Wild Lox vs. Tame

[cooker613]

My Costco had wild sockeye salmon on sale and I thought...science. So, I made into lox to compare to the lox I made with farmed salmon.

Wild sockeye with the skin on


Slices, very pretty


Unbelievably I ran out of bagels



For comparison, the farmed salmon


Pretty, but much more pale


But at least I had a bagel


It might be my imagination and the intense red color but the wild sockeye seemed richer tasting.

 

[daveomak]

Wild sockeye is awesome... Deep rich flavor... Beats farm raise by a ton and then some... When I fished SE Alaska, I had my smoker on the boat and ate smoked sockeye all the time...

 

[noboundaries]

That difference in appearance is incredible. Thanks for making the comparison. SCIENCE!

 

[tropics]

I don't think your first one was a Sockeye
It looks good
Richie

 

[SmokinAl]

The sockeye looks fantastic!
I will have to try one on my next batch, my Sam's always has them.
Al