On 2019-05-12 8:42 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
> On 5/12/2019 8:13 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> Bruce wrote:
>>
>>> In my worthless opinion though, only good salmon is fresh
>>> BONELESS salmon steaks. Good eats. Let the "trailer trash" of the
>>> world eat bones and all from a can. Tightwads willing to eat
>>> cheaper. lol
>>
>> Nothing wrong with cooked salmon bones in the can. They are so soft
>> that if you bite into one you probably would not even notice.
>>
> In Bruce's worthless opinion (he said it!),

Don't judge him harshly. He is right about that.

>the last fish
> patties/burgers he made used canned mackerel.Â* Want to talk about
> trailer trash?Â* Canned mackerel ranks right up there. IMHO and YMMV.

I am not a fan of mackerel. I worked for a while as a sea mammal trainer
and started my work day cutting up hundreds of pounds of the Spanish
Mackerel to feed to the critters. If I walk into a fish store and there
is mackerel I can smell it over the other aromas.

>
> When I drain the canned salmon I do pick out the bones.Â* It's easy
> enough to do with a fork.Â* But I don't freak out over it if there are a
> few of the very soft bones still in there when I mash the salmon.Â* Pick
> those out with a fork, too.

My mother used to remove them but when I was a teen I learned from a
friend that the do not need to be removed, that you can just press them
lightly with a fork and they disintegrate.

>
> The recipe is very tasty even without the crushed corn chips.Â* Normally
> I just use a little flour to help bind the mixture together with the egg
> and minced onion, sometimes minced bell pepper, salt & pepper.Â* The sour
> cream if I have some or mayonnaise if I don't.Â* I usually don't have
> sour cream so I use mayo.Â* Either way, they're quite tasty.
>

Salmon patties should be on my to cook list. I love salmon. I consider
canned salmon to be a different but similarly good thing.

> Jill
>