Tech Rally
01-12-2003, 07:39 AM
While cleaning a load of Salmon at the Ludington Cleaning station this past fall I noticed a guy on the other side of the table cleaning salmon in a way I had never seen before and was wondering if anyone uses this technique and what the cuts were used for.
He first peeled the skin with pliers before removing what I will call standard fillets. He made a cut down the length of the fillet removing the meat just above those rib bones similar to Pike Y bones and set this cut to the side. He thin made another length wise cut on just the other side of those bones and discarded that small cut with the bones. He thin trimmed the belly flesh with another length wise cut and discarded that. What he was left with was a fillet that was perfectly squared squared off and looked almost looked like a 2 x 4 board. What he did next and the purpose for it I can not figure out. He started making 1" veritcal cuts out this fillet making sticks of flesh roughly 1" x 1" by 4 or 5", Salmon Sticks. I've never seen this before. Does anyone have any idea of the purpose or advantage to making these salmon sticks? On the drive home my buddy and I were talking and thinking maybe he was going to make some kind of jerky. Anyone have any ideas? :confused:
He first peeled the skin with pliers before removing what I will call standard fillets. He made a cut down the length of the fillet removing the meat just above those rib bones similar to Pike Y bones and set this cut to the side. He thin made another length wise cut on just the other side of those bones and discarded that small cut with the bones. He thin trimmed the belly flesh with another length wise cut and discarded that. What he was left with was a fillet that was perfectly squared squared off and looked almost looked like a 2 x 4 board. What he did next and the purpose for it I can not figure out. He started making 1" veritcal cuts out this fillet making sticks of flesh roughly 1" x 1" by 4 or 5", Salmon Sticks. I've never seen this before. Does anyone have any idea of the purpose or advantage to making these salmon sticks? On the drive home my buddy and I were talking and thinking maybe he was going to make some kind of jerky. Anyone have any ideas? :confused: