Trust me, I dig what you’re saying. I love salmon patties as much as the next guy - but that’s why they make the stuff in the cans...or at best the cheap orange atlantic stuff that’s always on special at the Kroger’s.
I agree - the last time we had salmon patties, it cam out of cans and we have never ground up good salmon fillets (or tuna steaks for that matter) to take them to a lesser state of enjoyment.
On the flip side - some folks are willing to pay exorbitant prices for such things as "gourmet jelly beans" and other nonsense - if they want to defile a perfectly good steak to make their mush "fancy" let them have at it. If they managed to cop a good fillet, it wasn't destined for my table anyway.
Happy epicure adventures - and FReeping.