Fish around here cost about $4 a pound.
Dilbert wrote:[alert - thread theft in progress]
anybody done steelhead?
from my reading I understand it's DNA-wise the same fish as a rainbow trout but "sea going" -
looks a lot like salmon - but subtle difference in taste - it's one of my fav's - been known to rearrange the entire weeks meal plan when I find that fresh in our market (our fishy people clearly label stuff - wild caught / farmed / frozen / never frozen / etc)
in season we get the wild never frozen stuff. of course, you can't eat for the next week 'cuz you blew the whole budget on one fish, but dang it's good. now and then off-season (?) I've gotten the farmed version - it's still good but not quite up to it's wild cousins.
anybody done steelhead?
from my reading I understand it's DNA-wise the same fish as a rainbow trout but "sea going" -
looks a lot like salmon - but subtle difference in taste - it's one of my fav's - been known to rearrange the entire weeks meal plan when I find that fresh in our market (our fishy people clearly label stuff - wild caught / farmed / frozen / never frozen / etc)
in season we get the wild never frozen stuff. of course, you can't eat for the next week 'cuz you blew the whole budget on one fish, but dang it's good. now and then off-season (?) I've gotten the farmed version - it's still good but not quite up to it's wild cousins.
Yeah- LOVE steelhead, Dilbert! In Alaska, the terminolgy of steelhead constantly bounces back and forth... seems for a while it's termed a member of the trout family... then a few years down the road it's termed a member of the salmon family. I have had some delicious steelhead in my day. I always consider it kind of a "weak" tasting salmon- or a "stronger" tasting trout. Man... I can just hear it sizzlin' in the cast iron skillet now!
>>terminology
somewhere a while back I read that rainbow and steelhead are genetically the same fish - one would think, as reading 'genetics' is tricky to do in a open boat, the work has been accomplished in a lab and should be fairly definitive, but ....
AK apparent current thinking is "same" -
Rainbow Trout: Wildlife Notebook Series - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
fresh water trout has always been pretty high on my menu list - the steelhead are really good eating.
somewhere a while back I read that rainbow and steelhead are genetically the same fish - one would think, as reading 'genetics' is tricky to do in a open boat, the work has been accomplished in a lab and should be fairly definitive, but ....
AK apparent current thinking is "same" -
Rainbow Trout: Wildlife Notebook Series - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
fresh water trout has always been pretty high on my menu list - the steelhead are really good eating.
Dilbert wrote:>>terminology
somewhere a while back I read that rainbow and steelhead are genetically the same fish - one would think, as reading 'genetics' is tricky to do in a open boat, the work has been accomplished in a lab and should be fairly definitive, but ....
AK apparent current thinking is "same" -
Rainbow Trout: Wildlife Notebook Series - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
fresh water trout has always been pretty high on my menu list - the steelhead are really good eating.
somewhere a while back I read that rainbow and steelhead are genetically the same fish - one would think, as reading 'genetics' is tricky to do in a open boat, the work has been accomplished in a lab and should be fairly definitive, but ....
AK apparent current thinking is "same" -
Rainbow Trout: Wildlife Notebook Series - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
fresh water trout has always been pretty high on my menu list - the steelhead are really good eating.
Great source of info, Dilbert!
Here's another that illustrates the often changing and mix-match of "confusion" out there, that I referred to earlier... and when it comes right down to it- what matter does it make? As you say "It's GOOD eatin'!" And I'm in FULL agreement!
Steelhead Trout Salmon | Alaska Salmon
Today for Sunday supper I made a large homemade pizza. It had sausage, pepperoni, fresh grated parm, moz, pepper rings, kalamata olives & mushrooms. I made an Italian style salad with spring mix, cherry tomatoes, chunks of parm cheese, hard salami & chickpeas in it and a balsamic dressing. I took along some crunchy bread sticks and brownies for dessert. I made several smoked salmon wraps for my father in law to snack on tomorrow. He and Jon and had one each with their pizza. I smoked salmon in the stovetop smoker. When it cooled I flaked it apart and mixed it with some ranch dressing, scallions, salt and pepper. Spead it onto some warmed tortillas, rolled and cut on the diagonal.