Well, if I see farm-raised salmon whose colour equals that of wild
Pacific salmon, I'm sure the colour has been "enhanced" in some manner.
Wild Alaska/BC salmon is the stores here now, so we'll put some on a
cedar plank on Sunday, make up a dill sauce and a cucumber salad, and
open a bottle of pinot noir. I'll take some OM shots.
Earl
Mark Dapoz wrote:
>On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, AG Schnozz wrote:
>
>
>
>>>Yes farm raised salmon toxins are higher, including mercury
>>>due to the feed they are given (pellets of ground up larger fish).
>>>Last report I heard was that even the salmon color is not natural but
>>>a DYE !!
>>>
>>>
>>Hey, now you're scairing me. I eat this stuff (the salmon, not
>>the pellets) once or twice a week. The heavy metals probably
>>help out my B&W work.
>>
>>
>
>Apparantly the colour of salmon is very dependent on their diet. I've
>heard they feed farmed salmon shrimp shells to give them a pinkish colour
>instead of the pale white which they get from eating pellets. I've never
>heard of dye being used.
> -mark
>
>
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