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I was at the market this morning and wanted to pick up some salmon for the first time. There were about several different types-Smoked, Atlantic and another one.
Buy wild salmon. Atlantic and Scottish is usually farmed. Ask the person behind the counter if you are not sure. Try not to purchase pre-packaged fish. It is usually old and not the best quality. If you have a market that has a fish counter that is your best bet.
Fresh is better than smoked. And wild is MUCH better than farmed.
Wild Alaskan is the best. Coho usually has the least fat (and fat is not altogether undesirable in fish), and Chinook usually the most. Other salmon include pink, sockeye and chum.
The huge majority of Atlantic salmon is farmed. Smoked salmon is cooked over wood chips, hence its name.
You can also lok for wild salmon from other parts of the west coast (CA, WA, OR all have salmon as well.) Not sure how much makes it out.
One note, frozen salmon can also be pretty good. If it was frozen right after the catch (like at Trader Joes). This is far better than fresh/previously frozen.
Smoked salmon tends to be high in sodium, which is the biggest reason to limit it.
Farmed salmon has less omega-3s and more fat. But not all are created equal. There is lots of controversy, but some farmed is better than others. Most famously, the Loch Duarte is a better farmed salmon. It will also be called out by name. Most farmed salmon is labeled Atlantic salmon.
For this reason, over 90% of Salmon consumed in Japan is farmed, with raw salmon being close to 100%. Wouldn't you say the Japanese know their fish as they consumer more per capita than any other country?
For this reason, over 90% of Salmon consumed in Japan is farmed, with raw salmon being close to 100%. Wouldn't you say the Japanese know their fish as they consumer more per capita than any other country?
Farmed salmon has environmental consequences. Japan also isn't very close to any sources of salmon and the wild salmon population is limited.
For this reason, over 90% of Salmon consumed in Japan is farmed, with raw salmon being close to 100%. Wouldn't you say the Japanese know their fish as they consumer more per capita than any other country?
No one should be eating raw salmon. In order to do so, the fish must be frozen first for at least 15 hours or so to kill the worms.
As far as wild vs. farmed, there is a remarkable difference in taste. The farmed salmon taste like cardboard in my opinion.
I was at the market this morning and wanted to pick up some salmon for the first time. There were about several different types-Smoked, Atlantic and another one.
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