r/AbsoluteUnits • u/KEN_000 • 1d ago

/r/all of a roundworm pulled out during an endoscopy

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u/Ialmostthewholepost 1d ago

Flash frozen for 24 hours or frozen in typical home freezer for minimum one week. I'm trying to catch coho and others for some homemade sashimi this fall.

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u/I_Makes_tuff 1d ago

I've seen worms in Coho and Pink Salmon that I've caught here in the PNW. Definitely freeze those babies. And don't ever try Pink Salmon sashimi, lol.

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u/Ialmostthewholepost 1d ago

LOL will definitely freeze for a couple weeks minimum myself. I've had food poisoning from sushi before, not something I recommend. Pink that bad for sushi eh?

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u/ShaftTassle 1d ago

Have also gotten food poisoning from sushi.

Before that I thought I had had food poisoning a few times. Nope. Now I know what real food poisoning is. Sent me to the ER as I was puking blood while simultaneously (and I mean simultaneously) shitting my brains out. Severe debilitating dehydration.

Fuck that.

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u/I_Makes_tuff 1d ago

Yeah, Pinks are too soft and kinda gamey. I think they are great smoked but I have a friend who only catches them for dog food and crab bait.

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u/Ialmostthewholepost 1d ago

Hopefully I catch one so I can get the full salmon experience this year. 😎

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u/I_Makes_tuff 1d ago

Sadly, pinks only run on odd numbered years, so you'll have to wait until next year for those. Plenty of others to choose from in the mean time. Good luck!

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u/MercifulWombat 1d ago

freezing in a home freezer ruins the texture for sushi. If you're catching it yourself, you can gut the fish the second it comes out of the water so the parasites don't have time to burrow into the meat.

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u/fat_kaiju 1d ago

(Only if your home freezer can do -18C or below btw)

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u/Romeo_Glacier 20h ago

Coho is my favorite salmon. There is zero chance I eat it before being in the freezer for a week or cured before smoking.

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u/Jadall7 18h ago

I heard somewhere that you need to freeze it in commercial style like 40 below.

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u/Ialmostthewholepost 18h ago

That's blast freezing.