The best way to freeze fresh meat
Is it better to vacuum seal wild game or wrap it in plastic and then butcher paper? (Outdoor Life/)This story originally featured on Outdoor Life.It’s meat season. Knives are sharp, grinders are churning, and vacuum sealers are running hot. Most of us have our own traditions of how we wrap or vacuum seal game before freezing it. We do it the same way every year because … it worked last year. Why change it?Well, at the start of this season, I got curious. What actually is freezer burn? And is there a specific way of processing wild game or otherwise fresh meat that will prevent it from occurring for a longer period of time?So I hit up Kenji López-Alt, the mastermind behind Food Lab, which is all about using science to unravel the mysteries of home cooking.Here's what he said:"Freezer burn is caused by the sublimation of frozen water (ice)...