419413 Mon Jul 09 12:39:19 -0700 2007 2 31 Home Cooking 0 2732912 I bought some lovely wild salmon yesterday and, in an effort to be green, refused a bag and just threw it in the backseat of my car! You guessed it - 4 hours later I remembered. Aaaagggh. I usually just do this w/restaurant doggie bag food. It doesn't look or smell bad and the car was parked inside a cool garage. Any opinion as to whether I can chance grilling it? Thanks. Mon Jul 09 12:39:19 -0700 2007 79573 mocro 1 2732956 Four hours is not gonna be fatal. I assume it was well chilled when it was wrapped up - I also assume it was wrapped, and you didn't just throw a fish into your back seat! - so I'll bet it was only up to around room temperature by the time you rescued it. And if it neither looks nor smells bad, then it's unlikely there's anything wrong with it at all. Just don't wait a few more days to grill it! The first salmon I ever grilled was given to me at around four in the morning, pulled from a soggy cardboard box under a bar table by the friendly, sunburned drunk we'd been talking to, who had caught it the previous afternoon. I'll bet none of the other fish in that box got cooked any sooner than mine did... Mon Jul 09 12:51:23 -0700 2007 2732912 11478 Will Owen 2 2735367 Thanks, Will. Love the bar story. I'm here to report my family survived a delicious salmon dinner. I used a NYT recipe from 2 weeks ago for grilled tuna and made a "salsa" to serve on top; 1 cup chopped fresh herbs (anything other than thyme, tarragon, rosemary), 1 tsp. minced garlic, 1/4 cup chopped Kalamata olives, olive oil to bind mixture. Fresh, easy, delicious. Tue Jul 10 07:49:19 -0700 2007 2732956 79573 mocro