Do you descale salmon fillets? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by denton@lemm.ee to c/askuk@feddit.uk

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So all (that I've bought from) supermarkets sell their salmon fillets with scales on. Do you descale it before pan frying?

Sainsbury's; morrisons; tesco are the supermarkets I've bought salmon fillets from mainly

Edit: Please stop assuming I'm a dumbass who doesn't know what scales look like. We have established that YES, SCALES ARE PRESENT, I AM NOT MISTAKING SKIN FOR SCALES BECAUSE I HAVE EYES. They are on the fillets, and if you haven't noticed them, then feel free to not participate in this post.

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[-] denton@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The skin is still on, but I'm pretty sure the scales are still on. I take a knife to the back and scrape across and they pop off. I'm not sure they're quite reflective as much as they are slightly translucent and yeah the mess is exactly why I made this post lol I was sick of having to do it in the sink before cooking each time

Edit this is what I'm talking about, the stuff on the knife

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