05-04-2018, 07:54 PM
The best smoked salmon I ever had, bar none, came from Naknek, Alaska from native Alaskans. Smoker was a small to large wooden shed.
Salmon was cut in narrow strips with the skin on it. Salt was added to a bucket of water until a potato floated. Soaked for only 15 minutes in that brine. Hung on racks and cold smoked in the shed until the flesh was clear like rock candy. Essentially the smoke is there to keep the flies away and give it a mild smoky flavor.
This salmon like this is so tasty and will last for months and months in a paper bag as long as it stays dry. Dried salmon candy is what it is.
Anyhow, that isn't what you where asking for, I know, but man that brings back the best memories. When I was a captain on the salmon tender there I had a lot of native fisherman friends. When I gave them some of my smoked salmon (super tasty) they would often bring me smoked seal, caribou, salmon, and even walrus. I was offered raw beluga once. My favorite by far was the salmon candy.
Good memories..... ahhhh.
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Salmon was cut in narrow strips with the skin on it. Salt was added to a bucket of water until a potato floated. Soaked for only 15 minutes in that brine. Hung on racks and cold smoked in the shed until the flesh was clear like rock candy. Essentially the smoke is there to keep the flies away and give it a mild smoky flavor.
This salmon like this is so tasty and will last for months and months in a paper bag as long as it stays dry. Dried salmon candy is what it is.
Anyhow, that isn't what you where asking for, I know, but man that brings back the best memories. When I was a captain on the salmon tender there I had a lot of native fisherman friends. When I gave them some of my smoked salmon (super tasty) they would often bring me smoked seal, caribou, salmon, and even walrus. I was offered raw beluga once. My favorite by far was the salmon candy.
Good memories..... ahhhh.
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