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Re-using Freezer Paper
#6669225
11/18/19 06:18 PM
11/18/19 06:18 PM
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Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 2,692
Idaho, Lemhi County
Gulo
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"On The Other Hand"
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"On The Other Hand"
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Idaho, Lemhi County
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For years, we've saved freezer paper and re-used it the following year. I was packaging elk sausage today and ran across this paper. They usually only last 4-5 years, but this particular paper had a history. ![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2019/11/full-10376-23897-freezer_paper_a.jpg) 2009 - Perch fillets 2010 - Venison tongue 2011 - Channel catfish 2012 - Chard 2013 - Blue grouse 2014 - Beaver backstrap 2015 - Elk roundsteak 2016 - (nothing, so must have left the round steak in the freezer 2 years) 2017 - Chukar breast 2018 - Broccoli 2019 - (not labeled, but it was used for Elk sausage). Thought some of you may get a chuckle out of the photo. Jack
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Re: Re-using Freezer Paper
[Re: Northof50]
#6669556
11/19/19 12:08 AM
11/19/19 12:08 AM
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Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 35,169
McGrath, AK
white17
"General (Mr.Sunshine) Washington"
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"General (Mr.Sunshine) Washington"
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McGrath, AK
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If it is like any of my freezers, there is a Bio-Hazard label posted on the side... Level 2
keeps my Christmas cake from disappearing in the middle of the night Well I don't recall the bio-hazard stickers but there are multiple stainless steel drawers. Inside each one are hundreds of critters ... each drawer is full of the same species. Each critter has a toe tag that says either................Microtus xanthognathus or Peromyscus maniculatus........or Zapus hudsonious etc etc. Also on the tiny toe tag is the creature's weight in micrograms and it's length expressed as a quantum proportion of a parsec. I have watched Jack measure and weigh hundreds of these things before breakfast. A digital post scale sensitive enough to weigh a popcorn fart and tiny, tiny calipers to measure rate of growth on each toenail. I even saw him timing some of these critters as they ran through the grass near the spring. He took copious notes and measurements and transcribed them in millimeters per second and then converted them to furlongs per fortnight. Gotta keep good data ya know !! Miss Lisa does make a dynamite lynx pizza. Just keep your eyes peeled to see which freezer she is getting the ingredients from !
Mean As Nails
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Re: Re-using Freezer Paper
[Re: Gulo]
#6669564
11/19/19 12:32 AM
11/19/19 12:32 AM
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Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 2,958
South Dakota
Hydropillar
trapper
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trapper
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South Dakota
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its one thing to be thrifty... if i wrapped a steak in used freezer paper id have to wonder if it was contaminated....to each their own... but ill use new freezer wraps.. its not like its expensive...i like to think im a professional at my trade and i can afford to live with a few perks.... like new sandwich baggies... have you figured your like long savings?? maybe 20 bucks spread out over 20 - 30 years.... this rate right up with the stupidest idea i ever heard of.....
The only place you find free cheese is in a mousetrap !
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Re: Re-using Freezer Paper
[Re: white17]
#6669569
11/19/19 12:43 AM
11/19/19 12:43 AM
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Posts: 8,203
Manitoba
Northof50
trapper
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Manitoba
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If it is like any of my freezers, there is a Bio-Hazard label posted on the side... Level 2
keeps my Christmas cake from disappearing in the middle of the night . Well I don't recall the bio-hazard stickers but there are multiple stainless steel drawers. Inside each one are hundreds of critters ... each drawer is full of the same species. Each critter has a toe tag that says either................Microtus xanthognathus or Peromyscus maniculatus........or Zapus hudsonious etc etc. Also on the tiny toe tag is the creature's weight in micrograms and it's length expressed as a quantum proportion of a parsec. I have watched Jack measure and weigh hundreds of these things before breakfast. A digital post scale sensitive enough to weigh a popcorn fart and tiny, tiny calipers to measure rate of growth on each toenail. I even saw him timing some of these critters as they ran through the grass near the spring. He took copious notes and measurements and transcribed them in millimeters per second and then converted them to furlongs per fortnight. Gotta keep good data ya know !! Miss Lisa does make a dynamite lynx pizza. Just keep your eyes peeled to see which freezer she is getting the ingredients from ! I'm surprised that they are not double lined body bags that are used for meat preservation. Watch those Zapus...cause they are real Jumping mices. And we can thank a early explorer/ preparator in collecting specimens, his claim was; Hudson river, Hudson Bay, red squirrel and meadow jumping mouse.
Last edited by Northof50; 11/19/19 12:45 AM. Reason: Highland Scotch respect
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Re: Re-using Freezer Paper
[Re: Gulo]
#6669706
11/19/19 09:08 AM
11/19/19 09:08 AM
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Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 2,692
Idaho, Lemhi County
Gulo
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"On The Other Hand"
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OP
"On The Other Hand"
Joined: Jan 2009
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Idaho, Lemhi County
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We have 7 freezers. 4 are "science" freezers and 3 are food. It is NOT easy to forget which one is which.
Putting meat or produce in heavy-gauge ziplock freezer bags, then wrapping in re-used freezer paper is indeed quite sanitary, and will keep even burger for at least 5 years with zero freezer burn. We tried the shrink-wrap bags, and because of the expense and the fact that 2 years in the freezer resulted in minor freezer-burn, we went back to the freezer paper. Also, we do volume, so indeed, freezer paper is expensive. We have a local butcher order the thirty-pound rolls of butcher paper, and I think last time we ordered a roll, it was about $80. That was 10 years ago.
And yes, how many of you know the f-squared (furlongs per fortnight) of the s-squared (scoot speed) of Microtus xanthognathus through Chrysothamnus nauseosus? These are robust data needed to accurately determine the rate of dispersal of Martes americana (which are apical predators of M. xanthognathus), thus one can figure the optimum distribution of traps to increase annual harvests.
Jack
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Re: Re-using Freezer Paper
[Re: Gulo]
#6669741
11/19/19 09:37 AM
11/19/19 09:37 AM
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Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 2,692
Idaho, Lemhi County
Gulo
OP
"On The Other Hand"
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OP
"On The Other Hand"
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 2,692
Idaho, Lemhi County
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I thought Hudson invented some sort of stinging insect. Wasn't it the hornet?
(Interesting where some of these threads go...)
Jack
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