General Discussion

Texasgal

(17,234 posts)

68. Same here...

Sun May 18, 2025, 06:36 PM

May 2025

Mom always made them with the bones. She would just mash up the can and other ingredients very fine and make them into "croquette" shapes and fry them in a cast iron skillet!

Haven't had them in years!

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

2 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

Duncanpup Ursus Rex

89 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Appalachian meal. And we ate this growing up canned salmon. [View all] Duncanpup May 2025 OP

Yup we ate salmon patties, too, Dunc. SheltieLover May 2025 #1

The dreaded Salmon patties BigMin28 May 2025 #10

Oh no. Didn't dare say you didn't like any food! SheltieLover May 2025 #22

You wouldn't know it if you had my pie. cachukis May 2025 #62

The bones are eatable.... FarPoint May 2025 #2

The bones are a great source of calcium, so there is that benefit SheltieLover May 2025 #23

I was pretty easily led to cringe about any weird food as a kid. 1WorldHope May 2025 #31

Lol SheltieLover May 2025 #33

Good seeing ya! FarPoint May 2025 #34

Good to see you, too SheltieLover May 2025 #36

Absolutely adore Sterling FarPoint May 2025 #41

I've only seen LindaG once SheltieLover May 2025 #44

Yes, Linda G does wonder a bit but she reminds me of .... FarPoint May 2025 #52

Yes FarPoint May 2025 #42

I've been trying to find the DUer musette_sf May 2025 #46

Grew up eating salmon patties burgers in Minnesota during Lent NickB79 May 2025 #3

Not Catholic, but my mom made salmon 'loaf' and I LOVED it. Attilatheblond May 2025 #28

Mom made salmon patties often SheLiberal May 2025 #4

We picked the bones and skin KentuckyWoman May 2025 #5

We were exactly the same as above poster. Diamond_Dog May 2025 #6

Growing up, never heard of salmon cakes! Nittersing May 2025 #7

Ate the bones. The canning process softened them to nice consistency that I liked just fine. Six kids - you bet ... marble falls May 2025 #8

Staple of depression era mother on Fridays...dad hated them JT45242 May 2025 #9

I've made my MIL's southern recipe for Salmon Cakes. No bones. Clouds Passing May 2025 #11

I made salmon patties, mac and cheese for supper last night. Lars39 May 2025 #12

Growing up in Boston we ate Salmon and peas. maveric May 2025 #13

My mom made salmon croquettes. Mosby May 2025 #14

So did my mom and grandma. They were from Mississippi, so I considered it a southern tradition. My gran iluvtennis May 2025 #17

Same here... Texasgal May 2025 #68

yep! johnnyfins May 2025 #79

Ever see the Appalachian Word of the Day YouTube shorts? I watch them all the time. elocs May 2025 #15

Yes! Elessar Zappa May 2025 #57

Would you like sardines better? Historic NY May 2025 #16

Mackerel for me. Cross between sardines and tuna. Supposedly sustainable. erronis May 2025 #26

I despise canned sardines My college roommate and one of our friends across the hall loved them yellowdogintexas May 2025 #51

I can occasionally find fresh sardines here Retrograde May 2025 #67

Sardines are my emergency food because the only way I would ever chose to eat them elocs May 2025 #53

I like salmon patties and a sardine sandwich with a thick slice of sweet onion and mustard yummy. nt doc03 May 2025 #66

My mom figured how to barbeque them in the skillett. rickyhall May 2025 #18

Pick and eat the bones. Kali May 2025 #19

I picked out the spine and skin. pandr32 May 2025 #20

Still eat them Figarosmom May 2025 #21

I always just left the bones in. appleannie1 May 2025 #24

Vitamin B3 is Niacin, here are a bunch of foods that have it IronLionZion May 2025 #25

Well, why didn't you tell them that back in the '30s? erronis May 2025 #27

We may repeat the great depression soon so now we are armed with knowledge and experience IronLionZion May 2025 #39

We usually had mackerel patties. Mom took out the bones and so do I... wcmagumba May 2025 #29

Just made a salmon loaf with a can of sockeye salmon. cachukis May 2025 #30

Recipe? intrepidity May 2025 #45

Recipe. cachukis May 2025 #49

A slice of cold salmon loaf and scoop of cottage cheese woodsprite May 2025 #60

It was creamed salmon on toast chez nous Retrograde May 2025 #32

We ate salmon patties too. I pick out the bones but I don't think my mother did. LoisB May 2025 #35

Mom usually made tuna patties. Moosepoop May 2025 #37

I pull off the skin, but leave most or all of the bones. GoCubsGo May 2025 #38

My mom made salmon cakes bamagal62 May 2025 #40

Mom called them salmon croquettes misanthrope May 2025 #43

I remember my grandmother ILikePie92 May 2025 #47

We ate salmon patties growing up, too! ShazzieB May 2025 #48

I ate salmon when I was a child in Canada and got violently ill Meowmee May 2025 #50

that happened to me with pouched eggs CountAllVotes May 2025 #76

Awful, sorry that happened Meowmee May 2025 #82

zucchini CountAllVotes May 2025 #88

We had salmon patties (we called them croquettes) fairly often. yellowdogintexas May 2025 #54

Uhmm kozar May 2025 #55

Hi Koz malaise May 2025 #89

I loved salmon patties. I think they had leftyladyfrommo May 2025 #56

I had depression era parents so of course we had salmon cakes several times a year, from canned salmon. badhair77 May 2025 #58

I just made this last week for dinner woodsprite May 2025 #59

Get canned salmon nearly every month from Food For People / CalFresh. PufPuf23 May 2025 #61

It's amazing how smartly the government has had an effect. underpants May 2025 #63

We still have salmon patties made with cornmeal and egg and a ton of pepper Peacetrain May 2025 #64

Was this similar to canned Tuna ? JI7 May 2025 #65

Salmon loaf was delicious Easterncedar May 2025 #69

My mom made that for us, and it was good. Better than salmon patties. madinmaryland May 2025 #73

Interesting bit of history!! MissB May 2025 #70

My mom's family in the Pacific Northwest senseandsensibility May 2025 #71

Condiment Chef to the rescue! Aka The Ghetto Gourmet. Noodleboy13 May 2025 #72

To this day I can't eat fish at all Bettie May 2025 #74

Living in the Pacific Northwest I'm used to fresh salmon Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2025 #75

I remember too!!! elleng May 2025 #77

My mother made salmon patties. Morbius May 2025 #78

Oh yes. Mom made salmon patties at least once a month. blogslug May 2025 #80

Not salmon, but tuna chowmama May 2025 #81

My Mom made salmon loaf lots of Fridays Saoirse9 May 2025 #83

Bones Maninacan May 2025 #84

We still have them xmas74 May 2025 #85

I think we always had mackerel because it was cheaper than salmon, we weren't particularly well off in those days... wcmagumba May 2025 #86

Family of 2 adults and 5 kids, you bet we ate onethatcares May 2025 #87