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Fishing in British Columbia => The Fish Kitchen => Topic started by: No_way on October 12, 2005, 04:20:28 PM

Title: Salting fish
Post by: No_way on October 12, 2005, 04:20:28 PM

Hi all,

I'm trying to salt some small flounder fillets (much like the salt cod we all know).  I hope to store them, then reconstitute them to make a nice chowder in the winter.  I always have a supply of flounders and greenlings so I like to experiment.

I have them in a container well packed in sea salt.  I'm fairly confident that it'll work, but I'm just wondering if anyone know how long it's going to take?  It looks like it might take a LONG time. 

Have any of you salt dried fish before?  Would rock salt have worked better then fine sea salt?

Title: Re: Salting fish
Post by: Fish Assassin on October 12, 2005, 04:31:41 PM

My mother used to make salted fish out of flounders. Use coarse salt on your flounders overnight to a day, then hang up to air dried.

Title: Re: Salting fish
Post by: No_way on October 12, 2005, 04:35:07 PM

Thanks a bunch.  Was it good?  How did you eat it?

Title: Re: Salting fish
Post by: Fish Assassin on October 12, 2005, 06:41:53 PM

It was quite good actually. Just rinse off the excess salt and steam it.