Wordplay aside,
I found this item at a grocery chain local to Western Massachusetts called Big Y.
Noting the >250% markup on sockeye variety over the standard pink salmon, it’s a bit of a hard sell…
But it did manage to snag my curiosity. Guilty as charged! Guess their daring marketing plan worked on me!
So. I waited about a week before actually trying it to give myself some time to kinda ‘forget’ how much more I paid for this one than the other one. I did have in mind that it was “more” but I had managed to divorce my thoughts from “how much” more. That said, I can state for the record, you can tell by the flavor that there’s distinctly more going on here. I don’t know if it’s actually 2.5x better than the alternative, but it most certainly makes an impression: the flavor profile is broader and the texture is discernibly richer. The coloration is more pronounced as well.
This is some bougie fish, friends. But I think it is in fact worth more. Just, perhaps, not worth THAT much more. I believe that once the novelty wears off, it would be acceptable at no more than 1.5x to 1.75x markup.
Both are definitely nice enough that I enjoyed eating them STRAIGHT outta the can. Honestly I don’t even know what further preparation I’d even bother with. When I want canned salmon, this hits the spot and scratches the itch. The sockeye version in particular, to be fair.
I’ve never seen canned salmon before.
These (and canned tuna) are good for croquettes - I’ve been making the tuna version for years. They can also be used for an easy stuffing for savory pastries/hand pies like samosas
Oh, and thanks for the thorough review
Now I wanna try it in Salmon Patties.
Love the wordplay! Glad you got to enjoy some bourgeois fish!
Yeah, if you’re ever making a tuna salad type dish, this is a good way to bouge it up. You’re getting what you pay for with wild, just not sure how much they can fudge what that words means with canned.
