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Just been looking at a thread on shoutyerbutt, about victualling.

Vacumn packed meat was mentioned.
How long will properly vacumn packed fresh meat, say beef, last in a good refrigerator?
Especially if its bought and kept chilled until in the refrigerator.
Thanks.
 
ccscott49 said:
Just been looking at a thread on shoutyerbutt, about victualling.

Vacumn packed meat was mentioned.
How long will properly vacumn packed fresh meat, say beef, last in a good refrigerator?
Especially if its bought and kept chilled until in the refrigerator.
Thanks.
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We bought vacuum packed fillet steaks from our local butcher before this summer's cruise and kept the last of them 5 weeks before using them and they were excellent. They tell us 6 weeks is OK as long as the vacuum pack remains properly sealed and is in the coldest part of the fridge.
 
ccscott49 said:
Just been looking at a thread on shoutyerbutt, about victualling.

Vacumn packed meat was mentioned.
How long will properly vacumn packed fresh meat, say beef, last in a good refrigerator?
Especially if its bought and kept chilled until in the refrigerator.
Thanks.
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We bought two ready-made vacuum packed meals of octopus in Greece in September. Didn't get around to eating them on our drive home, as was our intention, so they have been sitting in a cupboard in the camper ever since. Found them last week and ate them. Perfectly fresh, although not the finest meal we have ever eaten.
 
Good evening

This is slightly off topic but it involves storage of meat.

Back in the mid-80s I went to a butcher shop in Alana to buy some meat for supper and was surprised when told the price of the small bit of Bon Filet that I had asked for. I asked "how much for the complete piece?" and ended up buying as it was just seemed too cheap to pass up.

On the way back to the boat a light bulb came on and I realized that I had just wasted my limited funds buying a huge piece of meat in the middle of August as I did not have a fridge, never mind a freezer.

While puzzling over the problem I recalled a trick my mother used up in the bush in northern Canada which was to preserve freshly killed pork in jars surrounded with melted lard/fat from the same animal making sure the lard completely covered the meat and that the jar was firmly sealed.

Once on board I cut the filet into meal sized pieces and put them in snap top 1 kilo jars and filled the jars with sunflower oil making sure that none of the meat protruded through the surface of the oil.

We had bon filet three meals a day for the next five days and the last bit was even better than the first - I ended up wishing that I had taken the time to mix up a marinade to add to the flavour.

One winter in Girne, North Cyprus my partner and I "canned" 20 plus jars of mince meat in various forms (i.e. spaghetti sauce and meat balls) and pork chops. We did not lose a single jar but sure enjoyed them while at anchor in bays in Turkey and Greece later the following summer.

Cheers

Squeaky
 
Talbot said:
vacuum packing is also a good way of keeping vegtables!

A vacuum pack machine is down on my list of required accessories.
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I had a vacumn sealer, a guy bought in the states for me, but forst time use, SWMBO plugged it into 230v, (forgot the transformer) pufff! Sparks!
Have to buy another now! 230v this time.
 
Squeaky said:
Good evening

This is slightly off topic but it involves storage of meat.

Back in the mid-80s I went to a butcher shop in Alana to buy some meat for supper and was surprised when told the price of the small bit of Bon Filet that I had asked for. I asked "how much for the complete piece?" and ended up buying as it was just seemed too cheap to pass up.

On the way back to the boat a light bulb came on and I realized that I had just wasted my limited funds buying a huge piece of meat in the middle of August as I did not have a fridge, never mind a freezer.

While puzzling over the problem I recalled a trick my mother used up in the bush in northern Canada which was to preserve freshly killed pork in jars surrounded with melted lard/fat from the same animal making sure the lard completely covered the meat and that the jar was firmly sealed.

Once on board I cut the filet into meal sized pieces and put them in snap top 1 kilo jars and filled the jars with sunflower oil making sure that none of the meat protruded through the surface of the oil.

We had bon filet three meals a day for the next five days and the last bit was even better than the first - I ended up wishing that I had taken the time to mix up a marinade to add to the flavour.

One winter in Girne, North Cyprus my partner and I "canned" 20 plus jars of mince meat in various forms (i.e. spaghetti sauce and meat balls) and pork chops. We did not lose a single jar but sure enjoyed them while at anchor in bays in Turkey and Greece later the following summer.

Cheers

Squeaky
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Cooked meat in kilner jars/tins is a standard thing, (Duck in fat) never heard of packing raw meat in fat or oil.
 
12 Volt vacuum packing machine...

ccscott49 said:
I had a vacumn sealer, a guy bought in the states for me, but forst time use, SWMBO plugged it into 230v, (forgot the transformer) pufff! Sparks!
Have to buy another now! 230v this time.
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Does anyone know of a 12V vacuum packing machine that I can get for when I go liveaboard?

Also interested in getting a miniaturised fish canning plant, again preferably 12 volts as I don't really want to have a genny on board...

Sorry I couldn't resist!
 
djbreeze said:
Does anyone know of a 12V vacuum packing machine that I can get for when I go liveaboard?

Also interested in getting a miniaturised fish canning plant, again preferably 12 volts as I don't really want to have a genny on board...

Sorry I couldn't resist!
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You dont need a genny, just a small inverter and who said she was on the boat when she plugged it in, you can also "can" in a pressure cooker, on a gas stove!

Apology not accepted and dont be such a smart@rse!
 
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ccscott49 said:
You dont need a genny, just a small inverter and who said she was on the boat when she plugged it in, you can also "can" in a pressure cooker, on a gas stove!

Apology not accepted and dont be such a smart@rse!
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Sorry it really was intended just to be a bit of fun, not to have a laugh at your expense...
David.
 
meat

Why not just not bother with the dead animal bit and contibute toward saving the planet?
Saves a lot of amps too!
 
Why not give up on the meat idea and contibute toward saving our planet? Makes shopping easier and saves amps too!
 
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JWBZQK said:
Why not give up on the meat idea and contibute toward saving our planet? Makes shopping easier and saves amps too!
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A sizable percentage of the released methane is produced by cows, therefore eating meet is definitely contributing to saving our planet.

Production and digestion of meat takes much less time and effort than just vegtables - compare lions who spend a lot of their time just lying around, to elephants or byson who spend all day gathering enough vegtable to live on, and then contributing to the methane overload.

Seems to me that being a veggie is really detrimental to the planet :-)
 
Nah, dont think so I'm a dedicated omnivore, I have tomato with my bacon sandwich!

Plus of course I'm trying to do my bit for the plant, already, I dont drive a car, I dont use too much energy and try to generate as much renewable energy as I can carry and afford, I recycle, I try not to pollute my oceans (as much as I can anyway).
I support organic growing and purchase as much as I can find.
I recycle old timber, into stuff for the boat.

What do you do?
 
ccscott49 said:
Nah, dont think so I'm a dedicated omnivore, I have tomato with my bacon sandwich!

Plus of course I'm trying to do my bit for the plant, already, I dont drive a car, I dont use too much energy and try to generate as much renewable energy as I can carry and afford, I recycle, I try not to pollute my oceans (as much as I can anyway).
I support organic growing and purchase as much as I can find.
I recycle old timber, into stuff for the boat.

What do you do?
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Well, for one I use my sails for propulsion!
 
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