The Dangers of Canned Salmon

[ickaimp]

So Dad made a comment over Christmas, with a grin and a mock-shudder about never eating canned salmon.
Which puzzled me, because I had picked up a can a long with a can of corned beef, cause it was on sale and we know that I should remember to eat meat occasionally for a balanced diet, and the corned beef was pretty good.

... would live entirely off of sugars and grains if I could, really I would.

So today, figured I'd cook the salmon for dinner, and try it out.

Folks, this is why you should REALLY listen to the off handed comments your parents make.

The smell wasn't so bad, fish always kinda stinks, and I'm used to the skin being on from Japanese food, so that wasn't so bad.
But I draw the line at fins and chunks of vertebrae. And unidentifiable grey stuff.
*shudders*
Threw the whole thing out, emptied the trash can outside. Am burning stuff to get rid of the stink.

No dinner for me tonight, thank you very much. >_< Ew.

Comments

[desconsolada.livejournal.com]

And unidentifiable grey stuff.

Don't worry, it's a natural part of the fish (I think it's fat).

mmm, salmon . . . :9~

[ickaimp.livejournal.com]

Um... I don't think the grey stuff was fat. >_< Wrong texture.
Brains, possibly. Or lower intestine.

Ye Fates, it's been 4 hours, and the kitchen is now finally starting to stink of something other than stinking fish.
*blargh*
It smelled really rotten for a while

[desconsolada.livejournal.com]

oh, I thought you meant the fat under the skin . . . mushy grey stuff . . . maybe the fish was sick. o.o;
(speaking of brains and intestines, too bad they're going to ban that from cows...yummy...)

ohh, icka you poor thing!

[sirah-fires.livejournal.com]

OMG it's just disgusting, huh? I've opened one of those before... EWWWW!
the 98+ store around the corner from me has really good canned beef. At least I was able to give some of my can to the cats. been a long week. Take care...

[tdei.livejournal.com]

o_o Salmon? ?_? Mom cooks that offtime and it's decent whenever she leaves off spraying black pepper all over it. :O

...it stunk? @@ Strange... ^^;; ::huggles!!::

o_o;

[arabesque]

This makes me suddenly glad that my mom only buys fresh-ish fish for dinner. oo;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

It was the salmon mousse!

[sakurazuka-jae.livejournal.com]

There's a scene in Monty Python's the Meaning of Liff in which the Grim Reaper shows up to claim the entire dinner party:

DEBBIE
... How can we all have died at the *same* time?

GRIM REAPER
[pointing] The salmon mousse! [They all goggle.]

GEOFFREY
[to Angela] Darling, you didn't use tinned salmon did you?

ANGELA
I'm most dreadfully embarrassed...

Re: It was the salmon mousse!

[ickaimp.livejournal.com]

This is sparking so many mental pictures it's not even funny.

*Chortles* Thanks!

Vertebrae?

[mariechar.livejournal.com]

What's so bad about the bone? It's pretty tasteless, but nice and crunchy. Good source of calcium too.

Grey stuff? Aren't they s'pose to GUT the fish first? ew,

[mariechar.livejournal.com]

oh.... you mean the fish wasn't cooked *before* canning? Oh.


Ew!!

plain gross. never eaten canned salmon though, only canned (and cooked before canning) mackeral. Tastes good with soy sauce and rice. Yum

[ickaimp.livejournal.com]

The whole thing was gross, and smelled rotten once it got outta the can. >P

MMMmmmm... fish on rice and soy sauce... Yum!

Actually, from what I understand, canned salmon is the stuff that they can't normally sell. blech. x_x