Smoked Salmon Delivered - Information about our High Quality Smoked Salmon
Smoked
Salmon Delivered features gourmet products which are produced in Alaska
within an industry rich in scenery, history, and seafood. An abundance of delicacies
are available from these waters, including wild Alaskan salmon, which makes a
truly wonderful Smoked Salmon product, as well as herring, halibut, crab, prawns,
pink shrimp, and sablefish. Most wild Alaskan fish stocks are at their healthiest
levels in years, and we have shore-based processing plants in several Alaskan
locations from which to source this delicious seafood.
All of our Smoked Salmon Smoking is done in Ketchikan, Alaska
located in southeast Alaska (about 700 miles north of Seattle) among some of
the richest salmon grounds in the world and "smoker-central" to our
business. The smokers are integrated into our general production plant, which
gives us unusually tight control and management of products, from the time the
fish are hoisted on board the fishing boats in nearby waters, to when they ship
from our warehouse.
Smoked Salmon Delivered is unique within the industry, in that its products
are smoked in an Alaskan facility, located right on the docks where salmon are
delivered directly from the fishing fleet. Salmon has been smoked in Alaska
for generations. Native Alaskans developed the process of creating Smoked Salmon
and this expertise shows in our Smoked Salmon Products.
Smoked
Salmon Delivered offers several forms of Smoked Salmon:
HOT-SMOKED -- This is the traditional Alaskan method of smoking,
where salmon is given a heavy smoke at a relatively high temperature. The result
is a firm-meat product that easily flakes off. The smoked salmon sides, or portions,
are then vacuum-packed in a clear plastic bag and frozen. This form is most
familiar to people in the Pacific Northwest.
CANS -- Following a rich history of salmon canning in Alaska,
we've tweaked the process to offer a gourmet, specialty smoked seafood product.
Cans are hand-filleted, bones are removed, and each piece of smoked salmon is
packed individually into a can.
RETORTS -- These are a relatively new form of smoked salmon,
combining the shelf-stable qualities of cans with the eye-pleasing presentation
of full fillets. Each fillet is placed by hand inside a gold foil "retort"
pouch and vacuum sealed. The pouch is then cooked under heat and pressure in
the same manner a can would be. (A fillet of fish in a "soft can"
is a good way to describe retorts.)
The difference between Smoked Salmon Cans and Smoked Salmon Retorts:
Both cans and retorts offer you an excellent opportunity to share a taste of
Alaskan smoked salmon without worrying about refrigeration or freezer space.
Some points that differentiate cans and retorts:
- Both are sealed, then cooked under heat and pressure, similar to canning
done at home. The cooking process sterilizes the fish and removes the air
from the can or retort pouch to make it shelf-stable.
- Retorts can be described as a "soft can," with the fish packaged
in a foil pouch instead of a stiff can.
- Cans require no additional packaging protection. Retorts are usually packaged
inside a gift box.
- Salmon for canning is usually cut into smaller pieces to fit into the container.
- Because of their size, retort pouches can hold a full fillet of fish, in
varying sizes, rather than the smaller pieces found in a can.
- Both cans and retorts have a long shelf life while still sealed -- easily
three years if the product has not been abused.
- Smoked Salmon Delivered cans and retorts are packed only with fish -- no
water is added. The juice that is typically found when the pouch or can is
opened is the natural moisture from the fish that has been cooked out during
the thermal process.
- We believe you will enjoy a taste of the Northwest and find the quality
of our seafood products, desserts and coffee to be exceptional.
