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Salmon with celeriac mash

Celeriac:

Potato … eh!?

Organic salmon.

Why organic? Salmon is farmed in huge cages on the rivers and lochs, with ordinary river water flowing through them. The farmers add medicines to the feed, including pesticides, fungicides and antibiotics, and these leach into the water and damage the surrounding ecosystem in the loch. Organic fish farmers, on the other hand, don’t use these damaging chemicals. (By the way, wild salmon are now endangered - avoid).

Because of the lower stocking densities, organic farmed salmon is expensive, so for me salmon is now a rare treat.

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3 Responses to “Salmon with celeriac mash”

  1. Aya Says:
    December 5th, 2006 at 5:11 am

    I love celeriac! I’ve never seen in Japan. It’s hard work to cook, isn’t it?

  2. watari Says:
    December 5th, 2006 at 9:51 am

    Don’t say I look like the potato.

  3. rich Says:
    December 5th, 2006 at 10:21 am

    Celeriac? No it’s dead easy.

    I just peeled it, chopped it up into large pieces, and boiled them for about 12 minutes. It goes soft and you can mash it up. I mixed it with baked potatoes and mustard. Delicious and a good combination with the salmon.