Smoked pink salmon tins earn national award

Pete and Chelsea Keutmann of Petersburg's Sea to Shore Seafood Company recently won a Good Food Award for their smoked pink salmon tins. The national award from the Good Food Foundation recognizes food producers who bring together the principles of social and environmental responsibility and exceptional craftsmanship and flavor.

The product prepared by Tonka Seafoods beat smoked tinned king and sockeye salmon in a blind tasting. Chelsea remembers, "When Pete said, 'I want to try smoking and canning the pinks,' I laughed, thinking no one is going to want that . . . When we won, it just blew us...