tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145304480917779208.post1288488106720004066..comments2023-12-27T07:25:11.324-05:00Comments on Cincinnati Locavore: Just Cured SalmonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145304480917779208.post-42081601138317277022008-06-23T15:27:00.000-04:002008-06-23T15:27:00.000-04:00Finspot, I received a similar question in a comme...Finspot, I received a similar question in a comment on my blog a month or so ago. So, I will repeat some of what I said in my earlier response there.<BR/><BR/>I am well aware of the burdens that large scale farming — both land and sea — place on the environment. I also aware of the myriad compromises that we have made in order to produce food to a price point.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, I recognize that wild meat, fish and crops are not going to feed the world and that farming of all kinds is going to be with us for a very long time. Condemning all farming of any sort lumps the careful farmers in with the cavalier.<BR/><BR/>I have done my research and have chosen to reward with my business farmers who have committed to environmentally sensitive practices and invited international oversight of their practices.<BR/><BR/>Wild caught salmon is inconsistent with Just Cured's business simply because wild salmon is a seasonal product and the available product in season isn't consistent enough to meet our production demands.<BR/><BR/>That said, I do want to produce some specialty smoked and cured wild salmon products during the season. I probably will not be able to do much of that this first year. No sooner did I write that, however, when it appears that I am getting some wild sockeye this week and will smoke a bit of it.<BR/><BR/>MichaelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145304480917779208.post-42708767648140301482008-06-21T17:20:00.000-04:002008-06-21T17:20:00.000-04:00yay, westside! :) can't wait to try it - thanks f...yay, westside! :) can't wait to try it - thanks for the recommendation!khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00656343974483860615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145304480917779208.post-18243342093812468612008-06-20T15:19:00.000-04:002008-06-20T15:19:00.000-04:00Val, I'd like to know more about the source of thi...Val, I'd like to know more about the source of this "organic" salmon. Salmon farming has helped to wipe out wild salmon virtually wherever it's been tried (true, it's usually the last nail in the coffin among many other nails). In Scotland, wild Atlantics are hanging on by a thread. Why not source wild Alaskan salmon? Now that's salmon that's deserving of labels like "organic" and "sustainable." Yes, it would be Pacific instead of Atlantic, but I'm sure the recipe would be just as tasty.Langdon Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13824455892396013221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145304480917779208.post-58730633978744259802008-06-20T01:07:00.000-04:002008-06-20T01:07:00.000-04:00This looks lovely. I grew up on cold-smoked nova ...This looks lovely. I grew up on cold-smoked nova salmon from Zabar's in New York, and appreciate when care goes into smoking salmon. I'd like to learn cold smoking someday. I think I'm going to start with gravlax, though.<BR/><BR/>If I'm ever in Cincinnati, though, I'll check out this guy's fish!<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://food.gofrolic.org" REL="nofollow">Food Is Love</A>Debshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09217281333751656056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145304480917779208.post-80735936219407727822008-06-19T09:56:00.000-04:002008-06-19T09:56:00.000-04:00Fantastic profile, Val! I got my first 1/4 pound ...Fantastic profile, Val! I got my first 1/4 pound last Sunday and gobbled it up-- it is amazingly good. I'm hoping to grab some more this weekend to do something special for brunch; I just have to decide what, exactly. It was so interesting to read about his process!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14911168030162240860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145304480917779208.post-827983453666893002008-06-19T09:11:00.000-04:002008-06-19T09:11:00.000-04:00One clarification. When I said:but so far the shi...One clarification. When I said:<BR/><BR/>but so far the shipping costs to airfreight whole fish (because so much of the weight of a whole salmon is head, tail, innards, or other waste) are prohibitive.<BR/><BR/>It is not so much the financial cost that is prohibitive; it is the other costs that concern me. I view my products as having a significant sustainable aspect to them. Accordingly, I have a very hard time justifying flying the 50% of the final product weight that is garbage a quarter of the way around the earth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145304480917779208.post-74758737809055099132008-06-19T09:00:00.000-04:002008-06-19T09:00:00.000-04:00Thanks Val!Thanks Val!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com