14F freezer is good enough
Have been having these doubts for some time, 0F/-18C "recommended" by FDA and similar Canadian health authority, while my meat and fish remain quite hard and I am still alive with freezer temps rangin...
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Almot wrote:Well this was for home freezing and not for harvesting from a distance far away. I live in between lakes now and used to live on one (MN, Land of 10,000). The water packing seemed to keep the fish fresher tasting and there was no risk of freezer burn so fish could be stored longer.westend wrote:
We used to use this same "water/ice-packing" for freezing fresh water fish. It worked extremely well.
Fish is more than 50% water, I don't see any need to freeze it in water. It will freeze nicely and with an ice crust, on its own. The only result you achieve with water/ice packing is that it will take longer to freeze and more energy to maintain the extra mass of ice.
It would seem to me that once I have any mass frozen, it would aid in keeping freezer temp at it's set point. In our chest freezer we will sometimes throw in one gallon containers of water to take up space and add mass. The frozen water containers also are great for cooler use or for cooling down the RV fridge. Yes, we are paying for the initial cooling when we put them in the chest but I think it aids in actual runtime of the freezer.
