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You can’t avoid salmon if you travel to Canada, especially in a coastal community like Gibson’s in British Columbia where we spent 2 fabulous weeks. 

There are six varieties of Pacific salmon – Pink, Sockeye, Coho, Chum, Chinook and Steelhead. While in Gibson’s we visited a salmon hatchery and learnt about the salmon life cycle. This is the time of year that the salmon run and we hoped to see some running but we were a little late for the Pinks and a little early for the Coho’s. It’s just possible we ate every variety, though! Here are a few examples:

Salmon and spinach in a flaky pastry parcel,

lime and pepper candied salmon,

salmon burger,

and wild sockeye salmon…..

barbecued on a cedar plank with a miso and maple glaze.