Foodsavers and freezer burn

[Dave Sikorski]

I was messing around in the freezer today and found some Yellowfin from last July. I thawed it out and the foodsaver bag was still airtight, but the fish had a little bit of burn on the edges.

No biggie, It smelled fine and tasted great. With this older stuff I typically do something creative. Tonight I minced the steaks and added breadcrumbs, chopped parsley, a little dill, minced garlic,minced shallots, an egg, minced carrots, some soy, sesame oil, lemon zest, and a little lemon juice.

Add a little parsley, dill, and lemon juice to some mayo to top with.

Toast a kaiser and voila!

So anyway...My real question.

How long does your fish typically last when using a foodsaver?

-D

[Bite Me]

I was messing around in the freezer today and found some Yellowfin from last July. I thawed it out and the foodsaver bag was still airtight, but the fish had a little bit of burn on the edges.

No biggie, It smelled fine and tasted great. With this older stuff I typically do something creative. Tonight I minced the steaks and added breadcrumbs, chopped parsley, a little dill, minced garlic,minced shallots, an egg, minced carrots, some soy, sesame oil, lemon zest, and a little lemon juice.

Add a little parsley, dill, and lemon juice to some mayo to top with.

Toast a kaiser and voila!

So anyway...My real question.

How long does your fish typically last when using a foodsaver?

-D

Hey Dave, I ate the last of last year's tuna about a month ago. Grilled it and it was great. It does lose a little color but for anything other than sushimi it tastes great. Have had similar luck with wahoo.
Good suck job, good seal, good meat.....there's a joke in there somewhere.

[Finesse]

D... I went looking for the same info a few weeks ago and they claim for fish 2 years ....

Storage guide Page 4 ...
http://www.foodsaver.com/PDF/FS.UserGuide_v11.pdf

[RUGGERDUDE]

Dave,
I was wondering about this myself, so I tried some yft that was in the back of the freezer. This yellowfin will be 2 yrs old in July. The seal was good without freezer burn on the steaks. There was color loss but the stuff grilled up perfectly and tasted great. One thing I will add is that during the sealing process I pat dry the steaks and then "flash freeze" them in the freezer. This seems to help with reducing the water that gets sucked into the sealer. Can't wait til the summer so that I can fill the freezer up!

Will

[Deep C]

While cleaning out my freezers for the islands trip I came on packs of mako from two years back... They looked just fine and dandy... A friend wanted them instead of me heaving them and said they were good as new...

We don't have a foodsaver in the islands (no electric at the cleaning house) so we immerse bags in water to just short of the seal and that forces the air out. You can seal it most of the way and use a straw to finish the job...

[brandon558]

How long does your fish typically last when using a foodsaver? [/B][/SIZE]

-D

We have never had a problem with the food and have eatin fish close to about 2 years old. It sure does beat the hell out of using bags like we used to!

[Seaker]

We are just finishing up last seasons YFT & BFT. To get around the bit of color loss I just trim the steaks or loins a bit and proceed as usual. The admiral sears em with galic and soy and sesame ....life is good

[Capt_John]

I couldn't afford a FoodSaver and I started freezing my fish in water like I do shrimp. Works great for and lasts a very long time.

1. I take pint size freezer bags and put in 1 or 2 steaks. Seal tight.

2. Then put 3 or 4 of the pint size bags in a gallon freezer bag.

3. Fill the rest of the gallon bag with cold tap water. Seal very tight.

4. Place bags in freezer on their side.

This works for me very well. Takes more time,but a lot cheaper.

[WAHOONBOX]

THIS IS A FANTASTIC THREAD!.....IT WOULD BE AWESOME IF WE COULD ALL SHARE A SHORT VIDEO ON THIS SUBJECT......

I THINK I'LL MAKE A STAB AT IT...I MEAN SEAL AT IT


ROCK ON.......

[biebs]

I actually quit freezing fish 2 years ago. Just dont like it to much. The only thing I do is freeze all my tuna scraps that arent eaten raw and make tuna salad out of it. Basically we keep whatever we can eat fresh for a week and give away the rest. I enjoy giving inlaws, friends and such fresh fish as they never really get it that fresh.

Karl