Me too.

So sad about the prices going up. Everywhere. On all things. The Republican Political Party is undermining the nation's food supply.

Demings is the best though. I use the smaller cans to make Russian fish soup. It still feeds two a very nice dinner. Typically a few tablespoons of rice are added. I don't sauté vegges first, just boil in the broth. Buy grated carrot in the bag. Dill in a must. www.melaniecooks.com/canned-salmo...

Whoa!😳

Same. Holy crap...that's insane.

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I grew up on them as well, and still make them now.

My mom made these when I was growing up. Had a taste for it and got a can but I 🤢 forgot about the bones. Tossed the can. Not interested anymore.

You can get it with out the bones

Yeah, my grandmother made salmon loaf like meat loaf but canned fish.

That is the one Mom recipe I never make. 😆

Insane, groceries have doubled and they keep going up.

Saw @ninaturner.bsky.social call out that a 1lb of beef is more than the minimum wage. Looks like this is too. Also, grew up eating salmon patties. Yum!

You noticed that too?

I'm old enough to remember all canned fish being under a dollar.

That's awful high!

I remember that being 99 cents...

I grew up in Missouri, and salmon patties from canned salmon were a staple food for us. How is anyone supposed to afford decent nutrition?

Tuna is still cheap. 89 cents a can.

I ate a lot of canned salmon as a kid because my grandfather caught the fish and grandma canned them. Practically free food!

Red salmon has cost twice as much as pink for several years now

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I’ve been looking at the prices of food I used to rely on when I was poor and, yes, most are no longer cheap and affordable. Especially meats. Not sure how anyone can afford to feed a family now.

The red is more expensive anyway. I just bought the pink for just under $5. Still love spicy salmon patties with a side of corn.

I hadn't even thought about that. I wonder if you could spice it up enough that a little coleslaw would hit the spot with a brioche or kings Hawaiian roll. Mmm, corn. I feel like Kelly Ripa, even in a can!

Coleslaw sounds good!

Holy crap!

I hate to look to see how much 14.75 ounces of canned chicken costs. Tuna isn’t cheap anymore either. And forget about baking. These are the less-pricey vanillas.

Vanilla has been getting more expensive for a long time.

That’s Salmon Croquettes, to you. ; -D 1 large can salmon + a few Saltines + 1 egg + a baked potato, chopped celery and onion and spices. Don’t forget a squirt of ketchup in the mix and a dust of cornmeal before frying.

Me too. And I liked them. They were delicious.

I did TOO! That and mackerel patties!

My father, who grew up during the depression, always said the salmon was a nickle a can when he was a boy. They ate a lot of salmon.

I love this!

LOVED salmon patties. I haven’t had them in years

Salmon patties, miracle whip, dill pickles on a hamburger bun. my childhood

A can of salmon is more than the national minimum wage. Not a good look.

Me too. This was my youngest daughter's birthday meal.

I have always paid a hefty price for red salmon. Pink salmon is a lot cheaper but unfortunately not as tasty. Anything in the wild, or what's left, will slowly go extinct with no functioning EPA.

Well at least you didn’t have to eat these.

I have a handwritten family recipe for canned salmon "loaf" that's quite tasty, and it's from the Depression era. It includes a biscuit topping. When I was a kid, we were very poor, but we still had chuck steak fairly often because it was so cheap. Now even beef stew meat is as expensive as steak.

My grandmother could make this 10 different ways!

We ate tuna patties...still do!!! My grandson calls them Krabby Patties...🤣

Well that’s because your mom wasn’t English or it’d be creamed salmon which isn’t as bad as it sounds, but a salmon patty has gotta be better.

You can make tofu taste like anything if you marinate it in the right marinades. Check out marinades for tofu. Tofu is a complete protein. Not what we are used to, but a reasonable option.

We had it almost every week when I was a kid.

Ordered my takeout salmon lunch plate that was $14 last year. Yesterday, it was $24. Won't do that.

Same

I remember stew meat was cheaper so we had a lot of stews and chopped suey. But nowadays stew meat is as expensive as a sirloin. Doesn’t make sense.

I still make salmon patties and fry them up in a pan. Crab cakes too but that is way expensive.

thanks, Obama...

Beef is about to get a lot higher, again.

I made salmon patties for my husband one time and he asked me to please never make them again because they stunk up the house. LOL

I that’s costs more than you get for Federal minimum wage too.

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Salmon patties with mashed potatoes and corn. Yummy!!!

Are you from the Ozarks in MO, Jess? we ate salmon patties too! I still make them for my kids. And yeah very very expensive now.

I worked in said canneries. I used to know the codes for the cannery location and dates stamped in the lids

Oof the texture of that stuff with all those little bones.

I remember!

Same here.

!!!!

Salmon was encouraged to help fight pellagra. "Desperate to get non-perishable, protein-rich foods to the masses of nutritionally-deficient Southerners, New Deal subsidies lowered the price of canned salmon to less than five cents a can" share.google/QttItbU0B5er...

... AND recommended frying it in boiling oil. The sure-fire ingredient that will get a Southerner to eat almost anything.

Good lord! We have to be screaming about this as loud as the gop was.

Yep, salmon croquettes FTW, but yikes.

We did too.It was a staple during lent. I tried to make them and 3 out of 4 of my kids hated them. The 4th said it was the best “roast chicken” he ever had.

I know a commercial salmon fisherman in Alaska...the middle man is making far more than they used to. He said it is almost not worth the time, effort and expense anymore because the fisherman who literally risk their lives for the job are BARELY making it now.

The red canned salmon is higher quality and more expensive than the pink.

Huh? Is it like a whole vs broken or grade A vs grade b? I never knew. Of course, I dont regularly buy it.

Huh, me googling it: Red salmon is known for its richer, firmer, and fattier taste compared to the milder, softer, and more affordable pink salmon. Both are nutritious, but red salmon typically has more calories, fat, and protein.

Wild caught Sockeye Salmon is always expensive. Pink Salmon still cheap. Found it for under $4 last week.

$2:99 a can at Grocery Outlet but they might only have stores in California.

we have them in WA

It’s my guilty pleasure. I love looking for the best bargain foods.

My Grandma told me that folks ate a lot of it during the depression times because it was affordable. They would get creative with it. She would make me grits and scrambled eggs with the canned salmon all mixed together. Sounds weird I know but it was actually tasty.

Holy crap!

Come back in another month You will not be able to afford a small can of tuna

Ooh yummy, they're still good tho! I think that's why we ate them. Even though, yes we were under the middle class. Now I want to make some! lol

i remember that can being in our house!

Im 73. My mom made them. I loaded them with ketchup. Never a fan. 😳

Glad we bought ahead

Yes! Me too. Mom used to make salmon patties with some regularity because canned salmon was inexpensive. We would not have been able to afford them at all for these prices.

Sam's is a cheaper than that

Sams is always cheaper, but you have to buy a membership and buy 20 cans at a time. I guess with canned food it keeps, as long as you have storage for all the cans.

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Where the hell is that.... ours is no more than 5 for that size... thats terrible

That's the good stuff. You can still get farmed pink salmon cheap.

fuuuuccck every friday night growing up as catholic. no wonder i am still full of hate and salmon vertebrae.

Will say though that those vertebrae are a very good source of calcium!

I always found a way to eat at a friend's house on nights we were having salmon patties. 🤢

Around where I live, the price per pound of canned salmon is a lot cheaper than a pound of beef. Chicken is getting close.

Ground turkey still like 5 bucks. Great in a lot of foods.

I use ground turkey in my spaghetti sauce and my meatballs. Costs less and is lower in fat.

Yep!

It's cheaper on Amazon. Prices are based on supply (harvest was down 24% in 2024) and rising demand for healthy proteins.

But I’m not shopping on amazon — are you?

No. But I was checking out pricing on that canned salmon on Google®, and Amazon's price was the lowest.

It is made in the U.S. so why the price increase? Gouging?

It's not about gouging. Prices are based on supply (harvest was down 24% in 2024) and rising demand for healthy proteins, and 2025 prices are high ($10.50 to $33.50 per pound retail) due to strong demand, pre-harvest commitments, low inventories, and a mediocre harvest this year.

In the 60’s my family mostly ate hamburger patties. Not hamburgers. Just Patties. Also canned vegetables. Except for the summer mom was digging dandelion greens out of the yard.

One Friday a month. The other Fridays were tuna casserole, frozen fish sticks, or grilled cheese with tomato soup. Good Catholic family 🙄

We couldn’t afford fresh fish of any kind- just tuna in a can in a casserole or grilled cheese and tomato soup. Also grew up in a good Catholic family!

Fish frys on Fridays at the taverns. Great perch, coleslaw, fries, and a slice of buttered rye bread. For 99 cents. Miss that. I still buy that can sometimes for salmon patties, indulgences once in a while a happy thing.

I served them to the feral cat community on Sundays because everybody needs a fancy family dinner on Sundays. Fish Party! I would have starved to death as a child if this were on the table for dinner.

I find myself regularly eating canned tuna as when it's on sale it's cheaper than beef.

Okay, how the hell does that work? That's 1.10 lbs at $0.99/lb totalling $9.89? That label is WAY off somewhere (Probably the net wt, but)

I thought the same!

I think that's an 8, not a zero, it has that line going through it. So it's $8.99 a pound.

Oh yeah. Then the math starts mathin'.

We have frozen beef here in France at 11.90€/kg, 11.90€/2.205lbs, 5.4€/lbs and $6.26/lbs. I remember buying at 10€/kg it hasn't raised that much. www.auchan.fr/auchan-hache... www.carrefour.fr/p/steaks-hac...

Even canned sardines are expensive.

Wow. I wonder how much one of the big packs from Costco is.

Same! I thought my mom was the only one that came up with that trick. Actually, I used to think it was really cool how you can eat the bones.

The bones were my favorite part.

Same!

The bones traumatized me. Oh I just can’t 🤦🏼‍♀️

Sad for you - I agree that they didn’t LOOK appetizing - but the texture was interesting.

It’s the texture differential I can’t handle. It’s like raisins in your cookies. No no no no

Oh yes, if it’s a texture thing with salmon, then it’s not going to be a good fit. Just out of curiosity, you say raisins are a no no, but do you have the same problem with chocolate chips or nuts in cookies? or is that difference not enough to set off your alarm?

Nuts are a no no. Chocolate chips are ok bc they blend in. Nuts can be in the icing of a cake but never inside the cake I don’t make the rules 🤷🏼‍♀️

Thanks! Personally, we have these little touches of autism like problems with textures and mouth feel (and sounds) throughout my family - and I just find the little nuances among all of us so interesting. Sometimes my family just sits around comparing notes on all of our little weird issues.

Awwww that’s adorable! Before I was diagnosed with adhd I thought I was just weird. Do you also have certain touch sensitivity on skin?

That daughter was diagnosed with ADD without the H in second grade, and Ritalin made all the difference in her life. Went from can’t get anything done to straight A student overnight. But she ditched it because she didn’t like the way it made her feel in high school. Later she had OCD things too.

I don’t, but one of my daughters does. We used to have to get up an extra half hour in the morning to get her socks on in such a way that the seam at the toes was acceptable in the way it felt on her foot inside the shoes. Literally 30 minutes of adjusting! All the kids still laugh about that.

Omg the SEAM! I was actually thinking of that when you said it. When I was a kid my mom would get so annoyed and it’s like the seam was attacking me!!! Now I’m an adult and can buy seamless socks. Get her seamless socks bc it shifts and it likely distracts TF out of her…

Costco!

I remember those days. Now it's a treat

I always hated these nights. My parents did not cook these well enough

I absolutely love them, but I always take out the bones and fry it well.

ugh...i can't eat salmon patties to this day because of crunching into bones that mom missed when I was little.

Oh wow i Loved the bones I would open the can & pick through to eat them first, they’re crunchy and are 💯 calcium which is so good for us, I was shocked to see the price for the Red & pink i will be cutting back

Wish I could have given you mine!

See, I'd try yours. They left the bones and didn't sear the patty so it was a soggy scavenger hunt with my tongue and crooked teeth.

I suffered through that as a kid. I've found some fantastic recipes online.

Never had that, but definitely Tuna Noodle Casserole..

Canned mackerel patties, canned peas, and fried taters.

Sounds like you ate at my house. Love fried taters and potato croquettes( well that’s what we called them)

Yall were fancy.

Lol we were. My parents lived through The Depression and I inherited some of their “fancy”idiosyncrasies 😩😩

Salmon patties were pretty good, had them a lot. The further we get into this the worse it will be.

I absolutely hated salmon patties. My dad and grandma loved them, so they made them constantly.

My mom made those. Cut up bread, salmon chunks and an egg. Then she fried 'em in a pan.

Love em!

Where? We eat canned Alaskan salmon quite a lot but haven’t found it at that high a price. Oh my!

This is at Walmart

Here’s our Walmart offering. I should mail thought some.

I think pink salmon is lower quality

Where we tend to shop! Will check that out tomorrow.

🤢 I’m sorry you had to eat salmon patties.

We were so poor we couldn't afford canned salmon. We had canned mackerel patties.

It will cost half of that at the store without delivery costs.

Now I've gotta talk my wife into making me some salmon patties. We may have to cancel our vacation, but they are worth it. Add some buttered potatoes and cream peas and I'm in heaven.

They are going to starve us -

Did you know that last May the government changed the way they calculate Inflation? Lick finger and raise arm. Take a wild guess. Maybe you can help…

My mama made salmon croquettes often. Yum 😋

I used to make those. Loved them. Then I lost my recipe and I haven’t made them in years.

I memorized Heloise of Heloise of the helpful hints recipe. One can salmon. Drain juice. Add 1 tbs of baking powder to the juice so it foams up, an egg, the salmon and some mixed onion and mix it up. Drop by a tablespoon into hot oil. The baking powder makes the croquette lighter.

You’re awesome-thank you!

Forgot the cracker crumbs in the recipe. Can sub bread crumbs. The baking powder gives them a lacy appearance on the outside.

Unless I'm baking, I am an eyeball kind of cook. I don't measure ingredients for savory items.

And if you are feeling extra thrifty, jack mackerel instead of pink salmon. I serve with mashed taters and creamed peas and carrots. If I want to get fancy, I'll toss some dried dill in there.

That sounds good!

We always had mackerel. Too poor for salmon.

We pay 5 dollars US for 3 and a Half ounces in Auckland.

Holy shit.

My parents served them as salmon croquettes. I thought it was so fancy.

My mother did as well. I LOVE salmon. I LOATHE salmon croquettes. Won't eat them to this day.

I thought I would hate salmon because of the croquettes, I didn't. Then last year I tried a recipe I found online that called for old bay, green onion & a couple other things, it was game changing. I hadn't eaten them for 35 years.

Yes, this sounds a lot like my salmon patties, I dice up celery and red onion, crackers, eggs and old bay, now I need to make them.

Gonna need a little more info. Know any amounts? Any help appreciated. I know I can google it, but I’ve picked you as a random person whose opinion on food and personal recipe I’m trusting today.

Naw man, just guess.

That could be tragic

Two cans of salmon, bones and dark meat/skin removed (dogs love the dark meat) half a red onion, 4 celery stalks, both diced, 6 saltine crackers, two eggs, mix well, heat cooking oil, I use vegetable oil, it tastes better, brown on one side, flip, sprinkle generous amounts of old bay, enjoy.

Thank you, Sir! I’ll give it a shot soon!

Same, with mac n cheese.

Mmm….salmon croquettes. I’ve not had one of those since I was a kid! Everything’s going up, it seems like; but I had no idea it was hitting canned salmon so hard. Kipper snacks, too!

I used to love the salmon patties my mom made

OMG!! I just finished a can of the same using an old family recipe. Does yours include dillweed? (this particular can was $6.99 when I bought it 3 years ago 🤫).

It's about $5 here for wild sockeye, same size can...doubled what it was 2 months ago.

Where are you?

We still eat salmon patties!!

Yesterday. The cat and I will be living high tonight! The catch, they were two days past pull date. Cat and I won’t notice I’m sure.

Salmon numbers have collapsed. 'Human Footprint' on PBS last night says an Orca population (down 90%) that feeds on Salmon has been starving. Climate crisis is not the only problem caused by too many humans. ☹️

Nothing is cheaper anymore!

We dammed off most of the wild salmon estuaries. A shame that fresh farm raised salmon is nearly as cheap as canned wild salmon now.

Same here. We'd drown them in lemon juice from a lemon-shaped squeeze bottle and tartar sauce.

I remember those salmon fishcakes!

A tin of salmon is almost 20% higher than minimum wage. Are we feeling great yet?

My mother used to buy canned salmon. It was delicious. I loved eating the crunchy bones.

Look at you with your fancy store bought canned fish. We canned carp, which are virtually indistinguishable from salmon when cooked in a patty.

I loved salmon patties as a kid, and even introduced a housemate to them, and he loved them too. Sadly my SO doesn't like salmon at all so I don't make them anymore.

Salmon patties is the only salmon I like. I don’t make them anymore but I loved them growing up in Indy.

Salmon patties, with white rice and canned peas, was regularly on our dinner table. And we loved it. It would be a very expensive meal for a family of 7 these days.

I remember splitting a can of that with my dad. We each got a fork and had it straight out of the can in the back yard. Mom didn't like salmon.

Canned Salmon and tuna were reliable affordable staples for me as a young adult. I feel so badly for young people these days. I don’t know how someone similarly situated to me would survive in this age.

What also used to be cheap was liver. I bought some recently and it was $5.99 a pound for beef liver. Liver was the fix long ago for women with heavy periods and anemia. Yes, I know people go ew! at the thought of liver. Granny used to chop gizzards and add them to pasta sauce.

Veal liver with onions and apples is so delicious. My people always overcooked it. I just get it browned and out it goes!

I have not seen veal liver in stores for years. The only way I can get beef liver is frozen for six bucks a pound these days.

Also oxtails, flanken cut ribs, cross cut beef shanks etc have all skyrocketed. I think it started with the snout to tail movement.

The other thing that used to be cheap was pork steaks and pork butt. I rarely see pork steaks and pork butt is close to three bucks a pound these days. "Snout to tail" isn't new. It is the cuisine of poverty my ancestors ate.

And it can all be cooked deliciously. They serve all kinds of organs in Europe. No waste!

My family came from Italy. Granddaughter of a pig farmer. I remember butchering season and cranking the meat grinder. Europe had periods of severe food rationing but organ meats were not limited. Same thing during American rationing in WWII. Every culture has a history of poverty cooking.

It's the gentrification of historically poor cuisine

Bingo!

Cross cut beef shanks, have not see those at Kroger in since COVID lockdowns. I think some of this is being turned into boxed and canned bone broth or dog food.

Liver and onions, salmon patties, gizzards, fried chicken, dandelion greens. Everything cooked in bacon grease. Cornbread and buttermilk. My grandmother was from the south, everything was homemade (biscuits, bread, pies, butter, buttermilk), she was poor as a church mouse and an amazing cook.

Let's hope the economy doesn't tank or I may be cooking squirrels. Or rabbits.

We had that too! Rabbit is actually very good. Not that I would ever get it, or many of the other things, past my lips anymore.

My neighbor who thankfully moved away used to sit outside shooting squirrels. I had some at a girl scout camp out and it was pretty tasty. Grandma would cook the rabbit in a tomato sauce and serve it with polenta. I got stuck cleaning the polenta pot.

I have a stash of bacon grease in the freezer. Why let it go to waste when olive oil is so expensive these days? Bacon grease makes a marvelous mayo. Perfect for a tomato sandwich.

Ahhhh, tomato sandwiches, now you’re talking.

You get a hint of bacon with the mater sandwich. It's a wonder.

Innards, well cooked & chopped fine makes better gravy 😅

The secret is deeply caramelized onions and a bit of balsamic vinegar added to the braising liquid. Alas, the days of restaurants deep fat frying chicken livers is a dying menu item. Housewives used to save them when they bought a whole chicken and freeze them until they had enough for a meal

I 'member! Tupperware inna freezer! You saved Everything! When in doubt, soup or stew, yes? 😏 Think your prep made tastier than the I remember meals 😋

I bought another freezer last month and when I finish the ice cream season, that ice cream bucket will be the repository for veggie scraps and bones for soup when fall gets here.

Husband has another surgery coming up so the plan is to fill it with homemade frozen meals during his recovery. My Kroger store does meat markdowns often. I have a stash of filet mignons that I got for $2.50 each. Befriend the meat counter man. You will be rewarded.

Always good tp chat up the butcher 😏 I hope his surgery goes as well as he meals will be tasty! 🫂

Me too. He was in the OR two years ago today and I was in the back of an ambulance headed to Chicago with a broken sacrum a year ago today. I'm weary of medical care but scared silly we might lose health care coverage.

We do have a lot of repair to do to the support system 😮‍💨 But we will! 💞

My dad had fried chicken livers on the menu for years. I sometimes find them marked down and cook them up for the dogs. 1.5 pounds for less than a buck is cheaper than those 3 oz. tubs of snooty brand named dog food at $1.34 each that feed one dog.

God, I still love gizzards.

I keep a can in the pantry at all times. Quick supper on the fly. I used to make these once a week but then I gave up the deep fat fry that makes them so good. Creamed peas and carrots and mashed taters rounds out the plate. Pan fry or bake in the oven now and again.

Cheapskate frig door tartar sauce in a hurry. Mustard, mayo and pickle relish. Capers if you are feeling flush. Chopped pickles if you got them.

I miss my mom’s salmon patties!

I was in Costco yesterday and wild caught salmon is double the price from last year. ($12-$15 to $27-$32). Not sure what is going on besides inflation because this is Alaskan salmon.

But the price of eggs right!? 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

They were tasty aside from the bones

Yea, same here. Mom used 1 can of pink salmon, couple of eggs, crushed saltines and pepper. This was back in the day when you could buy a can of Cambell’s tomato soup for a dime.

Was waiting for someone to mention Pink Salmon as the species we all grew up eating. It's caught in the most quantities and canned while most Red and King Salmon is top shelf fresh or flash frozen for the table. That can of Red Salmon Jess pictured here is much more expensive than a can of Pink.

Yeah... I usually buy the pink kind. I treat myself to the fresh stuff once in a while now. I am definitely eating less of the fresh salmon.

Yeah... Bumblebee Pink Salmon is under $4 a can at Walmart.

Oh, yes…we always had the pink salmon.

Yup. But I couldn't stomach sardines on crackers.🤢

My grandfather claimed his favorite meal was my Nana's plain omelette, home-made fries, and sardines. By the smile on his face when his plate arrived, I think he was telling the truth!

Good memories. Thanks for sharing,💙🐳🌊🐬🌴

Same here. But years later I developed a taste for sardines in mustard sauce right from the can. Go figure…

Might try that. Thanks.

That's my mom's recipe! Probably adapted from her copy of the 7th Edition of the Good Housekeeping Cook Book, printed about 1944, which I still have in my bookcase. No cover, lots of stained pages.

This is how my mom did it, but my grandmother used corn flakes instead of saltines. Fancy! 🤣

Damn. That’s a lot

I also had salmon patties, and even then I hated them, and now I am allergic to most fish. Hmmm, if hadn’t had to go to ER, would think maybe it was in my brain.

I grew up in a Catholic household back in the days when you couldn't eat meat on Fridays so we often had "salmon balls" and homemade macaroni and cheese. I loved those meals! 😋

Yes! And when we couldn’t get canned salmon we used canned mackerel for patties. Canned salmon isn’t that expensive where I live…yet.

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Especially on Fridays

Yep. I just went and checked the price here in the U.P. of MI and same. Even worse is that they are selling a 2 pack of the 7.5 oz little cans for $11.28 🙄

I grew up on mackerel patties.

Oh I remember salmon patties and putting a ton of crackers crushed, into the mix to stretch it. I’ll never forget how it feels to eat a spine accidentally bc you didn’t get all the vertebrae out 😳

Just watch, GOP gonna be getting rich buying stock in Soylent Corp.

And way better for you.. no hormoes

I love salmon patties but I won't be having them much at that price. That's outrageous.

This stuff is terrible. I grew up with can fish also and to this day I can't eat fish anyway shape or form.

Oh no!

Creamed salmon on pumpernickel toast…😊

I remember creamed tuna with peas, creamed ham with hard-boiled eggs, served on toast. Favorite childhood meals ... I had no idea we were poor.