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Re: plastic meat wrap?
« Reply #30 on: September 24, 2013, 06:03:50 PM »
The nice thing about using plastic and paper is that you don't lose any to a lost seal.  I have found if you handle the vaccum sealed bags to much or if you drop them they are prone to getting holes in them.  I use 4 mil vaccuum bags so i don't think it is from cheap bags its just the nature of frozen plastic.  If you lose your seal your meat will freezer burn.  Never had freezer burnt meat from plastic and paper and it is way quicker and cheap.  The plastic rolls and paper rolls you get at Cash n Carry will last many seasons.  We do about 5 elk a year and they usually last multiple years.

Totally agree. Exactly like we do, twice in plastic wrap, then once in waxed putcher paper with the final edge taped down. Easy to label, llasts forever.

Freezer burn is simply the air surrounding poorly wrapped foods drawing moisture from the food. Wrap it so tight that there are no air bubbles= no freezer burn. Simple.

I have opened 7+ year old steaks with 1 year old steaks and you could not tell the difference.

Wrapping your game is probably the most important part of meat care.
7+ year old steaks ?  my pack of carnivores comes over and gives me a couple beers then heads to the freezer to find the goodies......finally smartened up and dated the stuff  way old to discourage the pilfering....had to make a cheat sheet that showed the "actual date" rather than the  "packaged date" and hid it in the safe.....they haven't caught on to that one yet :chuckle:
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Re: plastic meat wrap?
« Reply #31 on: September 24, 2013, 06:38:31 PM »
Yeah, had some come back from the inlaws home. Mother in law never cooked them up, so I confiscated.

Around here I may lose track of a few between my freezers, so we get three year old or so steaks commonly...
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