How to use the whole animal (waste not want not)

[Beer can]

I do freeze them first, just throw them whole in a bag in the freeze, should of mentioned that, I do it also because it is easier to grind. Could be why they take all day to eat it all, maybe they likeit warmer and not a fish 'snow cone'.
Same with venison I only thaw it out to where I can work with it before grinding, sometimes put the cubes back in the freeze to stiffen up. For venison sausage I leave the pork fat frozen and cubed to grind, grinds and mixes better. It is recommended to freeze venison for 30 days before making jerky or dehydrating because most dehydrators don't heat the meat up enough to kill any possible parasites.

 

[Beer can]

Bluegill and perch in a couple ponds I fish get these white grubs sometimes they have a lot of black spots in their meat, and when you see these white spots and poke them with a knife to release them from the meat they start crawling. They say "Both the 'black dot' parasite and the 'white grub' parasite are completely harmless to humans regardless of cooking time." But I don't want to eat them anyway, gross.

 

[vehve]

Okay, that's just icky.

 

[hennible]

Yup icky

 

[Cold Canadian]

Bluegill and perch in a couple ponds I fish get these white grubs sometimes they have a lot of black spots in their meat, and when you see these white spots and poke them with a knife to release them from the meat they start crawling. They say "Both the 'black dot' parasite and the 'white grub' parasite are completely harmless to humans regardless of cooking time." But I don't want to eat them anyway, gross.

Would soaking them is a salt bath remove them ? Around here they throw perch fillets into a salt water mix to get any if present worms to crawl out .....can't stand salt apparently ? Never done it myself as I target perch through the ice so they are said to have no worms then ?

 

[Beer can]

Never tried soaking the filets in salt water, still don't think I could eat them. I've never noticed the grubs in them ice fishing, same pond. I've never noticed them in bass either.

 

[perchie.girl]

Ok wasnt a fisher person before.... not ever doing it ever....

except outa my own aquaponics setup....

deb

 

[Beer can]

Makes you want to go get some sushi. I'll still eat sushi but I'm not eating fish with visible grubs I don't care if they say they are safe. They must be common because I found info coming from many states.
"The life cycle begins as fertile eggs (2) produced by adult flukes (1) which live in the mouth of the heron (7).
The eggs are shed to open water as the heron feeds. The first stage larvae, called miracidia (3), emerge from the eggs and penetrate a suitable snail host (4). Within the snail, miracidia undergo numerous cycles of asexual reproduction in various developmental phases after which second stage larvae, called cercariae (5), emerge from the snail and swim about in search of a suitable fish host, such as the yellow perch (6). Cercariae penetrate the fish and encyst to assume the third larval stage -- metacercariae (6), also known as grubs. When the infested fish is consumed by the heron, the metacercariae excyst (come out of the cyst) and become adult flukes (1) in the mouth of the heron, thus completing the cycle."
They say they don't harm the host animals either.

 

[hennible]

Oh my goodness... Informative thanks beer can

 

[Cold Canadian]

Strange what the do research On ? I believe everything living has some sort or parasite in it's system ? some more visible then others ........at least that's what I've been told