Every year, thousands of callers to the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline aren't sure about the safety of items stored in their own home freezers. The confusion seems to be based on the fact that few people understand how freezing protects food. Here is some information on how to freeze food safely and how long to keep it.
HoustonâThe WoodlandsâSugar Land is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in the United States and the second-largest in Texas (after DallasâFort Worth) with a population of 6,490,180, as of U.S. Census Bureau's July 1, 2010 estimates.
The Business Journals' On the Numbers analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data estimates the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown area's population at 6.22 million as of April 1, up 274,162 from 5.95 million a year earlier. The metro area ranked No. 6 in 2010. Enlarge. Houston is now the No. 5 metro area by population. The Philadelphia area is estimated at 6.02 million, up 52,371 people from its 2010 population of 5.97 million. This is the first time Philadelphia has fallen out of the top five metro areas ranked by population. The top four metro areas have all held their rankings since 2010.