I urinate cure my eggs...i find nobody wants to use mine.
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Fresh River Cured Roe
Started by fishing89, Oct 06 2014 10:51 AM
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NiagaraSteel
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 07:48 AM
I urinate cure my eggs...i find nobody wants to use mine.
Do the fish seem to like that yellowish tint?
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 09:27 AM
Ahhh the old urea cure! Thats an old-timer secret cure!
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 09:30 AM
Just don't taste it...
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 10:11 AM
Rinsing eggs in river water is a bad idea...IMO It doesn't "cure" anything. The only thing it will do is harden your eggs up if they are loose.
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 10:31 AM
Makes em tie nice for those who like pretty bags! I prefer jam!
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 01:25 PM
Rinsing eggs in river water is a bad idea...IMO It doesn't "cure" anything. The only thing it will do is harden your eggs up if they are loose.
Exactly, curing eggs serves one of two purposes. Either to make you eggs more durable so they last longer or to add color/scent. I am not interested in cures that add color/scent anymore so all I do is river cure, add kosher salt and they are good to go.
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 01:52 PM
Actually if you read up, the sulfite cures make your eggs milk better. It's magic !
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 02:21 PM
Exactly, curing eggs serves one of two purposes. Either to make you eggs more durable so they last longer or to add color/scent. I am not interested in cures that add color/scent anymore so all I do is river cure, add kosher salt and they are good to go.
How does this kosher salt work? I get that it's used to cure by drawing out liquids. So, you put the eggs in river water for 30mins/1hr.. whatever, drain them when you get home.. add kosher salt and ... then what?
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 02:41 PM
Shawarma, on 08 Oct 2014 - 11:21 AM, said:
How does this kosher salt work? I get that it's used to cure by drawing out liquids. So, you put the eggs in river water for 30mins/1hr.. whatever, drain them when you get home.. add kosher salt and ... then what?
Basically What Nado does is the same thing I do. River harden your eggs to the desired density (l like 10-15minutes). Air dry for an hour or so to get them tacky (He may skip this step but I like it) Bring home and put them in a bowl with enough kosher salt to make them float. You can leave them in the bowl for as long as you want, generally 30 minutes - an hour for me. Then you rinse them and let air dry for another hour. After that you can bag them..
As troutdiccted mention earlier: The bulk of my fishing is in the slow stuff, in the frogwater/moderate water a fish will eat and spit out hard eggs before you can even set the hook. I also like the natural scent when the fishing this water because you dont need to draw a fishes attention to your presentation, they will see it bumping along in front of them.. M2c
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 02:42 PM
Then that's it no further hassles are required. The salt acts as a preservative and you can keep in the fridge and used when tying up your roe bags. Every now again I turn up the eggs that were salt cured, I've had some in the fridge for two years now and is still good.
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 03:18 PM
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 04:23 PM
I use a quick river cure, then a light salt cure to preserve them. If I know I'll use them up quickly (within the week or so) I skip the salt cure altogether and just use river cure. Caught a bunch today on rivercured eggs from a fish I caught yesterday.
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 04:27 PM
I found a Tupperware container in the garage fridge with roe from early Sept. Hidden in the back. I was meaning to cure it but forgot about it. And of course it spills on my pants as I'm ready to head out. ......
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Posted 08 October 2014 - 06:22 PM
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Posted 09 October 2014 - 10:35 AM
My way does have a few differences from IR4J, I dont really dry them out other than the water I get rid of with the strainer. And then I put the salt directly on the eggs without water in a ziploc bag. Moral of the story is there is no right or wrong way, just different ways. The trouts get tun up for all of them.
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Posted 09 October 2014 - 08:26 PM
You should use what works for you for sure....
Mostly don't touch my eggs with any thing clean em up a bit air dry package and freeze. Or if I want some to stay good for a month or 2 in the fridge they get a little sprinkle of straight borax, mostly au natural.
My sacs are mostly done after 9 or ten long drifts.....
Month old borax eggs got a couple super fresh fish after work this evening. 
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