Does anyone soak their fish in beer or mustard before they cook it? I have also heard of people freezing their fish in salt water. Why? Thanks, Patti

peke,
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Scroll down to the 11th subject "Brining crappie fillets' by up2specks. This should help you.
Sorry it took so long to answer you but I had to really, really look for it.
I knew I had seen it but my rememberer couldn't remember where it was !
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i freeze my fillets in a storage bag with salt water completely covering the fish. this ol'friend i use to hunt with (god bless'em) told me it helps to preserve this fish better wile ya freeze'em. i think it true cause i found a 3yr bag of frozen crappie cooked'em and they still tasted great. i put a leveled table spoon of saly in the bag.

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ps get all the air out of the bag before you freeze it

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don't soak them in anything to change the flavor. why would you want to?

heres a thread less then 4-5 days old 3 pages full askin your same question.
if you use the search up top you will find serveral topics on this exact thing.

Soaking fish.

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never soaked em but froze em in regular well water in bags or milk jug.........4 or 5 years later on some catfish, still taste fine.

I let my fillets soak in salt water n Old bay for a day or 2 in a zip-lock bag b4 i fry em' up. You can add mrs.dash etc. b4 fryin. (set in back of da fridge, thats da coldest spot.) Do the same 4 freezn,but make sure that you use heavy zip-lock bags 4 the fish with fins! YES YES YES! Its very important 2 squeeze all the air out, they'll keep 4 a long while! GOOD eatin'!

I used to also freeze mine in water but it was such a bulky method and took alot of room up in the freezer. So i got a vacuum sealer at wal mart and now i can just stack flat bags of fish using a tenth of the space i used to. It seems to keep them just fine.

Yeah Pooh I agree with ya on that 1. When I get my money rite (lol) Im gonna invest in one of those. I have a stand-up freezer and the weight of ice bows my racks!