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Let me tell you how much I hate Atlantic salmon.

post #1 of 53
8/5/10 at 3:03pm
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A lot. I'm tired of buying things that are supposedly made with salmon and taking a bite into a mushy, stringy, fake smoke-flavored chunk of Atlantic "salmon." Its so gross. It's not even salmon. Sockeye is a salmon. Why do people eat this crap?
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post #2 of 53
8/5/10 at 3:07pm
Why don't you stop ordering stuff with salmon?
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post #3 of 53
8/5/10 at 3:20pm
A good Norvevian or Scottish salmon is delicious. Sockeye is different, much firmer and reacts differently to cooking and smoking.

Bad salmon is bad salmon.
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post #4 of 53
8/5/10 at 3:26pm
I vastly prefer Atlantic Salmon to Sockeye. To each his own.
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post #5 of 53
8/5/10 at 3:32pm
Why don't you find a decent fish market to help you?
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post #6 of 53
8/5/10 at 3:35pm
Not sure a fish market can help. Atlantic Salmon is pretty much all farmed and I've never had a farmed salmon that tasted anything like a wild caught does.

lefty
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post #7 of 53
8/5/10 at 3:37pm
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I do get wild salmon when I can. But sometimes you're just in a rush and buy the "salmon wrap" thats stuffed with that garbage fish. God, Im hung over.
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post #8 of 53
8/5/10 at 4:28pm
Agreed. Bad salmon can come in any form. Worked at a salmon processor, and while the visual look of a fish doesn't directly correlate with its taste, I cleaned a few sockeye that were less than appealing, and plenty of farmed fish that were. To me, atlantic salmon, even farmed, can be delicious. More than wild fish? Probably not. Maybe the fact that its more readily available/cheaper puts it in the position where it can be used in the unappetizing products mentioned. To me, certain types of salmon taste best when prepared in a certain manner. Maybe that's part of it too.
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post #9 of 53
8/5/10 at 4:51pm
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Originally Posted by gdl203 View Post
A good Norvevian or Scottish salmon is delicious.

Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, I always was biased against Atlantic salmon; until I had a delicious poached Norwegian fillet while on the Baltic Sea.
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post #10 of 53
8/5/10 at 5:41pm
let's be clear on terms: Atlantic salmon is a species that is almost completely fished out in this country (and in most of the world). Almost all of what is called Atlantic salmon today is farmed salmon. you can expect it to be a bit flabbier, but it should be much cheaper. "Sockeye" is a Pacific salmon variety, generally judged to be second best to the chinook or king salmon. however, some people who really know salmon argue that sockeye is better than king.
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post #11 of 53
8/5/10 at 6:19pm
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Originally Posted by foodguy View Post
let's be clear on terms: Atlantic salmon is a species that is almost completely fished out in this country (and in most of the world). Almost all of what is called Atlantic salmon today is farmed salmon. you can expect it to be a bit flabbier, but it should be much cheaper. "Sockeye" is a Pacific salmon variety, generally judged to be second best to the chinook or king salmon. however, some people who really know salmon argue that sockeye is better than king.

I side with sockeye if not just for the color alone. Salmon does some great things for your skin and mood. Ahh I love it the salmons.
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post #12 of 53
8/5/10 at 7:19pm
I'm not too picky when it comes to salmon.
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post #13 of 53
8/5/10 at 7:41pm
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let's be clear on terms: Atlantic salmon is a species that is almost completely fished out in this country (and in most of the world). Almost all of what is called Atlantic salmon today is farmed salmon. you can expect it to be a bit flabbier, but it should be much cheaper.

I thought I just said that.

You also need to be careful about that "wild salmon" you're buying.

As we roamed among the fish mongers (at the Fulton Fish Market) we came upon stacks of boxes labeled "Wild King Salmon," in an area used by a major regional distributor.

I knew fresh wild King salmon was out of season, so I asked the product's owner where he was getting it. To my amazement, he admitted, with no apparent shame or embarrassment, that the salmon in the boxes were actually "farmed" wild king salmon.

He went on to explain that the regional supermarket and restaurants he supplies are price sensitive so he seldom pays more than $2.75 per pound for salmon (well below the cost of actual wild king salmon). These retail outlets are certainly aware that many of their customers have heard about the elevated levels of contaminants in farmed salmon, and, given the option, would prefer wild Alaskan salmon. Apparently the mislabeling is good for business"”at least the farmed salmon business.

http://www.imakenews.com/vitalchoice...e000332418.cfm

lefty
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post #14 of 53
8/5/10 at 8:03pm
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I thought I just said that.

You also need to be careful about that "wild salmon" you're buying.


sorry ... lag between writing and posting. got distracted so repeated.
there is probably no area in food that is more rife with ... well, "fraud" is such an ugly word, but it'll have to do ... as fish. it's really important that when you find someone who is doing a good job and getting you good product at a reasonable price, you give them business. chasing bargains leads you to "wild" Atlantic salmon.
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post #15 of 53
8/5/10 at 8:44pm
...aware that many of their customers have heard about the elevated levels of contaminants in farmed salmon, and, given the option, would prefer wild Alaskan salmon....

The whole idea of contaminants in farmed salmon being such a huge problem is ridiculous to me. PCBs may be higher in farmed salmon, but are still FAR below levels that are acceptable in other foods. Plus, PCBs are stored in fat, to my knowledge, the same fat that has all those 'essential fatty acids' + flavor.
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