Half price salmon at Coles! Apparently the lowest price in 5 years.
Seems like a nation wide sale. This ad was plastered all over my local deli https://files.ozbargain.com.au/upload/103218/111814/img_1189…
Expires unknown this Sunday, credit to @ GoSwans, there seemed to be heaps of stock at my local.
Please don't troll. There can be serious health issues
Can't you just cut off the surface?
Like steak tartare.
Salmonella would like a word with you
@MSG: you can put in a freezer for a week, after that I would hope salmonella will peacefully die..
Another recipe - half a kilo of salmon sliced, 1 table spoon of salt, 1 table spoon of sugar… mix fish and this together in a glass container, spray a bit of vegetable oil, mix, and let it in the fridge for a day.. Serve on a toast with sliced red onion
@Michael1983: Freezing doesn't kill salmonella, it is one of the bacteria's that just go into a dormant state while frozen.
Nearly all fish that goes to Coles will be frozen in the supply line for days if not weeks.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with eating a Coles salmon raw in regards to food safety vs buying something that is "sashimi grade" from some fish monger. If anything the fish monger one might be more likely to have a worm or parasite if they get fish from a local supplier and only bring temp to near 0 for a short time.
Yes the quality of the fish might be slightly worse cause Coles isn't choosing it based off highest quality and fat content but it's very much fine to actually make it.
Like what do you think is the difference between coles salmon and some wank salmon that would make one dangerous to eat raw?
The salmon is fresh. All fish in the display is labelled as fresh or thawed.
The fresh fish is either farmer in Australia (salmon and barramundi) or expensive.
quality of the fish might be slightly worse
Aren't we talking farmed salmon vs wild? If so, the difference would be significant.
@elektron: Nope. Any wild salmon you see (and it will not be fresh) is a different species, such as sockeye.
It's not about the frozen process, It's about how many days it's been sitting on the shelves and the times it's been refrozen/thawed
The fish I see at coles is revolting at times, (not because the fish itself is any different) but for the above reason!
Anyone that thinks coles/woolies fish is as fresh as a fish market most likely has never been to a proper fish market with fresh fish!
@neosin: While I agree the salmon at Coles is shit because it can be old and the taste subpar it's still safe to eat. The use by date for fish is usually well within the actual use by date of fish by multiple standard deviations.
You can make sashimi from it fine. It's just gonna taste shit.
@fremeer: I usually fix that my dry brining it. Might not exactly be traditional sashimi but damn it tastes good.
@neosin: An easy fix to that is just to ask for it frozen. I do this all the time, and the deli staff are happy to help (assuming it is frozen stock)
@BlinkyBill: @BlinkyBill
I had no idea you can ask for it frozen…
Normally i get told whatever is there is what they have, unless the staff are just too lazy to get me frozen piece
Can't you just cook the sashimi first to kill any present parasites?
Amazingly Coles sells fresh fish and frozen fish. This is clearly marked on the price tags. This Salmon is fresh as per the link the OP provided.
you've never worked at Coles before I assume , if you had you would never risk eating any of the fish raw
fresh salmon is fresh salmon. It is the same they use at any sushi place. There is no such thing as sashimi grade salmon, which people think it's real thing.
in some countries there are rules about how raw fish can be served (like frozen temperature and time requirements)
I'm told by my friend who is a seafood wholesaler that with sashimi grade salmon, the fish itself is the same, but the handling process is more involved to minimise risk of contamination and that makes it more expensive to produce.
but the handling process is more involved
What do you think goes into 'handling' a fish?
Have you ever been fishing before?
The term fresh here means that it has not been frozen and thawed before (supposedly).
But there are degrees of freshness, like how many days it has been since the fish was caught and how it was stored during that time.
Not completely true, as salmon can contain parasites like worms. One way to kill the parasites is by deep freezing. Then you can thaw and serve raw as sashimi with minimal risk. If it is fresh and never frozen, parasites can still be alive. This is especially critical for wild caught salmon. However farmed salmon (aka, all cheap salmon we have at the deli at coles) is low parasite risk anyway.
If you ask them what sashimi grade means, they will likely say either (A) controlled feed (to prevent worms entering the farmed Salmon ecosystem) or (B) freeze/thawed to kill parasites.
@pinchies: It also needs to be frozen on very low temperatures, which you can't reach with your freezer at home.
controlled feed (to prevent worms entering the farmed Salmon ecosystem)
You know that the 'salmon ecosystem' is the ocean right?
@1st-Amendment: Mate, the way you’ve phrased that sounds like you’re looking for a “gotcha” moment?
Yes, I do know that Salmon are largely farmed in ocean pens. However, in terms of salmon parasites, this is more of a problem regarding sea lice than for worms. And, as disgusting as it is, sea lice are not regarded as hazardous for human consumption… but are thankfully mostly removed anyway during cleaning and processing of the fish.
Mate, the way you’ve phrased that sounds like you’re looking for a “gotcha” moment?
Well mate, the 'salmon ecosystem' term didn't really make much sense, since both farmed and wild caught salmon share the same 'ecosystem', ie the ocean where they are not sheltered from stuff in the ocean.
'Sashimi grade' is purely a marketing term. Millions of fish come out of the ocean, do you think there's a person somewhere getting paid to grade them all? Or do you think that maybe, more likely it's just some retailers simply putting fancy sounding labels on the same old product simply to sell more stock? 'Salmon ecosystem' makes it sound like you bought into the marketing…
Ah yes FINALLY salmon fishing in Yemen works but get in quick ISRAEL has a new plan !
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a deer, a female deer….♩ ♪ ♫ ♬
Should be ok, according to Donald.
Edit: I mean Dettol, consequently salmon in Dettol.
Dettol doubles as a delicious marinade.
I haven't done this myself, but I have heard that you probably need to freeze the salmon for at least a week to kill all the parasites…. So maybe sashimi a week later?
1 week? But I want Sashimi NOOOWWW!!
3 days. Or use good wasabi. I wouldn’t use these for sashimi.
Just curious, why not these for sashimi? Is it because it is skin on?
@geek001: It’s to do with freshness, storage and handling. If you just killed the fish, you can just wash and eat it. The more you have cut it and left it out in the air, the more opportunities for contamination. Fish could also have parasites and whatnot, but its immune system has kept them in check. The moment it dies, those buggers would start to party.
Yeah but you said cook it and eat it straight from the ocean. That’s not a good idea
You have been brainwashed…
Have your ever been fishing?
Out of interest where does one find real wasabe?
Take me to Wuhan.
that's what i've been doing with Coles salmon. No issues so far
Smells fishy…
"That's what he said"
Yet another MSG deal……….
mmmmm umami
All my local Coles got rid of their Deli Section and replaced them with prepacked meat/seafood.
Same…
Have stopped shopping at these stores. The packaged deli meat has often gone off and is an unappetising grey colour.
Bread is also now stale since they removed the bakery section…
No bread is available before 9am anyway…
Yeh I found out the hard way. I bought some prawns that were prebagged and it was like 40% discounted. The shells were like black but I ate it anyway and felt kinda sick afterwards
The shells were like black but I ate it anyway
Spoken like a true OzBargainer…
True. Couldn't find any deli/fresh seafood within 4 coles of my area
I didn't see this yesterday at store, did it start today
Yeah looks like a random Friday special!
Salmons on the menu this week boys! Nice find op!
haven't eat salmon for a while didn't know $42 is the new normal.
Yeah it’s gone up higher than tun
price went up, quality went down. And it (profanity) our waterways as a bonus!
Lately salmon seems to be highly available!
Heading there
Expiry for the ones I picked up for my parents seemed to be 16th and 17th of April. GL.
Good price for occasional smaller portions.
Bought 300g (skin off) from Woolworths last night, $17!
Usually buy from Costco.
I find you get a nice flavour boost from the antibiotics and food dye with these.
And the PCB's!!
I usually buy the 1kg frozen bag of individually vacuum sealed portions from Aldi for $26. Seeing as we go through about a kg a week, would these be okay to buy in bulk and freeze? Assuming they have already been frozen and thawed
Not to this salmon specifically, but as far as I know. pretty much any food that has been frozen then thawed shouldn't be putting back to frozen again to be used later on.
I noticed it doesn't have a "thawed" sign on it, like some other fish. Is it possible it's not been frozen+thawed? Would be amazing if it were safe to freeze.
We freeze it at home, never had issues. Also no chance they're never-frozen at Colesworth.
as far as I know. pretty much any food that has been frozen then thawed shouldn't be putting back to frozen again to be used later on.
Why not?
What magic do you think occurs during the freeze/thaw process that renders food inedible?
I know which one you're referring to and is our default too, but not a fan of the fact they come all the way from Norway or something - like can't get any further from the source.
Well Norway is one of the worlds largest salmon farmers so that’s where a lot of farmed salmon comes from
what, this sht was $40 a kg?
Maybe fake news
That's around the usual price at Colesworth. Sometimes it gets down to $32, but I haven't seen it go down to the 20's in ages.
The best quality salmon we found to be at Aldi, fresh prepackaged from the fridge section, not frozen. The rotation of that salmon is also very quick…
Aldi used to be my first choice to buy Salmon from, unil I realised the price went up that much a few days ago. It's strange that I haven't bought salmon for a very long time and didn't even notice the price change. I thought I would just quit eating salmon but it seems I can go to coles now.
Wait, what's the price at ALDI now?
If you're looking for quality try ora king salmon. It is farmed in NZ. I get mine from getfish but some higher end fishmongers will stock it
It's not even wild caught
Less protein?
Some people genuinely respond badly to farm raised fish. One of my family members is like a farmed fish radar and genuinely able to tell.
We’re uncertain whether its the pesticides, or additives to fish feed etc causing it but their reaction has been relatively consistent.
I still personally eat farmed fish though
Pretty sure farmed salmon is fed grain
@antik: Not just grain, but it is included in the pellets: https://www.tassal.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fact-sh…
it could be the antibiotics in farmed salmon, some people are allergic or sensitive to this also
I should go catch some Tassie Salmon this weekend. They're a bit of a bugger though.
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