Do you like to eat salmon?

[Rockinvet]

Salmon is really good for you. Love it with nice garlic seasoned butter. I do prefer the wild salmon vs farm raised.

 

[SuperPA]

I think that’s true. The fat layer is under the skin and if they can get enough salmon the fat layer is what the bears want to eat.

They eat the skin, brains and eggs which have the most fat and calories. I’ve been to Katmai twice. Amazing place. Oh, and I like salmon. Grilled on cedar plank, no skin.

 

[Fiesta Red]

Love salmon in various guises…probably my favorite fish…

 

[Happy Enchilada]

Old and decrepit slide of Pops:

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Dad was an avid fisherman from when he was a boy, and in the PacNW us po' folk ate a LOT of salmon, because sometimes it was that or nothing. He'd grill it on foil like that, and add a squirt of lemon and a pinch of this or that and everyone I tell this says "that's not how you do salmon, you gotta smoke it!" or something, but everyone who ever ate it said it was the GOAT.

And you folks will look at me funny when I tell you: I don't like salmon. In fact, I don't really like fish at all. I do like sushi, and I do like tuna salad, but that's because neither of them taste like fish. I also don't like shellfish or seafood of most any sort. I'd claim something something genetic traits as "Comanche do not eat fish" but I get those genes through my Mom and she LOVES salmon. Eats it weekly, I'm pretty sure.

I wish I did like it though. Salmon is good for you (in moderation) and is probably the best source of Omega 3 Farty Acids. I have been buying the small pouches of it from Starkist or Bumble Bee and forcing myself to eat them about once a month. It's rough.

I wish I could love it, but I don't.



EDIT: The dog in the pic is not ours. He belonged to some neighbors down at the bottom of the mountain. They had twin girls (friends of my younger sister) and the twin girls insisted that he was named "Princess".

So he was a Golden Princess. Didn't seem to mind. He was a good dude, and would sometimes come up the logging road (maybe 1/2 a mile or so) to play with our dog and hang out with us. That's probably why he's in this pic.

Looks like your Pops had great taste in hats too!
I have a couple fedora type hats with beaded bands.
They get compliments every time I wear 'em!

 

[Old Plank]

Yes on the salmon please!

 

[canteytoque]

Cold salmon loaf. Ideal for the hottest summer weather. You’ll need a rectangular mold measuring approximately 30 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm (12 x 4 x 4 inches).

Make the filling:
Cut into pieces surimi (fake crab sticks), roasted peppers and a little smoked salmon, add mustard, mayo, ketchup (or cocktail sauce) and tuna and take a blender to it. Chop and stir into this mixture hard-boiled egg, cooked shrimp, lettuce, tomato (remove skin) and capers.

Assemble the loaf:
Line the bottom and sides of the mold with cling wrap and then with strips of smoked salmon. Put in the bottom of the mold a layer of sliced white bread (no crust) and half the mixture on top of that. Add another layer of bread, the rest of the mixture and a final layer of bread. Cover mold with cling wrap and refrigerate overnight. Turn it upside down on a plate and carefully remove the mold.

You can also skip the construction and just eat the mixture in sandwiches. Chop up the salmon and stir it into the mixture after blending.

 

[brookdalebill]

I LOVE it!
I lived in British Columbia for ten years.
It was salmon heaven.
That’s it!
I’m moving back!

 

[Gladhander]

In a former life I went to Brazil with some folks from my church. We went to the bottom of Columbia and boated into the jungle. The “village” is on an old, short, airstrip literally carved from the jungle. Anyway there was one older man whose job was to fish all day for lunch and supper. No salmon and no idea what i ate. You could hear big cats at night. We bathed in the Amazon. Apparently the piranha stay in the side pools and slow water. Oh but don’t pee while bathing!

 

[notmyusualuserid]

A long time ago it could be said that someone I know was known to poach wild salmon, allegedly. Risking a heavy fine or gaol in the process.

Bloody delicious. You don't need to mess with it, just grill it and serve it with new potatoes and asparagus.

 

[Cloodie]

It's probably the only fish I don't like.

 

[Lonn]

My wife and I eat a lot of salmon.

 

[johnny k]

i like it smoked. Salmon steaks, not so much

 

[HoodieMcFoodie]

When we eat salmon here I pan fry it in a dash of olive oil. A bit of salt and pepper on the top side, 4 mins in the pan on a medium low heat and 5-6 mins on the skin side on a slghtly higher heat.

I serve it with a greek salad of lebanese cucumber, red onion, green capsicum, cherry tomatoes, fetta and kalamata olives. The dressing for the salad is extra virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, garlic, oregano, dijon mustard, salt and pepper.

It is so good we even eat it in winter. In fact, we had it for dinner tonight.

 

[Bob Womack]

Twenty some odd years ago a friend who was an elite chef shared his grilled/baked salmon recipe' with me. He shook rotisserie chicken seasoning on both sides and grilled the salmon on one side and then finished it in a pan with white wine in the oven. Convert the drippings to a sauce by cooking with a tiny bit of chopped sauteed onions. Serve with the sauce over the salmon, wild rice, and green beans. Voile' and yummy!

Bob

 

[43mmNut]

Yes, we have it a lot. It's delicious when cooked on the grill. It's also rain food...

 

[raysachs]

I like salmon in pretty much all its forms and I probably eat more of it than I should. I like fresh salmon sautéed in butter. I love salmon sushi. And there’s almost nothing I like more than smoked salmon on a good pumpernickel bagel with cream cheese, red onions, and capers. It’s a rare day that I don’t have at least one of these, often two. I’m not sure I’ve had it for breakfast, lunch, AND dinner on the same day, but I probably have at some point. I don’t mess with bears though!

-Ray

 

[eddiewagner]

No. I don’t like the taste

 

[Telecastoff1]

Preferred Smoked, buy light on the salt when smoking.

 

[catdaddy]

It's Alaska salmon season!! For the past 2 weeks our local market has had fresh wild-caught Alaskan sockeye salmon. It's that time of year, and my wife and I buy about 20 lbs of it and fill our freezer. That way, we can eat it all year 'round. In the next few weeks they'll be getting in fresh keta salmon and then after that coho will be coming in for a few weeks. We'll buy a fair amount of each of those as well. We both love wild-caught salmon. BTW- Grizzlies favorite part of the salmon is the skin, and if you haven't had salmon cooked with skin on nice and crispy, you really don't know what you're missing! Oh, and a big NO to farmed salmon.

 

[Harmonic]

I like salmon, but I'm a bad cook.