I recently took in a very freezer burnt fish. What would be the best way to rehydrate this fish and skin without causing more problems for myself? Thank you all so very much!
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take a look at the last Breakthrough Magazine. They had a great piece on rehydrating freezer burn that is very detailed with photos. It explains it very well -- much better than I can.
I get these often, the formula works great. Start the cut down the back and open it up a little and things will speed along in wetting back. You can use DAWN, but have to watch it closer.
I have rehydrated many fish with Rittels relaxer. It works awesome fins and all. I have mever cut anything down the back to open it up though.
Todd
...freezer burned fish?
For instance, last year I took in (and later refused to do) a 23# Pike. The customer had it in is home freezer tossed in a garbage bag with all the air left in for two years. Once thawed, the fish still retained it's banana shape (from being bent to fit in his freezer) and was like stiffened cow leather. Also, the fish now weighed about 10 pounds instead of 23.
I called the customer and I ended up returning his deposit and tossing it. Was this fish salvageable? If so, should I charge extra for something like this? Fyi, he didn't want a replica...
Dont know if it would work on that fish, but last years I mounted a rainbow trout that had been in the guys freezer for 22 years, the fish was the worst I have dealt with. It was grease burnt too. The Relaxer allowed me to skin the fish, then I use Super Solvent to wash the grease out of the hide.
A crappie that a man had for 12 years and never knocked a scale from the show side.
An about any fish it will soften the skin up enough to remove it.
The only thing is if the bacteria have continued to eat through the belly, then of course nothing is going to help.
Give it a try, nothing ventured nothing gained.
I have left some fish in it for three days to soften the skin enough to remove it.
One crappie was so dry I sat the carcass in a nail and board for the whole summer, it was freeze dried! But the skin mounted up fine.