{"id":2294,"date":"2011-04-03T21:55:24","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T03:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/?p=2294"},"modified":"2019-04-29T23:00:23","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T03:00:23","slug":"ingredient-of-the-week-smoked-salmon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/ingredient-of-the-week-smoked-salmon\/","title":{"rendered":"Ingredient of the Week: Smoked Salmon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Smoked-Salmon-In-Shell4.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Smoked-Salmon-In-Shell\" width=\"900\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2346\" \/><br \/>\nSome people, like me, love the flavor of smoke in food. It\u2019s a primal thing: fire, mystery, and umami. Smoking enhances color as well as flavor: for example, the vibrant red-orange color of our ingredient of the week, smoked salmon.<\/p>\n<p>Many of smoked salmon\u2019s friends are spring flavors: cr\u00e8me fra\u00eeche, citrus, and herbs like dill or chive. The rich, powerful flavor of fatty salmon needs the balance of bright, acidic ingredients. Pickled ingredients are a great partner to smoked salmon. I enjoy smoked salmon this time of year because it goes so well with delicate, floral white wines and crisp pilsners.<\/p>\n<p>Smoked salmon is a good addition to your pantry because it can be used for everything from breakfast bagels to elegant hors d\u2019oeuvres at a dinner party.\u00a0 It goes well with humble pantry staples like eggs, pasta, potatoes, bread, and butter. I appreciate the long shelf life of smoked salmon and will spend a week working through a package.<\/p>\n<p>When buying smoked salmon, it\u2019s important to be mindful of the same principles that guide your fresh salmon purchases. I use the free <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montereybayaquarium.org\/cr\/cr_seafoodwatch\/sfw_recommendations.aspx?c=ln\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch App<\/a> on my phone to make sure I only purchase sustainable seafood. This means I avoid farmed salmon and seek out wild caught salmon from responsible fisheries. This week, start tasting smoked salmon from different producers to find your favorite one. Most grocery stores have quite a variety to choose from, so be discerning. Look for a producer who has a lot of passion for their craft- you will taste the difference.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll see you here tomorrow for 10 ways Tuesdays: 10 ways to use smoked salmon. Don&#8217;t worry, it won&#8217;t be the same old smoked salmon bagels and cream cheese. Get ready to look at smoked salmon in a whole new way!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some people, like me, love the flavor of smoke in food. It\u2019s a primal thing: fire, mystery, and umami. Smoking enhances color as well as flavor: for example, the vibrant red-orange color of our ingredient of the week, smoked salmon. Many of smoked salmon\u2019s friends are spring flavors: cr\u00e8me fra\u00eeche, citrus, and herbs like dill [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","spay_email":""},"categories":[7,153,91],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2294"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19482,"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294\/revisions\/19482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dsweb.jessicaotoole.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}