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ShazzieB

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48. We ate salmon patties growing up, too!

Sun May 18, 2025, 04:01 PM

May 18

My mom was from Chattanooga, TN, which is kind of in the southern foothills of the Appalachians, and we lived there till I was 12.

I used to love salmon patties when I was a kid. Unfortunately, when I made them for dinner for my now husband, he didn't care for them at all. So they never became part of our menu as a couple. I'm tempted to try making them again just for myself, but I'd have to figure out how to do it all over again! Maybe I should check out some reciples to jog my memory.

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Appalachian meal. And we ate this growing up canned salmon. [View all] Duncanpup May 18 OP

Yup we ate salmon patties, too, Dunc. SheltieLover May 18 #1

The dreaded Salmon patties BigMin28 May 18 #10

Oh no. Didn't dare say you didn't like any food! SheltieLover May 18 #22

You wouldn't know it if you had my pie. cachukis May 18 #62

The bones are eatable.... FarPoint May 18 #2

The bones are a great source of calcium, so there is that benefit SheltieLover May 18 #23

I was pretty easily led to cringe about any weird food as a kid. 1WorldHope May 18 #31

Lol SheltieLover May 18 #33

Good seeing ya! FarPoint May 18 #34

Good to see you, too SheltieLover May 18 #36

Absolutely adore Sterling FarPoint May 18 #41

I've only seen LindaG once SheltieLover May 18 #44

Yes, Linda G does wonder a bit but she reminds me of .... FarPoint May 18 #52

Yes FarPoint May 18 #42

I've been trying to find the DUer musette_sf May 18 #46

Grew up eating salmon patties burgers in Minnesota during Lent NickB79 May 18 #3

Not Catholic, but my mom made salmon 'loaf' and I LOVED it. Attilatheblond May 18 #28

Mom made salmon patties often SheLiberal May 18 #4

We picked the bones and skin KentuckyWoman May 18 #5

We were exactly the same as above poster. Diamond_Dog May 18 #6

Growing up, never heard of salmon cakes! Nittersing May 18 #7

Ate the bones. The canning process softened them to nice consistency that I liked just fine. Six kids - you bet ... marble falls May 18 #8

Staple of depression era mother on Fridays...dad hated them JT45242 May 18 #9

I've made my MIL's southern recipe for Salmon Cakes. No bones. Clouds Passing May 18 #11

I made salmon patties, mac and cheese for supper last night. Lars39 May 18 #12

Growing up in Boston we ate Salmon and peas. maveric May 18 #13

My mom made salmon croquettes. Mosby May 18 #14

So did my mom and grandma. They were from Mississippi, so I considered it a southern tradition. My gran iluvtennis May 18 #17

Same here... Texasgal May 18 #68

yep! johnnyfins May 18 #79

Ever see the Appalachian Word of the Day YouTube shorts? I watch them all the time. elocs May 18 #15

Yes! Elessar Zappa May 18 #57

Would you like sardines better? Historic NY May 18 #16

Mackerel for me. Cross between sardines and tuna. Supposedly sustainable. erronis May 18 #26

I despise canned sardines My college roommate and one of our friends across the hall loved them yellowdogintexas May 18 #51

I can occasionally find fresh sardines here Retrograde May 18 #67

Sardines are my emergency food because the only way I would ever chose to eat them elocs May 18 #53

I like salmon patties and a sardine sandwich with a thick slice of sweet onion and mustard yummy. nt doc03 May 18 #66

My mom figured how to barbeque them in the skillett. rickyhall May 18 #18

Pick and eat the bones. Kali May 18 #19

I picked out the spine and skin. pandr32 May 18 #20

Still eat them Figarosmom May 18 #21

I always just left the bones in. appleannie1 May 18 #24

Vitamin B3 is Niacin, here are a bunch of foods that have it IronLionZion May 18 #25

Well, why didn't you tell them that back in the '30s? erronis May 18 #27

We may repeat the great depression soon so now we are armed with knowledge and experience IronLionZion May 18 #39

We usually had mackerel patties. Mom took out the bones and so do I... wcmagumba May 18 #29

Just made a salmon loaf with a can of sockeye salmon. cachukis May 18 #30

Recipe? intrepidity May 18 #45

Recipe. cachukis May 18 #49

A slice of cold salmon loaf and scoop of cottage cheese woodsprite May 18 #60

It was creamed salmon on toast chez nous Retrograde May 18 #32

We ate salmon patties too. I pick out the bones but I don't think my mother did. LoisB May 18 #35

Mom usually made tuna patties. Moosepoop May 18 #37

I pull off the skin, but leave most or all of the bones. GoCubsGo May 18 #38

My mom made salmon cakes bamagal62 May 18 #40

Mom called them salmon croquettes misanthrope May 18 #43

I remember my grandmother ILikePie92 May 18 #47

We ate salmon patties growing up, too! ShazzieB May 18 #48

I ate salmon when I was a child in Canada and got violently ill Meowmee May 18 #50

that happened to me with pouched eggs CountAllVotes May 18 #76

Awful, sorry that happened Meowmee May 18 #82

zucchini CountAllVotes May 19 #88

We had salmon patties (we called them croquettes) fairly often. yellowdogintexas May 18 #54

Uhmm kozar May 18 #55

Hi Koz malaise May 19 #89

I loved salmon patties. I think they had leftyladyfrommo May 18 #56

I had depression era parents so of course we had salmon cakes several times a year, from canned salmon. badhair77 May 18 #58

I just made this last week for dinner woodsprite May 18 #59

Get canned salmon nearly every month from Food For People / CalFresh. PufPuf23 May 18 #61

It's amazing how smartly the government has had an effect. underpants May 18 #63

We still have salmon patties made with cornmeal and egg and a ton of pepper Peacetrain May 18 #64

Was this similar to canned Tuna ? JI7 May 18 #65

Salmon loaf was delicious Easterncedar May 18 #69

My mom made that for us, and it was good. Better than salmon patties. madinmaryland May 18 #73

Interesting bit of history!! MissB May 18 #70

My mom's family in the Pacific Northwest senseandsensibility May 18 #71

Condiment Chef to the rescue! Aka The Ghetto Gourmet. Noodleboy13 May 18 #72

To this day I can't eat fish at all Bettie May 18 #74

Living in the Pacific Northwest I'm used to fresh salmon Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 18 #75

I remember too!!! elleng May 18 #77

My mother made salmon patties. Morbius May 18 #78

Oh yes. Mom made salmon patties at least once a month. blogslug May 18 #80

Not salmon, but tuna chowmama May 18 #81

My Mom made salmon loaf lots of Fridays Saoirse9 May 18 #83

Bones Maninacan May 18 #84

We still have them xmas74 May 19 #85

I think we always had mackerel because it was cheaper than salmon, we weren't particularly well off in those days... wcmagumba May 19 #86

Family of 2 adults and 5 kids, you bet we ate onethatcares May 19 #87