best place to buy wild salmon?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trader Joe's. It is all previously frozen anyway, so just get it frozen and it will be better.

Agree. It isn't cheap but it's cheaper than WF and more reliable.

[Anonymous]

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The best place would be to fly to Alaska and purchase it fresh caught. Fish and seafood in grocery stores and restaurants are notoriously mislabeled.

Anything "fresh" salmon flown in from Alaska is about 5-7 day old.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This time of year, you're better off buying frozen. Anything in the fresh case will actually be "previously frozen" anyway, so you might as well thaw it yourself on your own schedule (they're not catching wild salmon now).

Salmon are frozen immediately on the boat as they are caught. Even when you buy "fresh" salmon in July, they were technically "previously frozen."

I grew up in Alaska and am a snob about not eating farmed salmon. I buy my wild salmon at Whole Foods and Costco.

If salmon is in the fresh case (and looks nice), I buy it there. For some reason, it tastes better to me. Maybe it's just psychological, but I think the fish thaws differently in the store vs. when I thaw it at home. I do buy the frozen single-pack servings sometimes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Anything "fresh" salmon flown in from Alaska is about 5-7 day old.

How do you figure that? A plane doesn't take 5-7 days to get from Alaska to DC! But see my previous post: ALL salmon is frozen on the boat before transport.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This time of year, you're better off buying frozen. Anything in the fresh case will actually be "previously frozen" anyway, so you might as well thaw it yourself on your own schedule (they're not catching wild salmon now).

Salmon are frozen immediately on the boat as they are caught. Even when you buy "fresh" salmon in July, they were technically "previously frozen."

I grew up in Alaska and am a snob about not eating farmed salmon. I buy my wild salmon at Whole Foods and Costco.

If salmon is in the fresh case (and looks nice), I buy it there. For some reason, it tastes better to me. Maybe it's just psychological, but I think the fish thaws differently in the store vs. when I thaw it at home. I do buy the frozen single-pack servings sometimes.

Not sure I completely agree. I also grew up in Alaska and worked in the salmon fishing industry for many years (I'm the PP you quoted). During the salmon season, salmon in the fresh cases can either be fresh (never frozen) or previously frozen and thawed. You have to read the labels carefully or ask. But I wouldn't assume that all salmon is necessarily frozen. It may matter which specific region it's from, eg Bristol Bay usually freezes at sea but some other fisheries can ship fresh.

I completely agree with you about farmed salmon, though, I won't touch the stuff .

[Anonymous]

For those getting salmon from Costco, is it from the freezer? I don't recall seeing it in the open fish & meat area.

[Anonymous]

www.takuwild.com. Amazing salmon, also supports a true local First Nations economy. Really, really tasty product. Wild caught in the absolute truest sense of the word!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those getting salmon from Costco, is it from the freezer? I don't recall seeing it in the open fish & meat area.

21:57 here - yes, from the freezer. Trident Seafoods has a bag of wild sockeye with individual fillets frozen and vacuum-sealed (it might be a Kirkland brand label, I don't remember, but it's processed by Trident). Pull only as many fillets as you need from the freezer at one time. I love having a stash of these in my freezer for quick and easy weeknight meals.

I've seen salmon in the open refrigerated cases, but it's always farmed Atlantic salmon. Go for the frozen wild sockeye instead.

[Anonymous]

Costco when they have it fresh (I bought a huge quantity about a month ago - $9/lb - and frozen small portions in foodsaver bags). If Costco doesn't have it, Trader Joe's has a couple of varieties and the prices are good.

[Anonymous]

I buy frozen at Trader Joes but now will continue to look at Costco after reading about it here.

I also worked salmon during the summer. I would NEVER eat canned salmon and frozen would be my first choice over "fresh" which as others have stated is either frozen and thawed or not that "fresh".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those getting salmon from Costco, is it from the freezer? I don't recall seeing it in the open fish & meat area.

21:57 here - yes, from the freezer. Trident Seafoods has a bag of wild sockeye with individual fillets frozen and vacuum-sealed (it might be a Kirkland brand label, I don't remember, but it's processed by Trident). Pull only as many fillets as you need from the freezer at one time. I love having a stash of these in my freezer for quick and easy weeknight meals.

I've seen salmon in the open refrigerated cases, but it's always farmed Atlantic salmon. Go for the frozen wild sockeye instead.

This is untrue. During peak season, they have wild salmon in the fresh section. It is a small section but it is indeed wild. I only buy wild so I tend to buy the frozen, except I am having people for dinner.

[Anonymous]

You can buy frozen wild-caught salmon from vitalchoice.com.

[Anonymous]

Anything "fresh" salmon flown in from Alaska is about 5-7 day old.

How do you figure that? A plane doesn't take 5-7 days to get from Alaska to DC! But see my previous post: ALL salmon is frozen on the boat before transport.

There are places you can buy fresh salmon. It takes a day to catch and get to the dock, day at the processing center, 2-4 day waiting for an order(first in first out), 1-2 days to get it you. Not all fish is catch on a factor ship, salmon is one that use smaller boats.

[Anonymous]

I grew up in Seattle and miss truly fresh wild salmon. It's just not the same out here, Whole Foods is ok but I only like the King or Copper River (when in season)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:www.takuwild.com. Amazing salmon, also supports a true local First Nations economy. Really, really tasty product. Wild caught in the absolute truest sense of the word!

20 bucks for shipping a 6 ounce jar of salmon???.