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       #Post#: 36820--------------------------------------------------
       Defrosting Salmon
   DIR By: Spuck
       Date: August 17, 2019, 8:43 am
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       I bought some salmon fillets for dinner tonight, and took them
       out of their packaging last night. Initially, I put the salmon
       with nothing on them on a rack and pan so that as they dried the
       condensation would fall off the first and not be reabsorbed into
       the fish. On the packaging it said I should have put Salmon in a
       plastic bag. I did that this morning because it was still pretty
       solidly frozen.
       So what is the best way to defrost fish? The packaging in my
       salmon gives two directions, one says let them defrost in a
       plastic bag and the other just says let it defrost in the
       fridge.
       #Post#: 36821--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Defrosting Salmon
   DIR By: baritone108
       Date: August 17, 2019, 8:45 am
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       I defrost mine in the fridge and that has always worked well.
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       Re: Defrosting Salmon
   DIR By: jpcher
       Date: August 17, 2019, 7:14 pm
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       Agreeing with  baritone108 -- I'll buy servings of fresh salmon
       when it's on sale and freeze them in their original package.
       Then remove from freezer the morning before, put in fridge (in
       the same package) and by dinner cooking time the next day it's
       defrosted and ready to cook.
       #Post#: 36859--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Defrosting Salmon
   DIR By: STiG
       Date: August 17, 2019, 8:36 pm
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       A fisherman buddy told me to defrost fish by leaving/putting
       them in a ziplock and submersing them in water.  It worked
       wonderfully with the pike fillets he gave me.
       #Post#: 41801--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Defrosting Salmon
   DIR By: Spuck
       Date: November 11, 2019, 8:28 pm
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       Thank you the information. Defrosting the fish went good, though
       the meal itself did not because I forgot to pat dry the fish
       before taking off the skin and I destroyed the salmon
       unfortunately.
       #Post#: 41816--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Defrosting Salmon
   DIR By: Aleko
       Date: November 12, 2019, 10:02 am
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       Just don't do what my MIL does: unwrap it and put it in a bowl
       of water! The first time I saw her doing that she spotted me
       goggling in disbelief, and kindly explained 'you should try
       defrosting it that way; it's so much quicker!'
       It used to amaze me how she mishandles good foodstuffs, till I
       worked out that she really has no sense of taste; to her, if a
       food is expensive and/or high-prestige, and served with all the
       appropriate accompaniments, it's by definition 'good', no matter
       how soggy and tasteless it has been made by bad preparation.
       #Post#: 41836--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Defrosting Salmon
   DIR By: gramma dishes
       Date: November 12, 2019, 12:44 pm
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       --- Quote from: Aleko link ---
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       > Just don't do what my MIL does: unwrap it and put it in a bowl
       of water! ...
       >
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       Was she trying to bring it back to life?
       #Post#: 45686--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Defrosting Salmon
   DIR By: frog24
       Date: January 16, 2020, 4:53 pm
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       --- Quote from: Spuck link ---
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       > Thank you the information. Defrosting the fish went good,
       though the meal itself did not because I forgot to pat dry the
       fish before taking off the skin and I destroyed the salmon
       unfortunately.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Did you cook it anyway and make salmon salad out of it?  (Just
       like tuna salad, but with your fish instead.)
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       Re: Defrosting Salmon
   DIR By: Spuck
       Date: February 5, 2020, 8:22 pm
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       --- Quote from: frog24 link ---
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       > [quote author=Spuck link=topic=1281.msg41801#msg41801
       date=1573525705]
       > Thank you the information. Defrosting the fish went good,
       though the meal itself did not because I forgot to pat dry the
       fish before taking off the skin and I destroyed the salmon
       unfortunately.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Did you cook it anyway and make salmon salad out of it?  (Just
       like tuna salad, but with your fish instead.)
       [/quote]
       I'm now a big fan of creamy salads so unfortunately I didn't try
       that, though I will consider it next time.
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