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Do you descale salmon fillets?
(lemm.ee)
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The stuff on the knife here isn't scales?
Yeah the stuff on the knife is scales, but the silver on the fish is just the skin. The scales are attached to that.
I'd be really surprised if you're finding any fish in big supermarkets that still have scales, even on a whole fish but particularly on a fillet.
You will typically find skin on or skin off fillets, and depending on the fish recipes might instruct to cook them skin side down so you can have a nice crispy texture alongside the softer flesh.
Yeah the fillets (all 3 linked in original post) I buy from Tesco Morrisons or Sainsbury's all have scales. I take them off with a butter knife and have to wash them sink down after so there aren't scales everywhere.
I'd be really surprised if you've bought the fillets and not noticed the scales before.
Edit so yes, to your first comment,
I was, in fact, describing scales. Not just the skin of the fish. Go be a pseudo know-it-all elsewhere please.
Okay, fair enough. That's not something I've ever encountered. Sorry my tone offended you - I wasn't trying to be a dick.