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Do you not taste the difference between, say, wild Alaskan or Colorado River salmon vs. fish farm stock? Farmed fish can be improved just by using higher quali

• dylanz 17y ago
  Indeed. I just moved from NZ, which is big on salmon farming, to Seattle. The taste of farmed salmon, in my opinion, is repulsive compared to wild salmon. I can only hope we don't have to farm all fish in the future, as I don't think improving the feed can completely fill that taste gap.
• mnemonicsloth 17y ago
  Have you ever eaten wild Alaskan or Colorado River salmon and fish farm stock at the same time, without knowing which was which? Were they prepared in the same way? By the same chef? Yes, there probably are differences that you could detect in a blind taste-test. But given the positive affect associated with the names -- "Colorado River Rock Star Javascript-Guru Salmon" -- I wouldn't be surprised if most of the difference in flavor is printed on the menu.
  • warfangle 17y ago
    No, but if it's anything like the difference in free-range chicken and factory-farmed chicken, you would have to be blindfolded and your mouth scoured to not be able to tell the difference (free-range chicken not only looks different - it's leaner, the fat is marbled into the meat and not in thick sheathes around it, it's a yellowish color instead of sickly translucent pink, it tastes different, and its texture is different).