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Default Croquettes with no egg?

On 1/12/2018 10:55 AM, l not -l wrote:
> On 12-Jan-2018, jmcquown > wrote:
>
>> On 1/11/2018 1:27 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>> On Thu, 11 Jan 2018 18:02:46 GMT, "l not -l"
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 11-Jan-2018, jmcquown > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Salmon patties/cakes are so much better than mackerel.
>>>>> They
>>>>> aren't
>>>>> croquettes, though, and not eggless. I definitely add an
>>>>> egg
>>>>> to the
>>>>> mixture for my salmon patties/cakes.
>>>>
>>>> Isn't the only difference between salmon patties and
>>>> croquettes
>>>> the shape? At least the ones I have had taste pretty much
>>>> the
>>>> same, with patties being flat and croquettes round(ish).
>>>> like a
>>>> small salmon log. Though,I seem to recall croquettes
>>>> occasionally served with a sauce/gravy poured over and have
>>>> never
>>>> had that with salmon patties.
>>>>
>>>> I once accidentally bought a can of mackerel rather than
>>>> salmon
>>>> and can't say I saw much difference in the patties vs.
>>>> salmon.
>>>> However, I admit that I am not too picky about which canned
>>>> salmon I buy, brand or variety (coho, pink, red). Perhaps I
>>>> just
>>>> don't pick up on subtle differences that others do.
>>>
>>> Hmmm. Now I thought (no reason why especially) that salmon
>>> patties
>>> were served with some sort of cream sauce.
>>> Janet US
>>>

>> I suppose they could be. Perhaps a dill cream sauce.
>>
>> Jill

> Dill cream sauce is what I have seen served with salmon
> croquettes; since, IME, salmon patties and croquettes differ only
> in shape, the sauce should as well with either.
>

Dill cream sauce is ubiquitous with salmon steaks and fillets. Fancier
things than salmon patties/cakes/croquettes. It should work just as
well.

Jill