My internet-fu is weak. Apparently, I don’t know how to ask Doctor Internet the correct questions, so I need help from the Dope: what can I do with two cans of salmon, besides make salmon patties and/or salmon salad?
Salmon salad…like tunafish salad.
Make a creamy pasta sauce (alfredo), add in some of your salmon and toss with your favorite pasta.
Salmon tacos
Well, salmon patties are the whole reason why I buy canned salmon. But the same general ingredients can also give you salmon fritters, salmon croquettes, and salmon loaf.
I need to look in the back of the pantry to see of we have any cans of salmon.
I like my salmon patties with a smear of mustard!
~VOW
Salmon Pie. This is a French-Canadian treat but various forms are found around New England. It’s basically mashed potatoes and canned salmon in a pie crust. If you have something like mini 4 inch pie pans or even a large size muffin tin these will come out great in individual servings also.
And, to be really flash, a handful of frozen peas or green beans.
“Please give me recommendations for canned salmon, besides patties or salad.”
Very first reply: “Well, there’s salmon salad…”
At any rate, I should have also specified that I am looking for supper recipes. I am definitely intrigued by the alfredo and taco suggestions. The mini-pies… I don’t think I can eat that much mashed potatoes in one serving.
Thanks to all who replied, I may reserve the right to use this thread to ask for advice on what to do with the rest of the shit in my pantry.
Make a quiche with salmon.
Instead of a pie crust, can also substitute a thin layer of hash browns.
Why do you have “shit in your pantry” that you don’t know how to use?
And as to the first post…sorry, I was the "no cakes/paties " part but must have missed the salad part. My bad.
Because there is a not-insignificant amount of food in my pantry that I got from a food bank, which consists of stuff that I don’t normally eat.
So, what do you have? Give us a head start.
Okay so, in the “stuff I don’t normally eat” category, the package that I received from the food bank included the following:
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[li]2 2-lb bags of dried green split peas[/li][li]1 2-lb bag of dried yellow split peas[/li][li]3 2-lb bags of dried garbanzos[/li][li]1 15-oz can of pinto beans[/li][li]1 24-oz can that is simply labeled “Pork (with juices)”[/li][li]1 13-oz bag of “dry milk” (???)[/li][/ul]
There is also a 24-oz. can of “ground beef (with juices)” which I imagine that I can find a use for, presuming that I can actually get over my fear and revulsion to open it.
Wow, a couple of those sound like, well, dog food with whatever additional certification makes it legal for human beings.
I hope things pickup for you soon; having benefited from food banks as a child, I never, ever donate “junk” food during food drives. Some of that is more depressing than using Wonder as a hot dog bun.
I make a decent quick weekday pseudo-bouillabaisse sometimes using canned salmon. I dice up and saute a bell pepper, celery, onion and garlic, add some thyme, oregano, black pepper etc., throw in a can of diced tomatoes, chicken stock and the salmon, then I add some shrimp, a pinch of saffron. and the juice of a lime. It turns out surprisingly a lot better than you’d expect soup made from canned salmon would be.
Apparently, canned pork with juices is already cooked ground pork. Yum.
I would make hash with it, like corned beef hash. Put butter in a skillet, and saute some chopped onions and diced potatoes, then add the pork and heat through.
The beef is the same. Could be used for taco meat if you add Mexican seasonings. Or any other ground meat recipe where you used ground beef loose like that.
For the salmon, croquettes sound good! Little fried fish balls.
Split pea soup for the dried peas. Add some ham hock or the like, if you have anything porky, bacon would work, or smoked sausage. I wouldn’t add the canned pork to it.
Well, there goes my next question.
Those sound like commodity foods. They were purchased from farmers, processed, and labeled very plainly, and distributed by the Department of Agriculture to low income households, food banks, and soup kitchens. A lot of people had to be taught how to cook those foods. They were trying to just heat the beans or peas in a pan, and serve them to their kids.
The canned pork and beef may be actual chunks of meat. And there is no reason in the world why you cannot cook a pot of beans with the canned pork. You will have to add your own seasonings, and you won’t get the “smoky” flvor as you would from cured pork, but the meat and the juices in the can will add richness to the beans.
The dry milk is probably nonfat, and it won’t be the “instant” kind you can buy in the market. You can absolutely reconstitute it and drink it, but you might need to get used to the taste. It’s food, it’s nutritious, and it was given to you in your time of need.
The reconstituted dry milk can be used for cooking, to make puddings, sauces, and soups.
~VOW
The canned ground beef sounds like a blessing. You can make spaghetti with meat sauce, sloppy joes, tacos, any number of quick, easy meals. With some finely diced onion, a little bit of garlic, and some seasonings, you’ll be set for days!
~VOW
I think most people referred to the USDA commodoties as “Government Beef” and “Government Cheese.” They were also distrubuted to schools. The beef was not ground beef. More like shredded. My mom was a foods teacher in a high school and brought home some Government Beef once. It made the best chop suey. I expect to see a reappearance of these commodity foods real soon. Well, under a normal government I’d expect it.
We called the commodity cheese “Reagan Cheese.”
~VOW