Copper River salmon
Jean wrote on Sat, 16 May 2009 14:51:10 -0400:
> aem wrote:
>> From the Anchorage Daily News (adn.com):
>>
>> "The celebrated and lucrative Copper River salmon fishery
>> opened at 7 a.m. Thursday under overcast skies, with
>> commercial fishermen near Cordova scooping 1,549 kings and
>> 20,216 sockeye out of the water."
>>
>> The story goes on to say that prices are down somewhat from
>> last year, although still too high because of all the hype. One
>> Seattle wholesaler was asking $25/lb.
>>
>> It's great tasting fish but not for us at that price.
>>
>> We had turbot from TJ's frozen fish case yesterday. Nice,
>> easily pan- fried, mild-tasting, affordable. -aem
> TJ's is great for fish!
Certainly, for frozen fish! However, you won't find fresh Copper River
salmon and I came across frozen "Atlantic Salmon" marked "Produce of
Chile". Chile's Atlantlic coast is hard to find.
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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland
Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
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