I have eaten simply cooked salmon in France many times, no sauce. Its not that. It's that the average French person has a more refined and demanding pallette

I have eaten simply cooked salmon in France many times, no sauce. Its not that. It's that the average French person has a more refined and demanding pallette than the average American. The factory trawler caught frozen fish we purchase in huge quantities at Walmart and Costco is simply terrible compared to what you would find in the average French grocery store. It's not like all the salmon in the world is the same. Go to a poisspnerie in France, you will find out what I'm talking about.