In the Bar & Grill board, I recently submitted a post about buying some Salmon Jerky from a fish place in Alaska so I could compare it with mine. I bought 4 different flavor sample packets and had them sent overnight with dry ice, so my bill came to around $55.
Finally did the tasting party and my fishing buddies all agreed that the stuff from Alaska was just that....stuff. Some of the worst tasting and looking Salmon Jerky ever tasted. The texture was like rubber or hard jelly. They refused to eat anymore and finished the party by woofing down the remainder of mine. Pigs!
Since no one including myself wanted to finish off the sample packets, I simply toss them away. Next day I wrote email to the company explaining how much we disliked their samples and I asked a few technical questions about what wood they used in the smoking, how long and what Salmon (king, silver, chum, etc).
They got back apologizing big time, answering my questions and returned my full $55. I was surprised to say the least with their gesture. So today I sent a thank you reply but had to add a jab saying that I will be in Soldotna Alaska this coming Sept and maybe I should bring some of my Salmon Jerky for them to try.
Nonetheless, cudos to them for refunding me.
Finally did the tasting party and my fishing buddies all agreed that the stuff from Alaska was just that....stuff. Some of the worst tasting and looking Salmon Jerky ever tasted. The texture was like rubber or hard jelly. They refused to eat anymore and finished the party by woofing down the remainder of mine. Pigs!
Since no one including myself wanted to finish off the sample packets, I simply toss them away. Next day I wrote email to the company explaining how much we disliked their samples and I asked a few technical questions about what wood they used in the smoking, how long and what Salmon (king, silver, chum, etc).
They got back apologizing big time, answering my questions and returned my full $55. I was surprised to say the least with their gesture. So today I sent a thank you reply but had to add a jab saying that I will be in Soldotna Alaska this coming Sept and maybe I should bring some of my Salmon Jerky for them to try.
Nonetheless, cudos to them for refunding me.