# Puget Sound salmon alert **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 5, 2006, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puget-sound-salmon-alert/379218 "2006-11-05T22:25:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2006, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puget-sound-salmon-alert/379218/1 "2006-11-05T22:25:13Z")
For our PNW Dopers, via an email I received from the Birch Bay Chairperson: > [@](#): > > **NEWS: New alert on eating local salmon; State warns to limit meals of Puget Sound chinook** > > October 27, 2006 – Cherie Black, Seattle P-I > For the first time, the Washington State Department of Health is warning consumers about eating salmon from Puget Sound. > > Because of relatively high levels of mercury and PCBs, the department said Thursday that consumption of chinook should be limited to one meal per week. Resident chinook, or blackmouth, should be limited to twice a month, the department said. > > Still, state officials emphasized that fish should be part of a healthy diet. “Many fish from Puget Sound remain a smart choice for the dinner table; however, this news is another sign that the Puget Sound is sick and we must take action now,” Gov. Chris Gregoire said in a statement. “The Puget Sound Partnership is tackling this challenge head-on.” ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2006, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puget-sound-salmon-alert/379218/2 "2006-11-06T00:00:03Z")
Yeah, it was on the news earlier this week. I don’t eat salmon (blech 😛 ), now I have a good reason. I can retain my northwest citizenship with impunity. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2006, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puget-sound-salmon-alert/379218/3 "2006-11-06T00:10:47Z")
Damn, I was hoping the alert was going to be that hordes of marauding chinooks were attacking population centers and all citizens were being called upon to help eat more salmon. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puget-sound-salmon-alert/379218/4 "2006-11-06T00:35:18Z")
[QUOTE=picunurse] I don’t eat salmon (blech 😛 ) [/QUOTE] Try baking it with Soy Vay Very Very Teriyaki. I cooked it for someone who said she didn’t like salmon, and she liked it so much she made it herself. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2006, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puget-sound-salmon-alert/379218/5 "2006-11-06T05:26:21Z")
Salmon good. Mercury and PCBs bad. Get well soon, sweet fishies. I will be waiting for you with fork and lemon wedges in hand. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2006, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puget-sound-salmon-alert/379218/6 "2006-11-06T06:25:09Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] Try baking it with Soy Vay Very Very Teriyaki. I cooked it for someone who said she didn’t like salmon, and she liked it so much she made it herself. [/QUOTE] You don’t understand. I ate salmon prepared in every concievable way until I left my childhood home. (My aunt and uncle were fisher people.) I swore at age 18 that such vile food would never pass my lips again. I REALLY don’t like it! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2006, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puget-sound-salmon-alert/379218/7 "2006-11-06T13:56:07Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] Try baking it with Soy Vay Very Very Teriyaki. I cooked it for someone who said she didn’t like salmon, and she liked it so much she made it herself. [/QUOTE] Can you elaborate on that? I am on a quest to find a way to enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2006, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puget-sound-salmon-alert/379218/8 "2006-11-06T14:04:07Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Can you elaborate on that? I am on a quest to find a way to enjoy it. [/QUOTE] Get a nice wild-caught salmon fillet. Score it to the skin with a sharp knife, about an inch apart. Score once longitudinally at the thickest part. Put the fillet skin side down on a sheet of aluminum foil. Pour some sauce on it. Seal the foil and bake in the oven as usual. Open the foil for the last ten minutes. Serve with fresh asparagus. Really simple and quite tasty. I haven’t tried it with other brands of teriyaki sauce because personally I think Soy Vay is the best. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2006, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puget-sound-salmon-alert/379218/9 "2006-11-06T14:11:30Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] I think Soy Vay is the best. [/QUOTE] ??? And it’s Kosher! 🙂 Thanks