LOL, yup, the night shift at the Nike factory processes the Salmon.
-----Original Message-----
From: Senn, Bruce [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 4:11 PM
To: Ray Shahan; [log in to unmask]
Subject: RE: OT: Wild Alaskan Salmon (taught to swim to China)
Well, here is a URL
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002384544_usch
inafish16.html
Turns out it's cheaper to ship the fish to China to be filleted and
packaged and then shipped back to the States. So, the extra shipping
must be cheaper as well as the labor to process the fish.
So, it costs less to ship the fish half way around the world than to
just process it in the US.
Bruce.
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-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Ray Shahan
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 2:49 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: OT: Wild Alaskan Salmon (taught to swim to China)
Well, I wanted to smoke some good old Coho (or Sockeye) Salmon in the
smoker this coming weekend, so I went to the grocery store to pick some
up (in the Dallas, Texas area), and I was really surprised by what I
found:
Frozen wild Alaskan Salmon that was "a product of Seattle Washington"
costs 8.00 per lb (on sale) at Albertson's, but wild frozen Alaskan
Salmon that's "manufactured in China" is 5.00 per lb everyday (at
Wal-Mart and Target (give or take a couple of cents per pound at either
store)).
Me thinks to meself: A). How does one manufacture Salmon
(anywhere)?
B). Did they train (or herd) the
Salmon to swim from Alaska to China?
C). Have we come to another point
where our raw resources can be extracted on our shores/land, then
shipped abroad, processed and
packaged, then shipped back to us to purchase cheaper than we can do
these things ourselves?
D). Who/how are the fishing (or
herding - LOL) quotas for the Chinese fisherman/Salmon-cowboys set?
Finally, I decided to wait for the Seattle wild caught Salmon to go on
clearance.
Life is not a journey to the grave with the
intention of arriving safely in a pretty and
well preserved body, but rather to skid in
broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out,
and loudly proclaiming:
-- WOW!!! What a Ride!!!
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