totonu o pusa tuʻufaʻatasi poʻo pusa paʻu. Manatua e tusia mea uma i faʻamatalaga o mea ma se aso. O tagata tauva mo le malolo e aofia ai sou, solo, paluga, kuka ma iʻa, ma taoina pi, araisa, ma pasta. O lapisi e le lelei i totonu o le pusaaisa e aofia ai meaʻai e maua ai laʻau e pei o suauu kulimi ma mea e puipuia ai, faʻapea foʻi salakeke o soʻo se ituaiga.
| Leftovers | Shelf Life | Punaoa |
| Broth | 2-3 masina | |
| Meaʻai | 2-3 masina | |
| Toa pepe / patties | 1-3 masina | |
| Iʻa | 3 masina | |
| Gravy | 2-3 masina | |
| Meat po o le moa | 2-6 masina | |
| Pasta | 2 masina | |
| Pizza | 1-2 masina | |
| Sou ma sopo | 2-3 masina | |
| © Erin Huffstetler |
Punaoa: USDA, Nofoaga Autu a le Atunuʻu mo le Faasao Meaʻai, Faleoloa Taumafa Taumafa
Faʻasao Meaʻai ma Kosi
O le tele o mea kuka na gaosi lelei, aemaise lava pe afai o loʻo fou pea pe a oso i totonu o le pusaaisa. O se falaoa (pe toetoe lava) o le falaoa e mafai ona faʻafefiloi aʻo lei faʻamaisa, e mafai ai ona e aveese naʻo le numera o fasi pepa e manaʻomia. Tuu saʻo i totonu o le faisalala. Ua faʻamamaina lelei, o keke e leʻi faʻauluina e tumau pea mo le fa masina. O kuki foi o se sui sili ona lelei mo le taina.
| Lelei oloa ma kosi | Shelf Life | Punaoa |
| Areto / vili, leai se mea | 1 masina | |
| Areto, tao tao | 2-3 masina | |
| Kuki, tao (faʻafefe) | 1 masina | |
| Kuki, tao tao (faʻalaʻe) | 2-4 masina | |
| Kuki kuki | 3 masina | |
| Kuki, tao tao | 6-12 masina | |
| Pulu, fualaau (tao tao) | 6-8 masina | |
| Pulu, fualaau aina (leai se mea) | 2-4 masina | |
| Pulu, paʻu | 1-2 masina | |
| Lili, fefete | 3-6 masina | |
| Nati, salima | 6-8 masina | |
| Nati, leai se mea | 9-12 masina | Faʻafefea ona Teu Faga |
| © Erin Huffstetler |
Punaoa: USDA, Nofoaga Autu a le Atunuʻu mo le Faasao Meaʻai, Faleoloa Taumafa Taumafa
Fualaau Malulu ma Fualaau Faisua
O fua fou, fualaau e leʻi fagaina ma fualaau faisua o ni tagata sili ona lelei mo le faʻamaisa. Afai e vave ona faʻamaʻi, latou te taofi le tele o meaʻai muamua. O fualaau faisua e faʻafefete i totonu o soupasi ma sopo poʻo le saʻo i totonu o se paluga kuka faatasi ma aano o manu. Faʻaopopo saʻo fua faʻasamaʻi i sasalalū, saula, ma le lanu.
| Fualaau & Fualaau aina | Shelf Life | Punaoa |
| Fualaau & Fualaau aina | 8-12 masina | Auala e Faʻatau ai Fua |
| © Erin Huffstetler |
Punaoa: USDA, Nofoaga Autu a le Atunuʻu mo le Faasao Meaʻai, Faleoloa Taumafa Taumafa