Fresh River Cured Roe
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AaronKrick
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Do the fish seem to like that yellowish tint?DaveC said:
fishermandan420
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Ahhh the old urea cure! Thats an old-timer secret cure!
Captain Barty
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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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Makes em tie nice for those who like pretty bags! I prefer jam!
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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.Captain Barty said:
fishermandan420
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Actually if you read up, the sulfite cures make your eggs milk better. It's magic !
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?NADO said:
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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
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
TRINIBOY
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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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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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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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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.
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.
