Salt fish

[Ginger]

any one have experience with salting and cooking salt fish?

[little bubba]

When I grew up we salted herring every spring. You can salt the fish whole or fillets. Get yourself a big bag of salt. You want the non-iodized salt. Put a layer of salt enough to cover the bottom of your container. Now put in a layer of fish. Now enough salt to cover the fish. Again with the fish and so on. After you finish cover your container and set aside. The fish will make their own liquid called brine. Do not pour this off. This will hold the fish until you are ready to eat.
When you are ready to try one of the fish just remove the top and grap what fish you want to eat. Place the fish in water and soak out the salt. It will be much to salty to eat without soaking. Usually overnight will do. If you are soaking out a lot of fish you might want to change the soaking water one or twice. Everyone has different tolerance to salt. Some like fish salty where another want all the salt removed. Try it a couple of time and you will figure it out.
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[hunter davis]

i salt down herring every spring and like lil bubba said i salt my fish in a 5 gal. bucket all fillets........i cooked some this morning of you salt down fillets you do not have to soak them as long as you do if you salt them down whole........i put my fillets in a 5gallon bucket of fresh water around 6:00pm and will change the water before i go to bed....i cooked my fish in yellow corn meal but you can use any seafood breader mix,just fry up and enjoy having my salt fish as i type!!!

[hunter davis]

fyi........ when i put fillets in the bucket i cover the bottom of the bucket with salt then put the fillets in there skinside down cover the bottom than cover the fillets with salt and just keep repeating

[Ginger]

any one have experience with salting bait such as squid and blues?

[Sea Gristle]

I've salted squid in the fashion mentioned above. I've also brined shad fillets for flounder baits. I like the brine method better. Salt is too messy for me when I'm fishing.

[captaingeorge]

Salt fish is like cured ham. A "traditional" food source that arose out of necessity of the time (lack of refrigeration/freezing). To say it tastes good is a real stretch, not to mention how bad all that salt is for your blood pressure.[smile] Salting bait is one thing but ingesting tablespoons full of salt intentionally at a sitting is bad ju-ju.

[Ginger]

what is the brine method?

[Sea Gristle]

Putting enough kosher salt into a bucket until it doesn't dissolve anymore and the fish or squid float. Put something on 'em to weigh them down. Similiar to what trotline crabbers use for pickling their eel baits. The guy who told me keeps a 5 gallon bucket of shad fillets in his boat during flounder season, no refridgeration needed.

[Sea King]

Great way to enjoy salt fish:

Get 2 plates, put salt fish on one - bacon, eggs and toast on the other. Grab plate with salt fish and fling into trash can, eat bacon eggs and toast! Enjoy!

[Ginger]

You guys are pretty tough on the salt fish. Must be come heres. Any one try salt blood worms for bait?

[Sea King]

Yes, I guess I'm a "come-here"! Is your house on the water for sale yet?!? LOL!

All the b-fast restaurants up here in f'burg serve the saltfish, I've tried it and it's too darn salty for me. I do take some country ham from tiume to time though.

[grin]

[Sea King]

Yes, I guess I'm a "come-here"! Is your house on the water for sale yet?!? LOL!

All the b-fast restaurants up here in f'burg serve the saltfish, I've tried it and it's too darn salty for me. I do take some country ham from time to time though.

[grin]

[captaingeorge]

I'm a "come-here", too. I came to spend money and no one has refused any of it yet.[smile] But, as you can probably guess, I don't spend it on salt fish.

[hunter davis]

thats because they didnt soak the fish long enough if they are soaked long enough they will not be salty...........

[Sea King]

This one place where I tried it most recently seemed like they actually rolled it in salt fried it and rolled it in more! They serve it every day and I've seen people eating it every time I've been there. If that's what the locals clamor over they can have it!

[rocksandblues]

martin's by the old drive in has the best.

[Ginger]

any one tried salting bloodworms"?

[rocksandblues]

no, why? can't imagine they would taste good!

[SEAWOLFF]

Yes, I do salt my left over blood worms. I put them in a plastic bag
add salt and toss them in the freezer. When used as bait they are
touhger and less messy than live ones. I have had days that they seemed to work better than the fresh but generaly the fresh are my prefered choice. I use the salted as back up bait when running low however they are my first choice when I am fishing pilings with small hooks to get my live bait supply.

[Ginger]

any salt fish recipes?

[Coan Ranger]

Some may laugh but this makes for a far more enjoyable meal. Filet the fish first and cut away the ribs that remain with the filet. Coat with House-Autry fish breader mix. When you put them in the hot oil, always have the skin side of the filet up. This will prevent curling. When the fist side is done, about 2.5-3 minutes, turn the filets and they still won't curl.

The ultimate breakfast is salt fish, cantaloupe and spoon bread.

[hunter davis]

good to hear someone other than myself that knows how to salt and cook herring.........

[Ginger]

and how long do you soak them?

[hunter davis]

the fillets .....overnite i put them in a 5 gallon bucket of freshwater around6:00pm and change the water before i go to bed