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My grandparents, both of whom are from South Carolina, adore salmon croquettes for breakfast.

I ate these growing up! In fact, my mom just made them for dinner the other night (the dog snatched one of them).

mmmm albóndigas!! I grew up eating these alot!

I grew up in a Catholic family and during lent we would all go over to my grandma's house on fridays and she would make these and cactus (nopalitos)!! yummy

I never knew they were called croquettes sounds fancier than the spanish term (which actually means meatball) hehe

We had our version of these two nights ago! Though we just call them salmon patties. I grew up in Northern California and had never had them (or canned salmon in any form for that matter) until I hooked up with my Kentucky-raised farmguy. They make a great impromptu dinner - perfect when we realize we've forgotten to pull any of our own farm-raised meat out of the freezer that morning.

Canned salmon is a wonderful pantry staple - quick, inexpensive, good for you, and it's wild Alaskan which is so much better (for you and the environment) than farm-raised, which is what most fresh salmon you find in the supermarket is (though it usually isn't labeled).

P.S. Those bones are really good for you - we always leave them in! Just crush them up with a fork. Of course our cats love them, too - and the juice. : )

I grew up in SC eating "salmon patties" also. My mom would serve them with stewed tomatoes and grits.
Once I realized the canned salmon was good quality (wild!), I bought a can to make some myself.

My mom made salmon patties often when I was younger; we ate them with Worcestershire sauce (me) and ketchup (mom). Since becoming vegetarian, I miss this dish a lot.

We eat these in my house all the time. They're super cheap, fast and my husband loves them. Both his grandmother and my parents made them for our families when we were growing up. Just add an egg, some cornmeal and a little salt and pepper, shape them into patties and fry them in a tiny bit of oil. Sooo easy!

They're also great with grits, okra and corn fritters.

I love salmon patties. I had a southern-raised grandmother who was also 7th Day Adventist so fish was a big part of the diet.

Being unemployed these last few months have made me start looking at canned staples more and more but now even the canned salmon is a splurge on my tight budget.

I saw a can of jack mackeral the other day, bought it and will be experimenting with mackeral patties later this week. I'm still a little dubious but we'll see how it goes.

Have done salmon patties just recently and enjoyed them. Also used some leftover sauted trout to create a patty. I use crackers or whole wheat breadcrumbs and eggs to bind. These can be made and chilled and prepared as needed. Canned salmon is a good pantry staple and I had relatives who worked in the processing plants during the summer in Alaska.