primitives discuss canned salmon

[franksolich]

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Oh my.

Beacool  (1000+ posts)        Sun Nov-08-09 07:09 PM
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I need suggestions about canned salmon.

I have too many goods in my pantry and want to use some of them.

I have 3 cans of salmon and could use some suggestions about what to do with them. I don't need to use them all at once because it would be too much food. My one idea was to make a salmon quiche. Any other ideas?

How about just throwing it away?

Now, franksolich's personal animus about dead fish is well known, and franksolich tries to avoid knowing much about dead fish, but franksolich suspects that if one wishes to have dead fish, one should have fresh dead fish, not canned dead fish.

I also suspect it's like the difference between canned corn and fresh (or frozen) corn.

TreasonousBastard  (1000+ posts)      Sun Nov-08-09 07:52 PM
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1. I make croquettes with the stuff...it's already cooked (and it's the pink salmon, right) so they're not the greatest, but it's salmon, so it's still good.

(My cats like the juice better than tuna juice. Better than life itself, in fact.)

Canned salmon has bones in it, which is why franksolich never feeds it to the cats.

Canned tuna-and-water has no bones in it, which is why franksolich has no bones about feeding it to the cats.

Beacool  (1000+ posts)        Sun Nov-08-09 08:18 PM
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3. OK, I hadn't thought of that.

Yes, it's the pink type.

The wired gassy primitive, from that farmette up over there in Wisconsin:

grasswire  (1000+ posts)      Sun Nov-08-09 08:07 PM
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2. salmon patties

two bowls, one big and one small

drain the juice of one can of salmon into the big bowl

put the meat in the smaller bowl and pick out anything you don't want in your patties -- bones, perhaps, or black skin stuff

transfer the good meat into the bigger bowl -- give those pickings left in the small bowl to the k***y

Into the big bowl put 1/2 diced yellow union, two eggs, a pinch of dill weed, 1/4 cup lemon juice, a sleeve of saltines all crushed up, and 1/2 cup milk. Mix it all together with your hands.

Melt some butter in a big skillet. With a big spoon, make patties in the skillet and saute them until brown on both sides and done.

Serve with baked taters and green beans, and lemon juice on the side.

Then there's creamed salmon and peas on toast. Just make a medium white sauce and add the picked-over salmon (or tuna) to it, a cup of frozen peas, and heat through. Serve over buttered toast. Very old-fashioned and delicious.

Beacool  (1000+ posts)        Sun Nov-08-09 08:21 PM
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4. Oh, that sounds very tasty.

Thank you so much for the recipe.

I don't have a k***y but my neighbor does.

madamesilverspurs  (1000+ posts)       Sun Nov-08-09 10:42 PM
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5. Cheese ball.

No precise amounts, here. Just mix the salmon, cream cheese, diced onion, a splash of lemon juice, (optional liquid smoke). I actually don some latex gloves and just moosh it all together, forming it into a ball. After it's set up in the fridge for an hour or so I cover the whole thing with slivered almonds. It's been the hit of my annual holiday open house for years, and I usually go through at least two of them. With a short-notice event I've mixed the salmon into a tub of French onion dip and served it with crackers. There's never any left over.

Beacool  (1000+ posts)        Sun Nov-08-09 10:57 PM
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6. Great idea for entertaining.

Thanks a lot!!!!

pengillian101  (892 posts)        Mon Nov-09-09 01:48 AM
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7. A can of red salmon and saltines---mmm

and I'm a happy snacker gal.

Salmon is also good in soups and chowders. Try substituting salmon in your favorite seafood chowder. Google chowder recipes if you don't have a favorite.

Here's a great simple crab Newick's Restaurant bisque recipe that I love. Just replace the salmon for the crab.

Crab Bisque (slightly revised**)
Serving Size : 4

2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon onion -- dehydrated or fresh
1 tablespoon fresh parsley -- chopped
1 1/2 cups crabmeat -- lump or canned
2 tablespoons flour
2 cups chicken broth
2 cups half and half (**note - original Newick's recipe used 2 cups light cream)
pinch cayenne
salt -- to taste

Melt butter and add onion and cook slowly until golden. If using dehydrated onion, rehydrate first in warm water. Add the crab and parsley and cook over low, stirring constantly about 4 minutes. Add flour and stir to blend and cook for 3 minutes. Stir in broth and simmer 20 minutes with pan partially covered. Add cream and cayenne. Heat and salt to taste.

Enjoy your salmon any which way - it's all good

Pfffft.  Whatever.

Denninmi  (17 posts)      Mon Nov-09-09 06:31 AM
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8. Salmon and noodle cassarole? Salmon a la king?

Both of those are good, old fashioned comfort foods. And hey, you can't ever have enough peas or sweet red pepper, IMO.

[crockspot]

Beacool  (1000+ posts)        Sun Nov-08-09 07:09 PM
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I need suggestions about canned salmon.

I have too many goods in my pantry and want to use some of them.

I have 3 cans of salmon and could use some suggestions about what to do with them. I don't need to use them all at once because it would be too much food. My one idea was to make a salmon quiche. Any other ideas?

In this *Bush economy, you can never have too many goods in your pantry. Furthermore, canned salmon, like canned tuna, will keep just fine many years after the expiration date on the can. Save those cans for that day when you are considering eating your cat.

[franksolich]

In this *Bush economy, you can never have too many goods in your pantry. Furthermore, canned salmon, like canned tuna, will keep just fine many years after the expiration date on the can. Save those cans for that day when you are considering eating your cat.

Good point, sir.

[crockspot]

One of my old housemates gave the strained tuna water to my cats one time. The high salt content made them immediately start projectile vomiting all over the house.

[Lord Undies]

How child-like.  The Little Goon must turn to someone wiser to find out what to do with canned salmon.  I'd laugh, but the Little Goon stupidity is getting not to be funny anymore.

[Celtic Rose]

Why would somebody buy canned salmon without having any idea of what to do with it? 

[Karin]

Well that's a good point Celtic.  Something a dingbat would do.   Anyway, grouchy Frank aside, I think the cheeseball recipe and the bisque recipe sound pretty good. 
Anything in which a whole bunch of peas is dumped in, not so good. 

[crockspot]

Well that's a good point Celtic.  Something a dingbat would do.   Anyway, grouchy Frank aside, I think the cheeseball recipe and the bisque recipe sound pretty good. 
Anything in which a whole bunch of peas is dumped in, not so good. 

It's pretty good right out of the can on crackers or crusty bread too.

[Lord Undies]

Why would somebody buy canned salmon without having any idea of what to do with it? 

They probably bought it to cry over at a rally.

[NHSparky]

Why would somebody buy canned salmon without having any idea of what to do with it? 

Because they're DUmmies, that's why.  And frankly, with the cost of canned tuna being much higher than that of tuna, why not just get a f***ing can of tuna?

As far as coach goes, yeah--fresh over canned, any day.  That's one of the good things about living in a seacoast region.

[GOBUCKS]

That freeloader who lives over the garage on a quarter-acre "farmette", i.e, a dwelling surrounded by a strip of grass, has it right. That recipe is what my mother called "salmon cakes", and we loved them as kids. Phobic coach should try them. Fried on a gas range.

By the way. I think the freeloader DUmmy grasswire is female. And unattached. And soon to be evicted from the garage loft. A spacious farmhouse in the Sandhills would look like heaven, even littered with housecats and an electric range. She would probably even bring with her a couple hundred pounds of rutabagas.

[JohnnyReb]

Why would somebody buy canned salmon without having any idea of what to do with it? 

Because they are DUmmies and DUmmies must have at least "one" of everything wheather they can afford it or not.

[Lord Undies]

That freeloader who lives over the garage on a quarter-acre "farmette", i.e, a dwelling surrounded by a strip of grass, has it right. That recipe is what my mother called "salmon cakes", and we loved them as kids. Phobic coach should try them. Fried on a gas range.

By the way. I think the freeloader DUmmy grasswire is female. And unattached. And soon to be evicted from the garage loft. A spacious farmhouse in the Sandhills would look like heaven, even littered with housecats and an electric range. She would probably even bring with her a couple hundred pounds of rutabagas.

I have to have salmon patties at least three time a year.  I get a craving.  Canned salmon makes the best patties.  As for the "bones", they have about the same density as the flesh and they tend to disappear when cooked. 

BTW, I think ketchup was invented because of the salmon patty.

[debk]

I have to have salmon patties at least three time a year.  I get a craving.  Canned salmon makes the best patties.  As for the "bones", they have about the same density as the flesh and they tend to disappear when cooked. 

BTW, I think ketchup was invented because of the salmon patty.

I like salmon patties too...especially if I go to the trouble to make peas and potatoes in cream sauce. Haven't made them in years though, as the other half doesn't like salmon.

I do remember the last time I made them, it seemed like there were more bones than salmon in the can. I have to pick the bones out as much as I can though.....I just have a thing about them...

[DumbAss Tanker]

Canned dead fish is fine with me, and I'll take my tuna with oil, thenkyewverymuch.

 

[Lord Undies]

I like salmon patties too...especially if I go to the trouble to make peas and potatoes in cream sauce. Haven't made them in years though, as the other half doesn't like salmon.

I do remember the last time I made them, it seemed like there were more bones than salmon in the can. I have to pick the bones out as much as I can though.....I just have a thing about them...

I pick the bones out too.  I don't get upset if I miss one or two. 

The peas are a must!  The potato dish can vary from what you describe to plain-o french fries.  Depends on my mood.

[The Village Idiot]

Why would somebody buy canned salmon without having any idea of what to do with it? 

Probably came from a food bank, or it was his inheritance or something

[crockspot]

That freeloader who lives over the garage on a quarter-acre "farmette", i.e, a dwelling surrounded by a strip of grass, has it right. That recipe is what my mother called "salmon cakes", and we loved them as kids. Phobic coach should try them. Fried on a gas range.

By the way. I think the freeloader DUmmy grasswire is female. And unattached. And soon to be evicted from the garage loft. A spacious farmhouse in the Sandhills would look like heaven, even littered with housecats and an electric range. She would probably even bring with her a couple hundred pounds of rutabagas.

Plus Frank has the advantage of not having to listen to her moonbat voice rattling around in his head.

[Karin]

Oh that's funny.  Then, Frank's mole would have to post a question at the DUmp asking what to do with a couple hundred pounds of rutabagas, like that guy with the garlic did. 

[The Village Idiot]

We did something like that with Mackeral. Jack Mackeral. Poor man's Salmon.

[franksolich]

We did something like that with Mackeral. Jack Mackeral. Poor man's Salmon.

Oh man.

That's evil stuff.

As you know, I do accounting books for a food pantry in the big city.

They have to discard a lot of food, especially canned goods.

I won't deal with canned food, myself; only fresh or frozen.

But three years ago, I thought of something.

Food rots, decays, and turns into fertilizer.

Where I live has good soil and all that, but more doesn't hurt.

So two times a year, a truck comes here and drops off many cases (and singles) of canned foods that even patrons of a food pantry don't want.

I spend most of a whole day out on the front porch, opening cans.  I use a heavy-duty manual can-opener, so one can imagine the wear-and-tear on the right hand, by the time I'm done.

I dump all the food from the cans--corn, peas, beans, potatoes, onions, soups, peaches, fruit cocktail, pineapple, and yes dead fish--into a large basin, and when the basin is full, I take it over to the "garden" and dump it, leaving it to rot and decay and enrich the soil.

I am not fond of gardening, nor do I have a green thumb, but the garden here in full bloom is a cause for envy by many around here.

Some might construe this as "wasteful," what with so many people in need, but at this end, it's the best possible use.  These are "rejects" from food pantries, and sometimes even long-expired--and this being the Sandhills of Nebraska, the cost to ship the goods elsewhere wherever there is a need would be prohibitive, not worth it.

So it's either full cans in the landfill, or fertilizing the soil here.

[Lord Undies]

We did something like that with Mackerel. Jack Mackerel. Poor man's Salmon.

The mackerel has a stronger flavor and actually makes a better tasting patty than the delicate almost tasteless salmon.  It just isn't as pleasing to the nose.  I have, in the past, mixed the two cans together.  It works out rather well.

[The Village Idiot]

Oh man.

That's evil stuff.
ther full cans in the landfill, or fertilizing the soil here.

The cats would probably love it

[The Village Idiot]

The mackerel has a stronger flavor and actually makes a better tasting patty than the delicate almost tasteless salmon.  It just isn't as pleasing to the nose.  I have, in the past, mixed the two cans together.  It works out rather well.

good patties for a sandwich at any rate. The pre-cooked smell is not pleasing.

[franksolich]

The cats would probably love it

The cats aren't allowed near that stuff.

I plan it so that I fertilize the garden first, and then that night, since he likes to work at night, the guy comes from town to plough up the ground, in early spring and late autumn.