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Default Frozen Copper River Salmon

Christine Dabney wrote:
> Heya folks,
>
> My local Albertsons has had flash frozen Copper River Salmon on sale
> this week, at $4.99/pound. I got a nice piece of it, about a pound
> and a half.
>
> I am wondering if it would be possible to make gravalax with some of
> this, once it is defrosted? Or should I just use fresh salmon for
> that?


One thing to note is that it's probably last years haul if it's going for
$5/lb. Nobody would have frozen any from this years haul yet. So in this
case the texture may be off.

Fish frozen for 1-2 months is usually fine, but 10 months is pushing it.

-sw