Thread: what do you use for a meat safe?

Moskito net from briscoes $15

Good thread this

Originally Posted by Tahr

Nah. Double bag it if you are worried. They don't seem to blow though pillow cases anyway.

Just thinking. Pillow cases come in different thread counts. It pays to get the higher thread count. I buy 250. Under that looks a bit course to me and might let eggs through. Still only cost about $7 each.

I use these game bags (4 in a bag) that you get from most hunting stores. You can wash them and re-use them time after time. I had half a deer in one bag last weekend and hanged it from a tree to cool. I was worried it would tear, but nope it held together fine. You can fit a whole fallow in one apparently. I do like the idea of dropping them in the river to cool in the summer time and will be adopting this approach in the future.

This is the whole deer cut up and ready to go. I hanged it for an hour, put it my pack and hiked for 2 hours, had another break and hanged it again. Home into the fridge for 5 days to age. The result as of yesterday is fine tender eating meat.

Bacteria love moisture so keep the meat dry and aired , trim off fecal and gut contamination , don't wash it , eels live in creeks so be careful , when cloth touches the meat it stops it cooling so well ,same with plastic bags, it acts a skin so let it breathe by keeping an air gap.

Bunnings sell bags of mutton cloth for about $10-15 in the painting section, they are like tubes and sealed at one end - easily big enough to get a hind leg in. Weigh nothing and pack down small so I always have a few in my day pack or bum bag

Mutton cloth isn't fly proof. Meat can quite easily get blown through it. Thats why I prefer pillow cases. They can get covered with eggs and there's no penetration.
I bought a couple of extras yesterday and they were $6 each. Get lighter colours because they are cooler and you will wash them more thoroughly to get the blood and dirt out that will be more visible.

Getting some 250 thread pillows today in preparation for summer.

Question though. Is washing the meat in freshwater after cooling or at home a problem? Wanting to remove any hair, dirt that may have been introduced.

Risky

I use a chux cloth with vinegar to remove hair, seems to work well

Cheers

Dino