Using Seafood from a Can

[Margaret Pilgrim]

Thanks for this memory "bump up".    Judy Rogers had such extraordinary taste and culinary imagination.  

[JoNorvelleWalker]

On ‎5‎/‎27‎/‎2020 at 1:40 AM, JoNorvelleWalker said:

I needed tuna for my dinner.  The light in the bedroom isn't great and the first tuna I found was Callipo.  Perfectly OK tuna but the cans are impossible to open.  I resorted to silicone gloves and pliers, and then digging the tuna bits out with a knife.

 

If I ever buy Callipo again it will be in glass jars.  Which are on sale at SupermarketItaly.com at the moment.

 

 

I caved.  Twelve jars of Callipo are on their way to me.  Still on sale.  As I get older cans are more and more of an impossibility.  Of course jars present their challenges as well.

 

[heidih]

I need to up my canned seafood game. An article I found of interest  https://www.seriouseats.com/2020/06/what-are-conservas-iberian-spanish-portuguese-canned-seafood.html

Edited June 30, 2020 by heidih (log)

[blue_dolphin]

I was running low on tuna and placed an order with the Fishing Vessel St. Jude people.  Decided to add a few tins of these La Brújula mussels in escabeche to my order. 

I put a few on crostini, spread with aioli, then followed the description on the website for a super quick pasta:

A little parsley would have been nice but I hear it's over-used 🙃

Very tasty.  I wish I'd bought more but I see that the local import store I visit from time to time has them in stock so I'll check their prices. 

[blue_dolphin]

I used a can of Trader Joe's wild-caught sockeye salmon to make salmon croquettes from Jubilee in a 2 Tbsp appetizer size:

Preserved lemon aioli from Shaya on the side. 

Salmon croquettes formed into bulky logs with mushy middles were a Lenten penance when I was growing up.  The small size of these improved the ratio of crispy exterior to tender interior.  No mush. 

 

[weinoo]

I've been making those with fresh (er?) salmon - last ones I made were 1/2 poached salmon and 1/2 smoked salmon.

 

My better 1/2 is not so in love with them.

[Margaret Pilgrim]

Try this recipe for Salmon and potato cakes with ginger.     Calls for fresh salmon but I use what's on hand.

[kayb]

1 hour ago, weinoo said:

I've been making those with fresh (er?) salmon - last ones I made were 1/2 poached salmon and 1/2 smoked salmon.

 

My better 1/2 is not so in love with them.

 

I think you just planned my dinner.