Need help locating OLD photo

This was a LONG time ago when we had a thread going about various parasites in salmon meat... particularly the common Tapioca Disease.

The garden variety stuff is caused by Henneguya salmonicola which is basically just the egg shaped pus-pockets embedded in the meat. The meat itself is unharmed.

A more serious form is caused by Kudoa thyrsites which looks the same but produces a proteolytic enzyme that basically pre-digests the surrounding meat. It is heat stable so cooking/smoking does not stop the process of enzymatic breakdown of the flesh.

The pic I'm looking for was of two just-finished fillets of smoked salmon on a tilted rack with liquefied muscle tissue running off the fillets like tomato soup.

If you were the guy who originally posted it, shoot me a PM... or just feel free to post that gross-a$$ pic here now.

Thanks

another one that screws with the meat is Zschokkei....

Good lawd.. that sounds tasty.

Had a fish with the more severe condition this year. As described, the pustules looked just like the "garden variety," but they ruptured spontaneously after I cut the fillets off the fish, producing pockets of virtually liquified flesh in their wake. Pretty disgusting state of affairs.

Baarrrrfffffffffffffff. Good luck,

SZ

Hopefully you poured it in a jar. Protein shake. Fish ensure. Gravy.

Sent you a PM

I think you're THE one who shared the original pic.

Post it up!

Any fish I catch with visible "Acne" goes back! Anything not visible found while processing, is crab bait. No questions asked.

Anything visible while it's alive is scale pocket disease and doesn't affect the meat. Tapioca isn't related.

Regardless. It goes back.

I catch fish like this below Schafer Park. The "Acne" is along the lateral line towards the tail. Super easy to work around.

You are missing out on some great eats.