[Normal]

Originally Posted by asianthree

I agree with OP the loss of a true grocery to Aldi wouldn’t fit our grocery needs, even for a quick necessity.

Then again anyone remember Sweetbay in LSL, until it was bought by WD? I loved that store staff was knowledgeable, great deli, well stocked.

Now LSL gets to shop out of a cardboard box. My guess is Kroger trucks will be far more prominent around LSL.
I am confused why would anyone buy salmon from Aldi, when Fresh Market has better quality in the same price range.

Yum, a buttery Atlantic salmon slow cooked on a grill via cedar plank. Is there anything better?

[asianthree]

Originally Posted by Normal

Yum, a buttery Atlantic salmon slow cooked on a grill via cedar plank. Is there anything better?

Our dinner tonight….Pecan plank, Salmon with pecan balsamic drizzle, lightly roasted potatoes with grilled zucchini. Peach half grilled with homemade ice cream.

[Normal]

Originally Posted by asianthree

Our dinner tonight….Pecan plank, Salmon with pecan balsamic drizzle, lightly roasted potatoes with grilled zucchini. Peach half grilled with homemade ice cream.

Very nice. I do a brown sugar coated with teriyaki sauce and crushed pineapple. Asparagus sprouts rolled around in tinfoil olive oil and sea salt on the side.

I will have to try yours out. Who can turn down ice cream?

[Kelevision]

Originally Posted by asianthree

Our dinner tonight….Pecan plank, Salmon with pecan balsamic drizzle, lightly roasted potatoes with grilled zucchini. Peach half grilled with homemade ice cream.

Hopefully it’s wild caught salmon. There’s so much farm raised crap out there. They have to use dye to color the flesh “salmon”

[LuvtheVillages]

Originally Posted by Normal

Yum, a buttery Atlantic salmon slow cooked on a grill via cedar plank. Is there anything better?

Yes, lots of better salmon! Atlantic salmon is farm raised, with questionable sanitation and questionable feed.

Wild caught is cleaner and better tasting. No additives for coloring. More omega-3's.

Try king salmon, or sockeye salmon, or coho salmon.

[asianthree]

Originally Posted by Kelevision

Hopefully it’s wild caught salmon. There’s so much farm raised crap out there. They have to use dye to color the flesh “salmon”

Originally Posted by LuvtheVillages

Yes, lots of better salmon! Atlantic salmon is farm raised, with questionable sanitation and questionable feed.

Wild caught is cleaner and better tasting. No additives for coloring. More omega-3's.

Try king salmon, or sockeye salmon, or coho salmon.

So my salmon comes from the waters of Alaska, fished by hand from a Native tribe. Both amazing smoked and fresh flash frozen, arriving yearly. The color is beyond anything one sees in grocery.

The 20lb ish box of Salmon, itself is a gift of gratitude, for something our oldest selfless sacred act that made the tribe, whole.

So honestly compared to whatever Salmon you are eating, it doesn’t come close to fresh out of the river, without any bear bite marks. (Not a joke, for anyone who has fished Alaska).

[FloridaGuy66]

Originally Posted by LuvtheVillages

Yes, lots of better salmon! Atlantic salmon is farm raised, with questionable sanitation and questionable feed.

Wild caught is cleaner and better tasting. No additives for coloring. More omega-3's.

Try king salmon, or sockeye salmon, or coho salmon.

I'm surprised in today's age of information that people still believe this long debunked myth that farmed salmon is dyed.

I thought only conspiracy people still believed that kind of stuff.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by FloridaGuy66

I'm surprised in today's age of information that people still believe this long debunked myth that farmed salmon is dyed.

I thought only conspiracy people still believed that kind of stuff.

I have heard from good sources that the color we get is not the color of salmon swimming in a farm

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

I have heard from good sources that the color we get is not the color of salmon swimming in a farm

From three out of three sources I found, your "good sources" are mistaken..

Now, is it true that farm raised salmon is fed a diet that causes them to turn pink? Yes, the same diet they eat in the wild. Farm raised salmon is the same color as wild salmon because the farmers feed them a similar diet.

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

From three out of three sources I found, your "good sources" are mistaken..

Now, is it true that farm raised salmon is fed a diet that causes them to turn pink? Yes, the same diet they eat in the wild. Farm raised salmon is the same color as wild salmon because the farmers feed them a similar diet.

It is my experience, having eaten both, that wild salmon is a deeper pink.
And the excessive fat lines in farmed trout and salmon is also a major difference between both.
I have also caught many river trout over the years, and the difference between wild and farmed is easily recognized.

[New Englander]

Originally Posted by Pairadocs

Just one answer among many, but I can tell you my reason for buying salmon at Aldi. We are very picky so we don't eat salmon out (usually), and Aldi is the one place we can get NON POND RAISED, non Atlantic, USA Alaskan wild sockeye caught in season at a reasonable (not inexpensive but reasonable cost). We have and do order whole copper river salmon at Fresh market when available. Personally don't believe anyone can come close to quality of Aldi's produce, nor beat their prices. To each their own, at least we have many many choices here, something to please everyone hopefully,

[FloridaGuy66]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

I have heard from good sources that the color we get is not the color of salmon swimming in a farm

Please state your "good sources".

Wild Salmon is a different color because they're fed differently than wild salmon. Different amounts and types of carotenoids that give salmon the distinctive pink color.

There's no dye involved.

[Dr.SammieMD]

Costco has fresh wild Alaskan salmon during the season at a very fair price. Also, during the off season, they often have previously-frozen, cryovacced wild Alaskan salmon, again at a reasonable price and difficult to distinguish from fresh. Finally, they have two grades of farmed salmon in most stores - one from Chile and another, far better in my opinion, from Norway. The Norwegian is 2 to 3 dollars per pound more expensive, and well worth the price.

[tag460]

Sam's Club usually has fillets of wild caught salmon. Every year towards the end of June early July Publix flies in fresh caught never ben frozen salmon from Alaska.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Dr.SammieMD

Costco has fresh wild Alaskan salmon during the season at a very fair price. Also, during the off season, they often have previously-frozen, cryovacced wild Alaskan salmon, again at a reasonable price and difficult to distinguish from fresh. Finally, they have two grades of farmed salmon in most stores - one from Chile and another, far better in my opinion, from Norway. The Norwegian is 2 to 3 dollars per pound more expensive, and well worth the price.

What is the season for the fresh wild Alaskan salmon? We're about to make a run to Costco.
Otherwise, Norwegian salmon is sustainable, even the farmed.