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    Hi,
    
    I don't know if you mean - like salmon patties with canned salmon...
    this is how I make it:
    
    Large can of salmon (pink)
    1 egg
    bread crumbs
    
    Mix together and fry in a pan.
    
    I like them with mashed potatoes and peas!
    
    Ruth-Ellen

    ....and add a little salt, pepper, and sauteed onion. Just had 'em
    last night.

    thanks for reviving a delightful memory and providing a recipe to
    boot; my mother use to make these all the time, but I haven't them
    in years; look forward to chomping away soon

    Boy, I agree with .3/what a memory blast!  My mom used to make them
    just as .1 described (except with Corn Flake crumbs), including
    the mashed and peas!  As a kid I never liked them, so she used to
    tell me the salmon was pink tuna fish... Is this a particularly
    Jewish traditional food?

    Me too!  Except my mother used to call them salmon croquettes! 
    I don't think I've bought canned salmon myself even once in ten
    years!

My wife tells our kids they're "salmon burgers". In our house we  try to remove
the skin and bones from the salmon.

Dave

I've found several excellent recipes for canned salmon in 'The Joy of 
Cooking'.  The recipe for salmon puffs is excellent and quite simple 
(once you pick out the bones and skin).  The more traditional recipe 
for salmon croquettes (a.k.a. salmon patties) includes mashed 
potatoes.  My eight year old twins love these -- I think because the 
mashed potatoes makes the salmon flavor more mild.  The peas are 
another matter...

    Ah - the memory rush - it's been years since I had my mother's salmon
    croquettes.  How marvelous it would be to have those again!  Same
    goes for her Matzo Meal latkes which she liberally covered with
    sugar.  It's time to do this too myself as with potatoe latkes!
    
    Enjoy all!

    Our mothers served salmon patties a lot because canned salmon used
    to be *cheap* - which it isn't anymore.  I used to like them, too,
    but I haven't made them in years.  I guess you could make the same
    thing cheaper by using canned tuna.
    
    Salmon patties, in my mother's mind, went along with cookies made
    with honey instead of sugar, and other World War II vintage recipes.

    re .8: Mind telling me more about potatoe latke?
    
    I tried the salmon croquettes: GREAT!
    
    Hungrily yours,
    
    Chris

    Chris,
    
    re: potatoe latkes:  these are potatoe pancakes usually served with
    apple sause.  They are very similar to potatoe pancakes I had for
    lunch in a restaurant in Munich.  Yummy!!!
    
    My mother's recipee calls for shredded potatoes, eggs & matzo meal
    to hold them together; fried to a golden brown in vegetable oil;
    eaten faster than she can make them with her homemade applesause
    
    _Susan
          

    Potatoe latkes need to have a little onion for TAM as my mother
    would say.  Deborah and I usually add garlic just because we believe
    in it.  enjoy
    

Here's a variation on salmon patties - my grandmother's recipe for 
fishcakes.  Please remember that this recipe is truly "grandmother 
food", so I can't give exact amounts--you know, it all depends on how 
much fish (and the size of your palm)!

Saute:  chopped onion and minced garlic in margarine with lots of 
        paprika (again - to taste and depends on...)

Fish:  You can use scrod, sole, haddock (any white fish), approximately
       1 to 1 1/2 pounds.

Put the fish in boiling water for about 15 minutes.

Make mashed potatoes (again, depends on how much fish).

Add the onion mixture to the potatoes and flake in the fish.  Stir well.
Add salt, pepper, one egg, and breadcrumbs (great at Passover with 
matzoh meal).

Form into cakes approximately 2x2x2 or 3x3x3 (use your hands).

Brown in melted margarine and oil.  Serve with a vegetable.

These are great cold!

Also, I can't tell you what they should look like, because, again it 
depends...Every time I make them, they come out looking different.

If you have any questions, just call.

Regards, 
Joan

P.S. I'm looking for a receipe for poppyseed cookies.  My grandmother
     called them "korzias", and I've looked in Jewish, Russian and
     German cookbooks.  The only recipe close to it is for poppyseed
     pretzels, but it's not transferable to cookies.  Help!

    RE: .13
    
    Joan, you mention that you're looking for a recipe for poppyseed
    cookies.
    
    If we're talking about the same things, I've always heard them
    referred to as "mohn" (or mohnn, monn - take your pick) cookies.
    
    My two ex-wives had great recipes for them. 
    
    I'm on friendly terms with my first ex, at least, so I could
    probably ask her for her recipe, if you can't find one in a
    cookbook.
    
      Alan

RE: .14

Yes, Alan, I do mean "mohn" cookies, and I'd be very grateful if you 
could get me a recipe!

Thanks a lot,
Joan

    RE: .15
    
    Okay, Joan, I'll try calling Karen (my ex) and will get back
    to you, once I reach her and get the recipe.
    
      Alan

    2 eggs
    1 c sugar
    (pinch salt - I don't add any)
    1 c shortening or oil
    3 c flour
    2 t baking powder
    1/2 c poppy seeds
    
    Mix all ingredients.
    Form dough into small pieces the size of a walnut.
    Place on greased cookie sheet.
    Flatten balls with the bottom of a glass which has been dipped in
    cinnamon and sugar.
    Redip glass after each cookie.
    
    Bake 10-12 minutes at 350 oF.

    I've been following this note with great interest.
    
    Since I too like salmon croquettes, and have been looking
    for a business opportunity - I had the thought of opening 
    a fast food establishment based on croquettes/fish cakes.
    I've been investigating set up costs and developing menu
    ideas and am about ready to commit startup money.
    
    Before I go all the way, I'd like to pose the following
    question to the participants of this note:
        
    If you could purchase a salmon croquette on a bun with
    lettuce, tomato, and tartar sauce in a fast food
    establishment:
    
    1.	Would you do it?
    2.	How often? 
    3.	How much would you be willing to pay?
    4.	What would you like as an accompaniment?
    
    Thanks for any input.
    
    /Sam

    RE: .15
    
    Joan, will the recipe that Charlotte posted in .17 do, before
    I call Karen?
    
      Alan

    WRT potato latkes: I agree with the garlic and onion adding. My
    father also added marjolaine, cummin seeds (the European, not the
    Indian Cumin) and LOTS of pepper.
    
    Also, you may try Sauerkraut instead of mashed apples.
    
    And beer!
    
    WRT the previous fast food request (be warned, this is a European
    Continental opinion): No lettuce, tomato or sauce tartare. But a
    huge amount of potato salad (sweet&sour dressing {sugar, apple vinegar,
    sweet mustard, vegetable oil} and chopped onions) served aside.
    
    Ok, it's lunchtime! See you later.
    
    Chris

RE: 18:

Alan,

Let me try this recipe first and let my mother, aunts, and brother 
sample the results - I'll let you know if I'd like to try your 
ex-wife's.

Keep the recipes coming on all "grandmother" food - there's nothing like 
it!

Thanks & regards,
Joan