Fish Storage / Keeping Fish
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Fish Storage / Keeping Fish
Hi Guys, looking for some advice from those who have kept fresh fish before - as the only stuff I can seem to find on google relates to fish bought from a supermarket!
I have recently caught a few snapper and I have done the following:
- Bled straight away in an ice slurry
- Gutted 1 hour after being bled and put on ice
- Scaled and stored in a garbage bag, in a tub, in the fridge with a bag of ice on top of the tub (5 snapper in total).
My question is, how long can the fish keep like this? and at what stage do you put them in the freezer?
For instance, I caught these fish last night (Sunday pm) and have a family bbq on Wednesday night. I was planning to fillet them tomorrow and then just keep them on ice until the bbq. I am wondering whether I am better freezing them or not?
Thanks fishos!
:cheers: :cheers:
I have recently caught a few snapper and I have done the following:
- Bled straight away in an ice slurry
- Gutted 1 hour after being bled and put on ice
- Scaled and stored in a garbage bag, in a tub, in the fridge with a bag of ice on top of the tub (5 snapper in total).
My question is, how long can the fish keep like this? and at what stage do you put them in the freezer?
For instance, I caught these fish last night (Sunday pm) and have a family bbq on Wednesday night. I was planning to fillet them tomorrow and then just keep them on ice until the bbq. I am wondering whether I am better freezing them or not?
Thanks fishos!
:cheers: :cheers:
Re: Fish Storage / Keeping Fish
I would fillet and freeze asap,even if you are eating them 2 days time.
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Re: Fish Storage / Keeping Fish
Dont freeze snapper fillets. You will waste it.
Next time do NOT gut, clean or scale your fish. Try to keep it as pristine as possible. Wash it and vacuum pack it. Lower your fridge temp. You can keep it in the chiller for up to 5 days. Longer than that, freeze it with gut, scales and all. When you thaw it, the fish will still be a hundred times beter than those you can buy from fish market.
Next time do NOT gut, clean or scale your fish. Try to keep it as pristine as possible. Wash it and vacuum pack it. Lower your fridge temp. You can keep it in the chiller for up to 5 days. Longer than that, freeze it with gut, scales and all. When you thaw it, the fish will still be a hundred times beter than those you can buy from fish market.
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Re: Fish Storage / Keeping Fish
Can you do the same to all fish?Fish-cador wrote:Dont freeze snapper fillets. You will waste it.
Next time do NOT gut, clean or scale your fish. Try to keep it as pristine as possible. Wash it and vacuum pack it. Lower your fridge temp. You can keep it in the chiller for up to 5 days. Longer than that, freeze it with gut, scales and all. When you thaw it, the fish will still be a hundred times beter than those you can buy from fish market.
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To most fish it works. It does not work on aussie salmon. It still gets mushy.Nightwish wrote:
Can you do the same to all fish?
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Guys, I basically eat everything fresh, simply don't like freezing, although at a push, I will vacuume pack and freeze.
There was some tests done a couple of years or so ago, that vacuum packing your fish and leaving it in the fridge, was not the best practice and shouldn't be done to extend a use by date, a mate pointed it out, of course I didn't believe him, but he was right !
If you vacuum pack it, freeze It ! Don't leave it in the fridge vacuumed, the bacteria build up unbelievably was a lot greater than leaving it in the fridge un- vacuum packed. I'll try and find the info on it but it was a while back.
I'll leave fish in the fridge, gutted and filleted, with skin on for a max of a couple of days, otherwise its given away or as a last resort vacuumed and frozen. when I got my Vacuum pack I was using it for basically everything, until I was shown that its not good to preserve fish under fridge temps vacuum sealed.
There was some tests done a couple of years or so ago, that vacuum packing your fish and leaving it in the fridge, was not the best practice and shouldn't be done to extend a use by date, a mate pointed it out, of course I didn't believe him, but he was right !
If you vacuum pack it, freeze It ! Don't leave it in the fridge vacuumed, the bacteria build up unbelievably was a lot greater than leaving it in the fridge un- vacuum packed. I'll try and find the info on it but it was a while back.
I'll leave fish in the fridge, gutted and filleted, with skin on for a max of a couple of days, otherwise its given away or as a last resort vacuumed and frozen. when I got my Vacuum pack I was using it for basically everything, until I was shown that its not good to preserve fish under fridge temps vacuum sealed.
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Re: Fish Storage / Keeping Fish
guys.
just out of curiosity.
can the fish be stored in freezer bags whole without gutting scaling etc.
my cousin mentioned to me that if the fish isnt gutted it can turn toxic.
i love eating fresh, but when you get home at 10pm theres no chance of scaling, gutting and cooking a fish, just so you can have it fresh, so it usually goes into the freezer as is.
cheers
just out of curiosity.
can the fish be stored in freezer bags whole without gutting scaling etc.
my cousin mentioned to me that if the fish isnt gutted it can turn toxic.
i love eating fresh, but when you get home at 10pm theres no chance of scaling, gutting and cooking a fish, just so you can have it fresh, so it usually goes into the freezer as is.
cheers
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Re: Fish Storage / Keeping Fish
If you leave the in chiller too long it will spoil.purple5ive wrote:guys.
just out of curiosity.
can the fish be stored in freezer bags whole without gutting scaling etc.
my cousin mentioned to me that if the fish isnt gutted it can turn toxic.
i love eating fresh, but when you get home at 10pm theres no chance of scaling, gutting and cooking a fish, just so you can have it fresh, so it usually goes into the freezer as is.
cheers
Vacuum packaging prevents freezer burns.