Neat Trick I learned today

[grandpawrichard]

All my life I have fought to get the slime off my fish when I am cleaning them for cooking or for my smoker. Today I decided to smoke some salmon up for a Birthday Gift for one of my Grand Daughters.

I was dreading the time it would take to De-slime the Salmon under running water, so I went on line and did a Google Search for De-slimming methods.

One of the links took me to a discussion on the methods of De-slimming fish. There was one Gentleman who said to use a mixture of 50% Vinegar and 50% Water. He said to get a clean little hand pump sprayer that is used to mist flowers for the job. Then you just lay the fish out, spray them down with the mixture and leave them sit for a few minutes.

He went on to say that soon you will see a white colored jelly all over the fish. The fish is now ready to be scraped under running water. When you are done the fish is perfectly clean of all that nasty slime.

I tried it and was amazed at how quickly and efficiently the slime was Totally Gone! It works Fantastic! No fuss, no muss! I had 6 salmon cleaned of slime in a matter of 10 minutes! Try it, you'll like it and you will wonder why you never thought of it before!

Dick

[dontgetcrabs]

Thanks for sharing.   

[KillBilly]

Instead of scraping, do you think scotch-brite or a brush would work?

[grandpawrichard]

Instead of scraping, do you think scotch-brite or a brush would work?

Sure it would, but the knife is much easier to clean!

Dick

[Button Nubbs]

I've never de-slime any fish before. What's the benefit?

[grandpawrichard]

That slime can have Bacteria that is Harmful to humans in it. Plus it gives off a fishy odor and taste.

All of the fish you buy in the stores has had the slime removed.

Dick

[Button Nubbs]

Hmmmm, interesting. Never been sick or had any complaints about my fish. maybe ill have to try it sometime.

[cohoho]

Why not just fillet the skin off of it?  Never had any slime effects???  I guess maybe because I fillet and then cut out center fat line in a v, before throwing on Smoker..

[Smokepole]

Sounds like a great trick, Grandpa Richard.  Anyone who's ever smoked up a limit of Skagit Pinks will appreciate a trick like this.  Man, the slime flows like a river off them, especially the bucks.  They'll drool all over your smoker and put out the fire.  Glad you came up with this organic method, because I might need it this year.

Hey, maybe you could bottle it up and call it "Slime Away"  If you get rich take me hunting...   

[grandpawrichard]

Why not just fillet the skin off of it?  Never had any slime effects???  I guess maybe because I fillet and then cut out center fat line in a v, before throwing on Smoker..

I was cleaning and smoking Humpies.

Dick

[Cap.Silver]

what a great idea,thanks for sharing .Have any more ?

[remington300mag]

I am going to try this if we get another Sockeye season this year! Their slime is horrible!! I also wonder if this would work on perch before filleting them??? I know I battle their slime non stop while trying to get them filleted fresh!

[grandpawrichard]

According to what I read earlier today the trick works for Any type of fish.

Diluted Vinegar is a darned good cleaning agent for windows and just about any other surface.

Dick

[Antlershed]

There is no need to de-slime Humpies in the kitchen sink. Just throw them in the crab pots and let the crabs do all the work 

[ICEMAN]

Remington, I use dawn dish soap on my fish before I fillet them.   
 
No more shooting those perch across the kitchen trying to fillet them slimey little bassturds.   

[fishcrazy]

Try a dash a pure lemon juice. It also works great for cleaning up after the mess. The only thing I have found that will clean a cooler after  the carcas has sat in it just a little to long.

Kris

[PolarBear]

There is no need to de-slime Humpies in the kitchen sink. Just throw them in the crab pots and let the crabs do all the work 

[slammercharters]

I don't know how hard it is to get slime off river fish, fish from the ocean we just lay flat and hose at a shallow angle so you don't bruise the meat. Removes the scales and the slime.

[Fishnclifff]

Where did you get humpies this time of year?

[ICEMAN]

Try a dash a pure lemon juice. It also works great for cleaning up after the mess. The only thing I have found that will clean a cooler after  the carcas has sat in it just a little to long.

Kris

Gasoline works. 

[wadu1]

I have been using water and vinegar for years to sanitize wooden cutting boards for years. It will also remove the stale odor on cast iron Dutch ovens and frying pans. The mixture was also used during the Civil War to disinfect wounds cheaper than whisky.   
 

[lokidog]

I am going to try this if we get another Sockeye season this year! Their slime is horrible!! I also wonder if this would work on perch before filleting them??? I know I battle their slime non stop while trying to get them filleted fresh!

Try scaling, then fileting those perch and other panfish, the skin provides a huge amount of extra flavor.  Never noticed them to be too slimy though.

I spray the scales off with the hose as well, though I seem to recall it doesn't work so well for the pinks we got two years ago.  Can't hardly remember that long ago....

[jackelope]

Back east when ice-fishing we would catch yellow perch literally by the 5 gallon bucket full...we'd skin them with one of those hand-crank fish skinners, then fillet them. Yummm for deep frying in a batter.  No complaints ever with that either.

[stickinmaster]

Wow sounds like it is pretty easy, suppose just a white vinegar? I'll have to try that on one of them springers that are on there way.

[Rob]

Diluted Vinegar is a darned good cleaning agent for windows and just about any other surface.

Does it work on Linux too?

Seriously though, neat trick.