roe

[curado]

the fun begins . started curing the first roe of the season. i have about 150 berries cut into small quarter size chunks i can not wait til i get more in the next weeks

[ckim85]

gave mine away to a fellow fisherman when i cleaned out my fish

[curado]

you should have kept it for coho and chums

[notagator]

Not to mention, Steelhead Candy.

[BentRod]

So I figured it's about time I try this since I have a bag of them in the fridge and have never done this before.
What's the best way to cure the eggs? Once they're cured, how do you store them?

Thanks.

[natenez]

What's the best way to cure the eggs? Once they're cured, how do you store them?

Check out http://www.steelheaduniversity.com/Egg_ ... lhead.html
and http://www.steelheaduniversity.com/egg_cure.html

[curado]

vaccume pac them or ziploc bags dry eggs to desired moisture and then put into borax

[BentRod]

Thanks guys. Looks like I'll have to pick up some borax. Hate to see those eggs go to waste.

[curado]

20 mule team is the stuff it is in the luandry soap isle i na a green box

[curado]

i got more roe today along with getting 3 fish stolen

[gpc]

Hey Curado, do you cut up all your eggs into quarter sized pieces? Or just some of them? I have 4 butter containers full of eggs that I cut up into golf ball size peices. I do it this way because, the way I figure it, I can always cut them smaller for the silvers of steelhead, but plan mostly to throw them at kings. Do the eggs cure better when cut up in smaller pieces?

[curado]

i cut min small because i have hooked kings on small egg clusters and it can be used for steelhead to. but cutting them up as you go is fine

[curado]

heres the finished product

[hanapaa808]

curado, so you cut your skeins into those pieces, dry them on that screen, then put them into borax?

[scott080379]

I am so confused on this..........do they stay stuck together once they have been cured? Just seems like they would fall off the hook.

[curado]

hanapaa, borax and i cut the skein in half and then cut into pieces

scott the skein is in tact so that way you use an egg loop for the roe

[jens]

Great info Curado, I was just thinking how to cure all these pink/silver eggs. Good stuff.

[BentRod]

Curado, are you adding color to your eggs or is that the natural color?

[curado]

it is the cure i am using it has dye in it. pink eggs are pink. for good quality roe, bleed fish immediately

[BentRod]

Finally got the roe on a cure. Per the instructions on one of the Steelhead links natenez posted. Went with 1 part sea salt, 2 parts sugar, and 3 parts Borax. I also added a couple of drops of red food coloring to the mix, but I don't think it'll do much. I cut the roe skeins into, more or less, quarter size pieces and then mixed them up with this dry cure (~3 Tbs. to 4 skeins ratio), so it looks like slush. That was 2 fish worth of eggs. I'll stir this up once a day for the next 3-4 days and then see what I have. I then plan to either drain/dry them prior to placing in the freezer, or just place them in as is, depending.
Let me know if you see any errors in my process here.
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