On Wed, 15 May 2019 13:00:31 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 5/15/2019 12:09 PM, notbob wrote:
>> On 5/15/2019 9:45 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>
>>> the problem is with the 'frost free' feature of your freezer.
>>
>> No, it's not!
>>
>> I'm familiar w/ the "frost free" feature in my fridge, as I've worked on
>> 'em, before.
>>
>> The problem is seafood frozen in water vs "flash freezing" is the stuff
>> frozen in "ice" lasts much, much longer.
>>
>> I usta get free trout from my buddy.* He froze the fish in old wax
>> half-gallon milk containers (fulla water).* They would keep ferever!*
>>
>> nb
>
>Uh... what you and your buddy did and what is available at the grocery
>store as "flash frozen" aren't the same thing. No buckets, not blocks
>of water. Commercial fishing boats.
>
>The flash frozen fish and seafood I buy definitely don't start drying
>out or need to be tossed in a few weeks. Yours is either very poorly
>wrapped or the problem is your freezer.
>
>Jill

the stuff that I buy has a thin coating of ice on each individual
piece