What regions do people eat salmon/ mackerel patties?

[Inkpoe]

Seattle would be your kind of town, then! Salmon is definitely huge here.

[ccc123]

My husband is from TN and he loves them and had them at least once a week growing up.

[HenryAlan]

Originally Posted by censusdata

Is this just a Southern food?

Basically you buy a can of salmon or mackerel from the store. Take it home and remove the skin and bones, add eggs and crushed crackers. Mix it all together and fry in shallow grease. My family in Southern KY made it often.

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Maybe we can do a "Yes" "No" map based on the results

I haven't tried this with mackerel, but am very familiar with it for not only salmon, but also tuna. I grew up eating these in California, although both of my grandmothers had lived part of their lives in the South. One or both was probably the source for the tradition. But it is definitely not exclusive to the South, because a friend of mine from Western Massachusetts also ate these growing up, and her parents never lived anywhere near the South. Mostly, I think it's probably one of those depression era foods (cheap protein, stretched by intermixing grain) that remained popular in more rural areas.

[jambo101]

Here in the east i've always referred to them as fish cakes, plenty of recipes on the net whether you search under cakes or patties.
I usually add some mashed potato to the mix.and just about any fish will do even shrimp ..