Salmon

[GrnBay007]

My boy already started some serious training for his track season which doesn't even start till Feb. Coaches have said to eat chicken and fish all but 2 days of the week for your main meal. I can master the chicken but my favorite in the fish family is Tilapia and he's getting sick of it. PLUS all the really healthy peeps say Salmon is the best source of Omega-3 Fatty Acids.

I cooked Salmon once for him and he wasn't crazy about it.....but it was probably just the way I cooked it. I haven't had much experience with it tbh.

I would appreciate any tips on cooking it, recipes, the way to purchase it, etc.

[Freak Out]

I love smoked most of all...but I do cook fresh a few ways...my favorite is probably using a blend of equal parts soy sauce, brown sugar and bourbon and letting the flesh side of a filet or steak soak for a bit...then throw it skin side down on the BBQ.

[Freak Out]

Pacific cod is awesome...halibut is nice. Tilapia....never....I don't live in Central Africa.

[red]

i ate fast food and junk food my whole life, and i was "fast" to put it modestly

tell the kid to sprint up and down a steep 15-20 foot high grass hill. that will do a whole hell of a lot more then..... fish

if it has to be fish. beer battered perch. let the kid grow some hair on his sack

[hoosier]

Fast, simple but good: marinate the salmon fillets in soy sauce for 30 minutes, then cook under broiler for 5-6 minutes per side (skin side down first, then, when you flip it, remove skin and re-apply soy sauce. The results are much better with farm-raised salmon, which has a higher fat content and develops a nice thin, crispy layer. It gets smoky, so be sure to keep the range fan running. If you get wild Alaskan salmon, try something on the grill.

[MJZiggy]

I have a great recipe that I use (and I don't like salmon--I eat it because it's "good for me.") but it's in the cookbook that hasn't been moved yet. I'll try to remember to grab it when I go by there tomorrow.

[Brando19]

i ate fast food and junk food my whole life, and i was "fast" to put it modestly

tell the kid to sprint up and down a steep 15-20 foot high grass hill. that will do a whole hell of a lot more then..... fish

if it has to be fish. beer battered perch. let the kid grow some hair on his sack

You're a nut. I'd love to have a beer with you. I'd fall off the stool from laughing.

[GrnBay007]

Doesn't it get really salty from the soy sauce?

[GrnBay007]

i ate fast food and junk food my whole life, and i was "fast" to put it modestly

tell the kid to sprint up and down a steep 15-20 foot high grass hill. that will do a whole hell of a lot more then..... fish

if it has to be fish. beer battered perch. let the kid grow some hair on his sack

lol beer battered fish = a hairy sack? hmmm

How fast were u red? What did you run and what were your times?

[Freak Out]

Fuck no to farm raised salmon.

[Freak Out]

Doesn't it get really salty from the soy sauce?

yes....that's why you mix it with brown sugar and bourbon. 30 minutes is a while as well.

[red]

i ate fast food and junk food my whole life, and i was "fast" to put it modestly

tell the kid to sprint up and down a steep 15-20 foot high grass hill. that will do a whole hell of a lot more then..... fish

if it has to be fish. beer battered perch. let the kid grow some hair on his sack

i was a sprinter.

good that was way long ago, i don't remember my times.

40 was 4.5 flat when i was 15 (last time i ever officially got timed)
100 was around 11.5 or so
200 was mid 23's

my relay teams were also the fastest in our areas history

we were also not allowed to wear spikes at any tracks we ran on after my soph year. in my experience tacks take a couple tenths of a second off a 100 time over blanks

the numbers came with no training my senior year due to all the leg problems i had. i topped off around my sophmore year of high school and didn't get much faster until college. some kids get faster every year, some are fast as freshmen then top out. others get slower with age.

IMO speed is something that can't be taught. it just happens

[wootah]

Go for the sushi/sashimi, GB. Saves you some time. The girlfriend has a great salmon recipe she uses from time to time. I'll ask her the details when I get home tonight.

[hoosier]

Fuck no to farm raised salmon.

Why? I'll grant you it's a different animal from wild, but what's with the all the negativity?

[Patler]

One of our favorites:

Pepper Crusted Salmon

Remove skin (and greyish flesh if you don't like its stronger flavor).
Marinate in a mixture of soy sauce, lemon juice, minced freshh garlic and a little sugar.
Pat dry with paper towels.
Press to coat well with course ground black pepper.
Fry quickly in a hot pan with olive oil.

A few hints from having made this for years and years:
- It is not as peppery as you think it will be, something about frying the course ground pepper.
- You must use course ground pepper, regular ground pepper makes it awful, like a mouthful of pepper.
- I have tried other oils, nothing compares to this dish when it is fried in olive oil.
- make sure the pan and oil are good and hot before adding the fish.
- don't over cook it.
- I always prepare a few pieces of the marinated salmon without the pepper crust, just for the variation.

I have served this to countless guests, and it is always very well received.