Robin made this awesome Icebox Lox. Not hard to do, just takes about 48 hours. Use only the freshest of salmon. Lay 1 whole side of rinsed fresh salmon – skin side down – in a rectangular glass dish large enough to hold the entire piece. If you need to cut the slab in half to have it fit the dish, that will work. Cover the meat with Kosher salt and sugar. Lay some fresh dill on the slabs. Either fold the slab in half so that the fleshy surfaces are facing, or lay the 1/2 cut piece on top. Cover with foil and weigh down with cans. Place in refrigerator for 24 hours. Remove from refrigerator and drain liquid. At this point, if you need to add more salt and sugar, do so. Flip the slabs over and return the curing lox to the refrigerator, covered and weighted. After the second 24 hours, rinse the lox, cut the flesh off the skin in thin slices. Small bits can be used later in cream cheese as a spread or in pasta dishes.

To Serve: Slice about 6 garlic/onion bagels in thin rounds [cut the rounds in half-moon shapes]. Lightly butter or rub with olive oil. Place on a baking sheet and toast in an oven until lightly browned. (We like to toast our own bagels compared to the “store bought” bagel toasts.) Cool. On each slice of bagel, spread with cream cheese, a thin slice of fresh ripe tomato, a half ring or two of red onion that has been sliced thinly, soaked in cold water while toasting the bagels, and the slice of salmon and capers. You can use either size caper, small or large. Just remember to thoroughly rinse the capers to remove the vinegar and salt. The lox has enough salt in it.