I leave them on.
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And you eat them?
I do personally, my wife doesn't. Gives it to the cats. But she's the same with chicken skin as well
I've never taken them off, grill / pan fry skin side down, flip, remove skin and discard. Flip back over to finish with butter and rosemary. Down the hatch
A crispy skin is too good to throw away!
Leave them on. The skin will pretty much fall off after cooking and it holds a lot of flavour, like the fat on a steak.
Personally I leave the skin (with scales) on, best bit of the fillet.
Morrisons still have their counter so you can always ask the fishmonger to descale the salmon.
I eat the skin, just not the scales. But it does annoy me having to spend time descaling each time
What you're describing as scales are not, in fact, the scales. It's just the skin of the fish The scales are removed before the fish is butchered. And yes you can eat it, it's not uncommon.
The stuff on the knife here isn't scales?
Yeah the stuff on the knife is scales, but the silver on the fish is just the skin. The scales are attached to that.
I'd be really surprised if you're finding any fish in big supermarkets that still have scales, even on a whole fish but particularly on a fillet.
You will typically find skin on or skin off fillets, and depending on the fish recipes might instruct to cook them skin side down so you can have a nice crispy texture alongside the softer flesh.
Yeah the fillets (all 3 linked in original post) I buy from Tesco Morrisons or Sainsbury's all have scales. I take them off with a butter knife and have to wash them sink down after so there aren't scales everywhere.
I'd be really surprised if you've bought the fillets and not noticed the scales before.
Edit so yes, to your first comment,
What you're describing as scales are not, in fact, the scales. It's just the skin of the fish
I was, in fact, describing scales. Not just the skin of the fish. Go be a pseudo know-it-all elsewhere please.
Okay, fair enough. That's not something I've ever encountered. Sorry my tone offended you - I wasn't trying to be a dick.
I think you must be getting confused, salmon is not sold in UK supermarkets with the scales on. Just the skin.
Nope. Go buy any of the packs I've linked and you'll see the scales are still on.
this just isn't the case. the SKIN is still on.