So all (that I’ve bought from) supermarkets sell their salmon fillets with scales on. Do you descale it before pan frying?
Sainsbury’s; morrisons; tesco are the supermarkets I’ve bought salmon fillets from mainly
Edit: Please stop assuming I’m a dumbass who doesn’t know what scales look like. We have established that YES, SCALES ARE PRESENT, I AM NOT MISTAKING SKIN FOR SCALES BECAUSE I HAVE EYES. They are on the fillets, and if you haven’t noticed them, then feel free to not participate in this post.
Leave them on. The skin will pretty much fall off after cooking and it holds a lot of flavour, like the fat on a steak.
Personally I leave the skin (with scales) on, best bit of the fillet.
Morrisons still have their counter so you can always ask the fishmonger to descale the salmon.