Photos: First Copper River salmon lands in Anchorage and Seattle

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Chef Patrick Hoogerhyde receives the first Copper River salmon of the season at the Bridge restaurant in Anchorage on May 18, 2012. The restaurant opens for the season tonight and Salmon will be on the menu.

Alaska's most over-hyped salmon hit the market this week. Seattle television stations played it up as if the royals had a baby.

"First Alaska Copper River salmon arrive in Seattle"!

Never mind that these fish come in second to farmed salmon in some blind taste tests, scary though that thought is to some of the foodies involved. Here is how someone at DallasFood.org reacted:

"So I ranked a beaten up, antibiotic-doped, mange-ridden piece of fish raised in an aquatic concentration camp higher than the most hyped, eulogized wild salmon raised against the background of the dramatic Alaskan wilderness with the theme from 'The Sound of Music' played 24 hours a day.' "

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