dealing with maggots

[roadkill]

they are a fact of life, and after being in the bush for some time , i have seen them drop eggs in mid flight, much like a napalm bombing run, and leven lay the eggs on the OUTSIDE of tubs only to have them crawl thru the side of the lids and into teh meat inside when hunting.

So now i spray all my meat with vinigear and tape the lids with gaffa tape.

make sure you pull the meat out straight away when you get home or it will go festy


Also can use the vinigar at home when sticking in bags to freeze, but the freezer will kill them anyway

if its still crawlin its fine to eat, just downt eat dum balck bits that dont smeel so good....

[hiline]

they are a fact of life, and after being in the bush for some time , i have seen them drop eggs in mid flight, much like a napalm bombing run, and leven lay the eggs on the OUTSIDE of tubs only to have them crawl thru the side of the lids and into teh meat inside when hunting.

So now i spray all my meat with vinigear and tape the lids with gaffa tape.

make sure you pull the meat out straight away when you get home or it will go festy


Also can use the vinigar at home when sticking in bags to freeze, but the freezer will kill them anyway

if its still crawlin its fine to eat, just downt eat dum balck bits that dont smeel so good....


:spudnikhurler: :spudnikhurler: :spudnikhurler:

[DEFENDERZOOK]

they are a fact of life, and after being in the bush for some time , i have seen them drop eggs in mid flight, much like a napalm bombing run, and leven lay the eggs on the OUTSIDE of tubs only to have them crawl thru the side of the lids and into teh meat inside when hunting.






we talking about flies here right.....?
cos maggots dont fly......


i never seen a fly drop eggs.....and they lay live maggots as far as i know....usually on the food source.....
and vineagar stops them from attacking the meat...?
does it affect the meat or the taste of the meat....?
this is very interesting....

[roadkill]

sorry for not expressing myself clearly, i usally have a few beers of a nightime.....

yep, they are flies, and yep usually have to lay direct onto food, in some climates they get a bit more exicted, like in tropical weather.

yep, they lay live small, tubular shaped maggots, as larvae so suppose eggs is not the right term!

i suppose they go off premiturely

the vinegar just kills the maggots on contact, it also will sterilze the surface of food to a point.

also will help to soften the meat, as it is acididic, and will start the decomposition off

pepper works a treat too, but if you have ever carried a animal carcass out of the scrub, with a can or two of pepper up your snoz, you wont try it again in a hurry!

[MacMan]

From the title I thought this was going to be about parking inspectors!

[DEFENDERZOOK]

you need something stronger than acetic acid for them maggots.......

hydrochloric acid works best on the big brown maggots.....

[boggo]

From the title I thought this was going to be about parking inspectors!

I was thinking maybe politicians,or the NPWS:nazilock:

[loanrangie]

Beat the crap out of them i say, oh we are talking about food :p

[dobbo]

Why not just eat SPAM flies will find it very hard to get into a tin can therefore the maggots will not be a problem.

[1103.9TDI]

Hey Roadkill, what sort of vinegar do you recommend, same as we use for stingers up here?, that blue stuff, or brown or white, or maybe rice. What about balsamic, for the ultimate gourmet takeaway roadkill!!!.....Cheers...Gerry.

[roadkill]

Hey Roadkill, what sort of vinegar do you recommend, same as we use for stingers up here?, that blue stuff, or brown or white, or maybe rice. What about balsamic, for the ultimate gourmet takeaway roadkill!!!.....Cheers...Gerry.

dont really matter ....dem animals dont seem to mind much!

[Mud_Bogger6]

The best way to stop maggots spoiling ya food: keep it in the ute till it's ready to eat then get it into ya right away

[roadkill]

i was talking about food you SHOOT, not get out of a can

more for the people who catch their own rather than for the people that hunt at Coles......

[Mud_Bogger6]

So was i what do you thing freezers are fror????

[one_iota]

:rolleyes:
So was i what do you thing freezers are fror????

If I read you correctly:

The 1080 baits

[one_iota]

I have been enjoying this topic so much I thought that I'd contribute something to this erudite debate before the gangrene sets in and the moderators are forced to amputate:

http://www.ucihs.uci.edu/som/pathology/sherman/home_pg.htm

[Mud_Bogger6]

:rolleyes:

If I read you correctly:

The 1080 baits

Baits????? we never bait, we only shoot, or dog

[one_iota]

Baits????? we never bait, we only shoot, or dog

:lol2:

that bait worked

;)

[Mud_Bogger6]

Yeah very funny

[shorty943]

Truth, vin-agar sorts out that slight taint in meat. You know, that slight slimey feel? Give the meat a good wash down with the vin-agar and curry in a hurry. No worries, done it often enough in hard times. You are basically giving the meat a light pickling prior to cooking.

shorty.

[Bigbjorn]

I have a friend, a chef, who started a job at a Spanish cuisine restaurtant with a great emphasis on seafood. When he told the owner that some of the fish was no longer fresh and a bit too whiffy to use, he was told not to waste anything, but to wash it with vinegar, or a water and chlorine bleach solution if really whiffy. He chucked the job in before someone was poisoned and the blame was put on him. The owner thought he was being quite unreasonable as the owner considered this to be normal practice & that my friend was being a temperamental prima donna chef.