News — Salmon

Before refrigeration, salmon was smoked and dried to preserve it. Canada’s First Nations peoples perfected the method to preserve their wild salmon catch for a long winter. Today there are as many kinds of smoked salmon as there are chefs – and lots of questions too. One we often get asked here at SeaChange is whether our Canadian wild salmon […] The post Smoked salmon: hot or cold smoked? appeared first on SeaChange Seafoods - Unique Canadian Gifts.

What’s in a name? You’ll notice that we have a product called Smoked Sockeye Salmon Travel Pack. We’re often asked what the difference is between that product and our Smoked Sockeye Salmon in the gold pouch. It’s all about the packaging. The basic product inside is the same delicious, wild sockeye salmon from Canada’s west coast, but it’s all wrapped […] The post What is a SeaChange Smoked Sockeye Salmon Travel Pack? appeared first on SeaChange Seafoods - Unique Canadian Gifts.

The salmon has been an important part of Canadian culture since before the first salmon canneries appeared on the BC coast in the 1870s. Long ago, when the salmon began to spawn, native people from the North Pacific Coast would camp at river mouths. As the fish returned, it was harvested, cleaned and dried in the sun. Smokehouses were constructed […] The post What Is So Canadian About Salmon? appeared first on SeaChange Seafoods - Unique Canadian Gifts.