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Salmon
Spread
Ingredients:
8 oz.
(240 g) cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons sour cream
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 can salmon in water, drained
1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste
Preparation:
- In food processor or with
electric mixer, blend together cream cheese,
sour cream, mayonnaise and salmon until almost smooth.
- Add chopped parsley and garlic
powder and blend together.
- Taste and adjust seasoning.
- Transfer to serving dish, cover
and refrigerate at least two hours before
serving.
- Use as spread for sandwiches,
toasted bread or tortilla wraps.
Recipes for Spreads:
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Salmon
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Salmon
is the common name for several species of fish of the Salmonidae
family. Several other fishes in the family are called trout. Salmon
live in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans...
Salmon are anadromous: they are born in fresh water, migrate to the
ocean, then return to fresh water to reproduce. Folklore has it that
the fish return to the exact spot where they were born to spawn and
modern research shows that usually at least 90% of the fish spawning in
a stream were born there. In Alaska, the crossing over to other streams
allows salmon to populate new streams, such as those that emerge as a
glacier retreats. How they navigate is still a mystery, though their
keen sense of smell may be involved. In all species of Pacific salmon,
the mature individuals die within a few weeks of spawning.
Coastal dwellers have long respected the salmon. Most peoples of the
Northern Pacific shores had a ceremony to honor the first return of the
year. For many centuries, people caught the salmon as they swam
upriver. A famous spearfishing site on the Columbia River at Celilo
Falls was inundated after great dams were built on the river. Now,
salmon are caught in bays and near shore. Long drift net fisheries have
been banned on the high seas except off the coast of Ireland.
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