On Jun 10, 5:00*pm, Mark Lipton > wrote:
> On 6/10/13 3:06 PM, Bi!! wrote:
>
> > I really love Copper River Salmon. *I no longer buy farm raised salmon
> > for a number of reasons.
>
> I'm with you, Bill. *I no longer buy Atlantic salmon because it's mostly
> all farmed. *There's nothing particularly unique about Copper River
> salmon, however, beyond a really strong marketing campaign. *It's a good
> example of sockeye, but to my tastes King (Chinook) salmon, which has a
> slightly earlier run in Alaska, is a superior fish (not that I'll turn
> up my nose at Sockeye, mind you). *Coho, which has the latest run, can
> also be quite fine. *To me, the major criterion is that it has to be
> wild-caught, Pacific salmon. *Wild-caught Scottish and Norwegian salmon
> is available some places, too, but the price puts me off.
>
> Mark Lipton
>
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I've fished Alaska many times and have caught virtually every species
of salmon, trout and char. King is probably my favorite for grilling
etc. and typically sockeye is considered inferior but I will say,
marketing aside, the Copper River fish sockeye seem to have a bit more
fat and a smoother flavor than much of the sockeye that I've caught
elsewhere. I had it again last night with a bottle of 2010 LWC Santa
Lucia Pinot Noir and it was very tasty.