SeaBear Smoked Copper River Salmon, 1 Lb
Sold by: Wine Country Connect, LLC
$34.99 $51.00 31% off List Price
Okay, this offer has my attention. I regularly buy Copper River Salmon and can tell you this is a great price for this fish - even if it was not smoked. I just checked one of the sites I use and it is $49.95 a pound today for frozen King Salmon Copper River Salmon filets.
We came here for deals. Now they have stuff only Madona can afford.
So what makes King Salmon Copper River Salmon so special/good vs other salmon?
Wild caught Alaskan salmon fillets are on sale at my local (Michigan) grocery store for $18 a pound this week.Regular price $24.
If you have never had copper river sockeye (or king) you are missing out. It is the very best salmon you can get. It will make you never eat farm raised (crap) again. It is expensive. Copper river salmon runs in mid May for only about a month.
It’s early April . . . so is this salmon a year old?
First thing in my head too
I’m not a seafood person, so I’m not really qualified to answer this question, but I do know that the local news here in Seattle report on the initial delivery of Copper River Salmon every year to Seattle. And the fish get their own plane flight from Alaska: Season's first Copper River salmon arrives in Seattle - Alaska Airlines News
According to CopperRiverSalmon.org;
Could be, but according to this producer, hot smoked salmon is shelf stable for up to five years (equivalent to canned goods).
People… this is smoked salmon. You can’t compare it to fresh salmon at the store.
Let’s clarify a few things.
The “list price” of $51 means $42 for the fish and $9 ($8.99, actually) for shipping.
Salt, sugar, and smoke are all preservatives, as is the packaging SeaBear uses. Remember, as jcassens5 pointed out, this is smoked salmon, not fresh or frozen. SeaBear says this item has a shelf life of at least four years. That said, it would be good to know which year’s catch we’d be getting. There are directions on their website, under the Storage tab, of how to determine this.
Sockeye salmon is not the same as King salmon, which commands a premium. And Copper River salmon, although very good, is about one-third reality and two-thirds marketing hype (in my opinion, of course). However, I do agree with fgfljsb: Avoid farmed salmon whenever possible, even that Black Pearl “organic” product
Now that’s a quality post if I ever saw one.
My thoughts exactly.
Smoked salmon gets expensive for high quality fish.
Can’t say that I’m knowledgeable on that topic.
But sounds like others are, and it’s good enough for me.
I’m in for 2.
Maybe more on a future woot.
I’ve had copper river salmon in the NW. It was really really good. and cooked. And so is this stuff on sale here. Canned salmon. I’m not saying good or bad, I don’t know. But I was curious and looked up their FAQs:
Q. Why doesn’t the smoked salmon need to be refrigerated?
SeaBear smokes the salmon, vacuum seals it inside the Gold Seal pouches, and then cooks the salmon in its own juices. This process preserves the salmon naturally, so no refrigeration is needed until the pouch is opened. Think of the Gold Seal pouch like a “flexible can”.
thank you…
Copper River salmon makes it to the Seattle supermarkets yearly in my area. They have a very unique color and flavor to them that sets them apart from the “normal” coho salmon that frequent other rivers. It is a good fish for sure and kind of a luxury in my area. But truth be told I will only pay a dollar or two per pound over normal Coho as to my my tastebuds, aside from the cool copper river color, I can’t taste much difference over normal Coho Salmon.
Too bad it’s not cold smoked. I’d be tempted to try it if it was! Hot smoked isn’t for me.
If you like hot smoked, however, I bet this stuff is excellent.