Sodium Sulphite and Eggs

[Tanner]

I used some eggs last year that had sodium sulphite in them. They worked great. Can anyone tell me where to get the stuff. Also maybe some procedures for using it in the egg curing process.

Tanner

[chuck 'n' duck]

You can get the stuff @ Fisherman's Marine and Outdoor. I just used it as part of a new custom cure, and I am very pleased with the results. The eggs are very firm (for a change). I mixed the sodium sulfite up with salt, sugar and coloring. I covered the eggs liberally, and worked it down into the folds. Put it in a tupperware container and into the fridge. Let juice up for 1-2 hours and drain the juice off. Stick back in fridge and turn twice a day for about four days or so. Great eggs were my result. Now to see if they catch fish (come on rain!!)

Chuck 'n' Duck

[Tanner]

Chuck n Duck
Thanks for the post I will have to try your cure.

Tanner

[Deleted User]

IMHO, it's best to not drain off the egg juice during the curing process because most of it gets reabsorbed back into the egg sacks thru their tiny pores. Thus you have more juice to milk out from your eggs during fishing. What juice is left after a couple days can be drained off for other uses; such as soak curing prawns or sardine filets. - RT

[THE REEL HEY_YALL]

Am I the only smart one as to say you go to the camera supply shop and buy it in the crystallized form? Sodium Sulfite is used to develop the film, something to do with the quality of the photo, mumbo jumbo. I am sure it's a heck of a lot cheaper at a camera shop than a bait shop..lol geez.

[Fishin Magician]

Yall-Maybe you should tell the rest of us which camera shop you are getting it from.....I asked about 10 camera shops locally and now days thier film developing solutions are pre made and dont carry the components anymore. I get mine in foodgrade form from some friends of mine.I would like to find some locally.FM

[cureless]

I got mine at the camera store in Hillsboro don't remember the name, its by the checker auto parts and Tacotime. The guy knew exactly why I wanted the stuff and keeps extra on hand for fisherpersons.

[Fishin Magician]

Its called the Camera Bag....Thank you

[Deleted User]

My 2 cents worth: There is a slight difference in the quality of sulfites. Food grade sodium sulfite, that you can get at F.M.S. or some meat processing plants, is a little better than what most camera shops use.

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Know fish or no fish. - RT

[THE REEL HEY_YALL]

RT, you don't think it could be the marketing placebo effect do ya? Ya know, same thing, but covers different markets? I am using the Kodak brand with great success with homemade oil I concocted. Kodak isn't generic..LOL http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif Could be some difference, but with my 2 cents, I would be willing to bet they all come from the same distributor in meat markets and film processing. I guess I will have to ask a chemist, but then that would take away from the fun in fishing to me. Getting too scientific ya know. For a side experiment, I used brine instead of the sulfite with some MSG and it's working fine as well. One of these days, I will totally streamline my wheel..lol

[Deleted User]

'Yall,

There is a slight difference in the quality of FDA "Food Grade" sodium sulfite and the "Technical Grade" that camera shops use; and unfortunately I found out that F.M.S. now only has the latter. Many guides say it does make a little better cure using the food grade of SS, but both work.

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Know fish or no fish. - RT

[Captain and Marie]

Hey I know where you can get sodium sulfite in Tillamook..
Tillamook Bait Company sells it in their bait shop...he he

Come by and check it out. Borax too.

Thanks,
MW www.tillamookbait.com (http://www.tillamookbait.com)
842-5031