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Amen. I'm originally from the west of Ireland and we used to sometimes get fresh wild salmon from a local river off a fisherman friend of the family. The taste
by anonymousDan 11y ago
Amen. I'm originally from the west of Ireland and we used to sometimes get fresh wild salmon from a local river off a fisherman friend of the family. The taste difference was just amazing. The farmed stuff is liking eating plastic in comparison. The other thing that makes a huge difference in my experience is to have fish that's never been frozen (someone once told me the reason has to do with the crystallization process killing the taste, although I've no idea how that works).
- maaku 11y agoCrystallization bursts cell membranes, causing more rapid decay from the moment it is thawed. It is that (micro-)decay that causes the change in flavor.
- akiselev 11y ago> (someone once told me the reason has to do with the crystallization process killing the taste, although I've no idea how that works) The crystallization process in this case means that the solid crystal formed by water freezing into ice ruptures all of the cell walls, releasing their contents. Once that happens the chemistry of the food can change drastically as enzymes and proteins that were once only active inside cells are now floating everywhere. In the case of frozen salmon, the taste appears to come from some sort of enzymatic process involving fatty acids [1]. [1] http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf000021c http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf000021c