I had been seduced at the supermarket a week earlier by its cheap price and proximity to the tuna I also bought at the time, but used earlier. I decided to persevere with the salmon.
On opening the tin I was horrified to discover a small bone, the sort that riddled that underwhelming whole fish you unwisely ordered at that restaurant last year. 'Ok' I thought, 'maybe they just do things like this with salmon.' Then I saw a piece of skin. Then I saw more bones...but not just little hair-like bones, actual cylindrical spinal-cordy-looking things.
Arghhhhhhhhhhhhh! What the hell is this? When I buy a tinned good, I expect it to be reasonable well prepared inside, and not just the entrails of somebody's first salmon-hacking training lesson. Straight into the bin with that, not spending an hour extracting the real fish from the fish meal ingredients and still being mortally afraid of the result!
Or have I got this completely wrong? Up 'til now I lived what I have come to realise, all too abruptly, a gilded salmon life. Being grandson of an accomplished Rakaia fisherman means I don't think I ever opened a can of salmon before. Perhaps it is always like my experience tonight? God I hope not.
Anyway out of all traumatic experiences one can extract a silver lining. Mine was this salad:
Shaun's Rescue Salad (thank you Ryan Adams)
- one can cannellini beans
- half a can beetroot
- some sprouts
- a red onion, chopped in half vertically, then into medium slices horizontally, to create nice half-rings of various sizes (soak in water for 5-10 minutes if the bite is too much)
- torn spinach leaves (however many it takes to even the colour balance)
- a few drizzles of olive oil and some lemon juice
- some cottage cheese if you like that sort of thing
2 comments:
Yes Shaun, all salmon comes like that - it's not a conspiracy. I take the big bones out but they are really soft so you can just mash it all up into something more palatable (plus the bones and skin are probably quite good for calcium and other stuff).
If you want some very nice tuna - get the sun-dried tomato flavoured one in the small tin.
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