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I feel like a cave man, I put all fillets in sink and sprinkle with salt work the salt in then quick rinse to remove any bad stuff I missed. Blot quickly with paper towel. and layer them with plastic wrap between them so they separate easy. Put a mess in each bag, seal them up. Put several bags in a gallon bag and seal that up. It never is around for more than 3 months or so.
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My wife is from Vietnam, salt is common to clean food. Salt bath is helpful in removing chemicals and pesticides from fruit. Grapes especially. Also we prep our rice in a bowl or pan of salt water and squeeze our rice at least 5 times before cooking. Try it...take several handfuls of rice put in a bowl of water , stir it around a little then grab a handful and squeeze in the sink and watch stained water run from your hand. From then on you will want to clean your rice. repeat until water is clear you have squeezed out. Jasmine rice seems to have less pesticides than other strains of rice
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Food saver also. Folded paper towel across the sealing end to catch the juice when it's vacuuming.
Back in the day, we would slam the whole five gallon bucket of fish, uncleaned and covered with water, in the chest freezer! I kid you not. When the freezer was full, about 6 or so buckets, we thawed em all and called crew for a fry!
Never any issues. Crazy things you did, when your mind wasn't right,
Wouldn't do it now, on a bet....
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I was taught the ice block method by my dad and that's all I've ever used.
I found a few bags of crappie in the bottom of the freezer a couple of weeks ago. They must have been in there for years. I thawed them and fried 'em up with some hush puppies. Tasted just as good as fresh.
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I used a vacuum sealer for a while but put fish on cookie sheets and partially froze the fish, then put in bags to seal . Was time consuming and bags were not cheap (compared to freezer bags ) . Bought a small freezer to just keep deer/fish. Would not go back . jmo.
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I freeze my dove( if there are some left) in a gal. milk jug. My crappie are in a food savor bag.
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I do both, about the same for me.
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I changed to a vacuum sealer this year. I am going to have to try the pre freeze method. Thanks.Originally Posted by silverside
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Adding to my previous answer, the folded (rolled) paper towel, goes inside the bag, above the fillets, below the seal. This eliminates the prefreeze step for me.
Just pat them a little bit, leave a little moist, and put in the bag.
I double seal both ends.
Freezing in plastic ice cream gallon containers, with a little salt, works fine too.
Just depends how my back feels, and how late I fished.
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I use a vaccum sealer but in a little different way, I do a egg wash, I make a dry breading usually crushed saltine crackers,some crushed garlic bread crumbs,a little shore lunch,ect.
I dip the fillets in the egg wash,bread them up good and lay them on cookie sheets and put them in the freezer 5-6 hours then vaccum pack. I put different amounts in the bags for different size meals, when it's time to make fish I don't unthaw them first(the breaded frozen fillets can easily be pride apart with a butter knive) the frozen fillets go into a frying pan with in butter med heat 12-15 minutes there done. I've and baked the in the oven this way too, we eat fish a lot more often just because it's so convenient and fast...I've had them in the freezer up to 6-7 months this way and there fine,usually there ate long before then.
