Author Topic: Freezer Fish - How Old Have You Eaten (Read 18047 times)

fishinpo1e1 · « **on:** Jan 30, 2010, 10:15 PM »

Yesterday, I found a package of year 2000 ice fish pike fillets.

I figured I would pressure cook them up for the dog. They were frozen in water in a ziplock bag.

Last week I broiled 4 nice fresh pike fillets and they were very good. So I told my wife, we gave 7 year old freezer fish to our friend and he said they were excellent. We have eaten 5 year old freezer fish before.

So I said to her, lets experiment and fix these year 2000 pike fillets just like we cooked the fresh one last week. AND I DID! : )

Results, they were EXCELLENT!

My wife said they were just a bit dryer but I had one thicker piece that kept the pan in the broiler a bit longer.

I'm not kidding, 10 years and still good.

OK - So fess up, how old a freezer fish have you eaten?

I defrosted the fish while in the bag and then rinsed them and soaked them in a cup of milk for an hour before putting butter salt and pepper and broiling them in an infra red oven that was preheated to 550 degrees before the broiler was turned on. Less than 10 minutes for a full pan to cook.

GiantSquid · « **Reply #1 on:** Jan 30, 2010, 10:46 PM »

Sounds tasty but i usually throw them out if they are leftover from last year. Maybe I'm missing something.. Aged fish???

mobey3 · « **Reply #2 on:** Jan 30, 2010, 10:50 PM »

Mine really do get eaten within about a year, but I have found and eaten three year old fish before. Sorry, I know that's not too impressive.

captain54 · « **Reply #3 on:** Jan 30, 2010, 10:54 PM »

Vac-packed or in zip lock bags w/water,two year old fish is still fine,not like fresh but edible.If older the zip lock's seem to be freezer burnt,here and there,dog food or garbage,very seldom have old fish but every once and a while a bag will get hidden in the freezer.Last year I kept a lot of fish(maybe to much) but it turned out well,because this year,I only could get on the ice twice,but did get 64 bulls,that make 5 bags.

wesson4 · « **Reply #4 on:** Jan 31, 2010, 12:51 AM »

Ive eaten 5 year old frozen trout. Was still pretty tasty!!!

mealworm · « **Reply #5 on:** Jan 31, 2010, 04:37 AM »

a year,but we're lucky to have fish stay in the freezer that long

prchslyr · « **Reply #6 on:** Jan 31, 2010, 04:43 AM »

I don't think I've ever topped 2 years. I rotate my stock.

pirkaus · « **Reply #7 on:** Jan 31, 2010, 05:12 AM »

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/FactSheets/Focus_On_Freezing/index.asp

According to this frozen food is safe indefinitely
So eat away
Pirk

oldbuck · « **Reply #8 on:** Jan 31, 2010, 07:57 AM »

I dont freeze fish anymore. I only keep enough for one meal and eat it that day or the next. If I have more than I need I give it to friends or family.

tundraman · « **Reply #9 on:** Jan 31, 2010, 08:06 AM »

I freeze my fillets in a bread pan full of water and have eaten them up to 3 years old. and they were just like the day i froze them. My gramps has been freezing fish like that for years, they never get freezer burnt and never loose any taste. Its the only way to freeze fish in my opinion

scavengerj · « **Reply #10 on:** Jan 31, 2010, 08:12 AM »

6 mos. tops. If I have fish any older then that, then I have kept more then I should have. And this is being vacuum sealed.

Nor Easter · « **Reply #11 on:** Jan 31, 2010, 10:03 AM »

This is great news to me, I just found a couple Brookies hiding in the back of my freezer from last August! Time to melt butter in a fry pan!! Thanks for the link also.

I thought I was bad eating frozen food up to a year old but 10 years? Wow!

slipperybob · « **Reply #12 on:** Jan 31, 2010, 10:21 AM »

Wow...that's a amazing...no frozen fish filet's will last more than a year in my house...less alone them making to the freezer.

andercee · « **Reply #13 on:** Jan 31, 2010, 10:06 PM »

I think it is better to set a goal of eating them the same day or as soon as possible. We all know fresh fish is better than fish than fish that has been frozen.

Hard Ice · « **Reply #14 on:** Jan 31, 2010, 10:06 PM »

Dont no iv never had that problem... There should be a law about freezeing fish !

nefarious · « **Reply #15 on:** Jan 31, 2010, 10:13 PM »

1 year'd.

pocono · « **Reply #16 on:** Jan 31, 2010, 10:39 PM »

I put fish in a ziplock and fill it with water to cover all the fish, It seems to last very long this way. Just don't let any air by the fish just water.

IDbasser · « **Reply #17 on:** Jan 31, 2010, 10:55 PM »

I ate some crappie from 6/08 the other day. They had been vacuum packed. I soaked them in milk and they were wonderful. I have over a two hour drive to catch crappie and good blue gill. I put quite a bit in my freezer from 1-2 trips in the summer. I usually bass fish and catch release them, so in order to eat fish, I rely on what I have in the freezer.

Phouvieng · « **Reply #18 on:** Jan 31, 2010, 11:41 PM »

I only keep enough fish for a meal the night I catch them.

walkerd · « **Reply #19 on:** Feb 01, 2010, 05:57 AM »

I cant help mine never last long enough in the freezer to be of any help to you. Actually I dont hardly keep them long enough to freeze soak and bake and eat, I could live on fish meals and ussually do wife says im sprouting gills, would that be considered canabolism.

BlueDuck · « **Reply #20 on:** Feb 01, 2010, 08:25 AM »

I have eaten them after two years in the freezer several times. Can't tell much difference. I vacumm pack them tho.

UFCreel · « **Reply #21 on:** Feb 01, 2010, 08:28 AM »

As long as they are not freezer burnt we eat them. I only eat fish from ice fishing. All spring and summer and fall fish are released. I recently found a bag of crappie from1-22-04. I gave them to a friend who said it was some of the best fish he has ever had. Put your fillets in a zip lock freezer bag fill with water and get out as much air as you can.

Madpuppy · « **Reply #22 on:** Feb 01, 2010, 08:31 AM »

1 year, then they become bait.

CHICKENFOOT · « **Reply #23 on:** Feb 01, 2010, 09:04 AM »

There is nothing worst than Frozen fish and nothing better than fresh I take what I am going to eat that night just my 2 cents

Michigan Mafia · « **Reply #24 on:** Feb 01, 2010, 10:02 AM »

My question is how long will thawed fish last in the fridge? I took out some frozen fish on Thursday and havent had time to cook them yet. Will they still be ok after 4 days?

prchslyr · « **Reply #25 on:** Feb 01, 2010, 10:40 AM »

MichiganMafia- I would just do a stink check with it. If it doesn't smell bad...Eat it. I'm a little more cautious though when it comes to my kids but I would eat it after 4 days thawed.

stoph · « **Reply #26 on:** Feb 01, 2010, 10:41 AM »

fish deterierates slightly as soon as its frozen. its much better fresh, but once frozen it can be kept pretty much indefinately. Scientists pulled a full frozen woolly mamouth out of a glacier a few yrs ago. It had been frozen solid for literally thousands of yrs, they claimed it was preseved well enough to be eaten. Anyone for mamouth steak?

1MOFISH · « **Reply #27 on:** Feb 01, 2010, 10:45 AM »

if it smells fishy it goin bad fresh fish has very little smell try it on a fresh filleted fish mo
2 years in the freezer it was a good year took time to use them up
mo

Madpuppy · « **Reply #28 on:** Feb 01, 2010, 10:58 AM »

Quote from: Michigan Mafia on Feb 01, 2010, 10:02 AM

My question is how long will thawed fish last in the fridge? I took out some frozen fish on Thursday and havent had time to cook them yet. Will they still be ok after 4 days?

I agree with the others, give em the sniff test. I own a restaurant and I have had fish last a week in the fridge and others a couple days. It also depends on the kind of fish as to how long it lasts.

geothefisher · « **Reply #29 on:** Feb 01, 2010, 11:25 AM »

I have had fish in the freezer for over 2 years. Asl long as they are packaged well and don't have freezer burn, they should be fine.

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