Northwest Canned Smoked Salmon

Northwest Canned Smoke Salmon

Being raised in a commercial fishing family in Cornet Bay, Northwest Canned Smoked Salmon seemed only natural to add to our Cornet Bay product line. My dad, Oliver Deckwa, was laying nets out on the west side of Whidbey Island, just around the corner from Deception Pass Bridge before I was born. In those days he pulled the nets in on the boats he built, by hand. It was a very strenuous physical job, but one he loved. My mother, Rena, cooked Salmon every way imaginable. Salmon was a regular staple at our dinner table. When the day came for both my parents to smoke salmon, that’s when folks would come  from all around.

The Deckwa pantry shelves were always filled with Canned Smoked Salmon along with regular Salmon. Coming from a family that has been in the seafood industry for over seventy years Canned Smoked Salmon is simply a part of life, as it was in my grandparent’s home that was across the field, a short distance away. Behind their house is where dad built his commercial smoker, a building that measured around twelve by fourteen feet. It was set up to hot smoke salmon over an alder wood fire along with cold smoked salmon, a process he had down to perfection; it was mouth watering.

I was a young boy then, but I can still remember that wonderful smell of salmon smoking away in that old wooden smoker. It was always exciting to see mom’s face light up with happiness when visitors would ask if she’d open a jar of her wonderful Canned Smoked Salmon. It’s taken a long time to place three different flavors of our Cornet Bay wild Coho Canned Smoked Salmon onto the QFC store shelves, but we’ve finally accomplished it.
 

Our Canned Smoked Salmon is no longer smoked in that old wooden building that dad once had, it’s long gone, but I know that my parents would be very proud of the three flavors we’ve created and now sit on the QFC shelves; they are delicious.

Cornet Bay Jalapeno Canned Smoked Salmon, Red Pepper Canned Smoked Salmon, Classic Canned Smoked Salmon, has been a Puget Sound favorite of folks here and across the country. So stop in to your local QFC store and pick up a can, you'll be glad you did. If you would like to read more stories about Salmon fishing around Cornet Bay, look for them along with many of our great recipes in my book titled:

“The Singin’ Salmon Man from Cornet Bay”

To order my book email joanne@corntbay.com or send a check of $16.00 (includes tax, S&H) made out to: 

Cornet Bay Company

251 Cornet Bay Road

Oak Harbor, WA 98277

Thank you for reading my blog, I’ve enjoyed our visit.

Arnie