Salmon Family

About Salmon Family


Salmon is a fish that spends the beginning and end of its life in fresh water, with the remaining time spent in the ocean. Its meat is typically pink, while the skin is silver and gray. Typical cuts are the steak and fillet. The filet is easier to serve, because it does not contain any of the spine.

People in Salmon
Salmon is one of the most delicious and appreciated meats and chefs know this. Thousands of salmon cooking recipes were created by chefs, in their pursuit to come up with the ultimate salmon meal. All of them favor fresh fish, instead of preserved meat, and most prefer wild salmon, which has a fuller taste. Each of the ingredients accompanying the salmon meat are carefully selected and expert chefs are hard to please when it comes to ingredients – they won’t settle for anything but the best. Some recipes are using eclectic ingredients to make poached salmon, others offer us ingenious and creative salmon meals. One of the techniques used by chefs to cook salmon, especially poached salmon, is to keep the skin on so that the fillet does not break apart. However, each individual chef gives a salmon meal a personalized note – some leave the meat on fire for longer, some barely cook it. Some use plenty of spices and herbs while other prefer to let the salmon cook in its own sauce. Find out more about the people working with salmon by reading the other articles in this category.


 * Interview with Chef Jim

List of Salmon Family

 * Atlantic Salmon
 * Pacific Salmon
 * Sea Trout