Thanks everyone so far for your input. Good stuff.
Me personally.......I've just bought salmon filets and cooked them at home.
I don't know why Mom is so in love with the smoked stuff from mail order. The last stuff she got was a Mothers Day present from her daughter-in-law and she gave it to me to give to my dogs because "it's the cheap stuff and doesn't taste very good."
Hence the purpose of the thread.
Maybe I should make some of the salmon for her myself that I usually get locally and see if that suffices.
I gotta also tell my sister-in-law to quit sending her that "cheap stuff that doesn't taste very good."