Is tinned salmon anything like the nice flaked salmon you can buy fresh in a supermarket?

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I have taken to salmon, particularly the M&S ready cooked flakey Salomon you can buy, but of course it's quite expensive so I'm hoping to reduce cost by buying tinned salmon but is it gross ? ( as in really bad by comparison) or is it ok to have with a salad for work?

I can't bear all the bones in tinned salmon

Tinned salmon is nice in fishcakes

I would invest a few pounds in a tin OP, if it’s nasty ( and it generally is) the cat will eat it.

I love tinned salmon, yes the bones and skin are fiddly but the cat lived the juice and skin mashed up

I actually 'treated' myself to some last week and had it with mayonnaise on a crusty roll

I say 'treated' as it was over £2 for a 150g tin

Very different but tinned salmon nice in its own way.

Have a look at frozen salmon in Iceland or IKEA food shop or other supermarkets. It's cheaper and nice. Easy to cook. Throw into oven with whatever flavour you like and Bob's your uncle.

IMO, its better to look at them, as two different foods. I couldn't compare sweetcorn to peas!

I like tinned salmon and cucumber sandwiches; or tinned salmon in fishcakes; whereas I use fresh salmon as the protein in dishes for dinner. If we had cooked fresh salmon left over, DH might have it in sandwiches; but its a rare occurence!

I was brought up on it - bones & all. Eat or go hungry.

Never touched it since I was old enough to tell DM to FO.

I've eaten tinned salmon from M&S and don't remember any bones, if there are any in those then they're unnoticeable. It's fine - slightly different taste but not terrible. I keep a few tins in the food cupboard.

I live tinned salmon, but no it's not the same. I do prefer the skinless/boneless one.

Try it though!

I love tinned salmon. Its almost a different food to fresh or hot/cold smoked salmon, but can be wonderful if treated properly. I like it mashed with mayonnaise, black pepper and salt in a sandwich or a pitta pocket. The bones are full of calcium and unnoticeable if you mash it up, they're very soft.

A tinned salmon sandwich can be a very easy, nutritious, tasty and satisfying lunch.

Tinned salmon is not cheap. Can u not buy a side of salmon cook it and when cold flake it yourself?

Nooooooo!

I started a thread on here the other week about how bad it is! I love fresh salmon but tinned salmon has vertebra in it!

I quite like tinned salmon if someone else (preferably my mum because she is extremely fussy) has dealt with it, the smell, the soft bones and slimy skin means it isn't for me if I've got to prepare it.

Fresh salmon freezes well, either as is, or after cooking (just don't overcook it as it will defrost badly). When I see salmon fillets, or the m&s flakey salmon the op mentioned, on offer I stock up and freeze.

I only bought tinned once as really didn't like it. The dog didn't mind .
I agree cook fresh, and I found tinned mackerel is very good

You can buy it without the bones so I’m not sure why people are complaining about that.

The bones are good for you, but I wouldn't eat them. Skinless and boneless tinned red salmon is nice, just not the same as fresh: a different flavour and texture.

Vertebrae!! 😯

I like tinned salmon in a salad or mashed up with a bit of salad cream and used in a sandwich/roll. Fresh is good so is tinned they're just different.

The bones are yummy, all soft and mushy and tasty and full of calcium and collagen.

The texture is similar to tinned tuna. I haven't had the flaked salmon, so not sure. I had fresh, smoked and tinned.

As always you can buy red boneless salmon which is nice, or pink with bones in which is not very nice but although I like the red boneless tinned salmon for lunch, in a wholemeal roll, I still prefer fresh salmon for dinner.

I love all salmon but as others have said tin, smoked, fillets are all very different

i'm old and the only salmon i ate as a child was tinned, my mum removed every single bone to make posh sandwiches with pepper and vinegar for tea at christmas and easter! we used to love them. i use it now for sandwiches and fishcakes but am happy to mash up the bones as they are good for you.

I haven't had tinned salmon in years but bought some and just eating a sandwich with cucumber. No bones or skin in the tin. It is Princes Red Salmon.