The art comes from the best of two backgrounds. Sherbrooke on the St Mary's River is the ancestral home of the Cameron family. After researching methods of smoking from both thier native Nova Scotia and those from their lineage in Scotland, the Cameron's have created a distinctive smoked salmon taking from both traditions. While that flavors of time-honored national cuisines endure through time, knowing hands can blend favored tastes with other traditions, other places. St Mary's mingles the secrets of the finest Scottish smokehouses with the smoking traditions of Nova Scotia fishing villages to create a flavor that is delicate, distinctive, and memorable.
The Craft Using prized Atlantic Salmon, St Mary's smoked salmon owes its flavor to its craft.
Hand-crafted care: St Mary's first selects for smoking the very best Atlantic Salmon from the waters of the Bay of Fundy. Every step of the following process is then performed by local hands :
• Careful Dry Marination: Cold smoking requires careful dry marination which ensures uniform perfection: never salty, with just the right amount of cure to produce a silky texture.
• Oak Smoking: The smoke from oak wood shavings has long produced the preferred flavor for smoked salmon in Scotland.
• Temperature and timing of the smoking process over oak is gently controlled to create a mellow cold smoked salmon (low temperature) or the hearty oven smoked product (higher temperature), more traditional in Nova Scotia.
The Quality Result
Haute cuisine or convenience food, appetizers, light luncheons, hearty dinners, school lunches, barbeques – St.Mary's River shows off the diversity of Atlantic Salmon with a variety of presentations of this noble fish.
Cold Smoked Salmon bearing the Nova Scotia, St Mary's River or quality private labels – our smoked salmon is offered in a variety of presentations: Regular – just salmon and a little salt, sugar and smoke – our most popular product Peppered or Montreal Spice – our regular smoked salmon with a light flavorful addition Royal Nova- a heavily trimmed loin, but lightly smoked – a truly luxurious appetizer served in some of North America's finest restaurants. We are North America's premier supplier. Scottish Style – heavily trimmed fillet, sliced thinly along the full length of the fish – each slice interleaved with film for ease of serving – our original and most Scottish product
Hot or Oven Smoked Salmon – offered as a ready-to-eat product on fish counters throughout Canada, but now available in packaged form proudly bearing the St.Mary's River Smokehouses label. Salmon Strips or Tenders – A Maritime Original takes the most moist and flavorful parts of the salmon fillet, marinates them in salt and sugar and then cooks and smokes them at the same time to seal in the flavor in this mouth watering delicacy – the largest selling smoked fish product in Eastern Canada and unique to St Mary's. Offered in peppered, all dressed (savory herb) or the ever growing popular maple flavor. Salmon Nuggets – St Mary's River's own invention, where we infuse bite sized smoked salmon morsels with hints of maple and light garlic. Again – ready-to-eat on their own or for dipping. The most economical ready to eat salmon available.
The versatility of salmon goes on:
Gravadlox – Salmon loves to be marinated, absorbing compatible flavors with ease, but always preserving it innate delicacy. Here the Scandinavians have given us the idea of adding dill to the Scottish salt and sugar. Accompanied by our Mustard Dill Sauce, one achieves culinary nirvana.
Salmon Sausages – St Mary's River's only non-ready-to-eat product, but ready for the barbeques or frying pan and the bun or the plate. Again heaven comes to the everyday table when our Mustard Dill Sauce accompanies. In Honey Garlic or Mild Italian flavors. Made with over 90% salmon you can add health to fast food eating.
Smoked Salmon Pate – Cream cheese, a hint of garlic, pepper and dill marries with cold smoked salmon to produce an appetizer that keeps our loyal customers coming back.
The quest to present the Atlantic salmon's diverse attributes of flavor, moisture and health goes on.
