I have a bunch of fish in the freezer, comming up on 2 yrs old, all in food saver bags. The fish looks like it did when I put it in there. Is it ok to eat?? Most is salt water fish, shark, snapper, talapia (sp?), king fish and some tuna I think.

i had some striper last week, that had been in my freezer for a year and half. and it tasted great

Probably safe to eat, but it may be a bit chewy and bland - try thawing it out in milk. In answer to your other question, I believe the correct spelling is tilapia.

A 'bunch"???? When's the fish-fry???? Am I invited??

Kevin

If it smells bad throw it, if it smells good, call me.

no its not anygood, you will have to give it to me and i'll get rid of it for you.

Found some in the bottom of the freezer marked 2003. I'm still alice....I think.

I had some 2.5 year old crappie last year that was still very tasty.

The best way to freeze fish is to put the meat (fillets, etc) in a ziplock and then cover with water. Squeeze the air out and freeze. Fish frozen this way will keep a very long time; just ate some smallmouth from a Canada trip 3 years ago; they were great. And like someone else said; if they smell like fish - toss.

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Freeze them like he said, except ad a teaspoon of lemon juice. It keeps them fresh.

Thanks for the lemon juice tip; that should also be a plus. I never thought of it, but it keeps fruit from oxidizing so ought to help prevent fish flesh damage.

Later

Vaccuum seal, freeze in water or add lemon juice all about the same the thing that causes freezer burn is air in the package touching the meat. It casues the moisture in the meat to condense and freeze. Bottom line if you've got ice in the package and the meat around the ice is lighter in color the meat will taste like cardboard or worse. I've taken slightly freezer burnt meat and soaked it for a few hours in Italian salad dressing and it tasted OK.
Trey Scott

Thanks guys

Trey's right; they're all about the same and just think you can save $100.00 by just using water and a ziplock versus the high-dollar air sucker. Glad to help and hope all have, have had a Great Memorial Day Weekend.

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