On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:39:57 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:12:48 -0500,
wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 15:13:39 -0500, John H.
wrote:

I've never tried fried salmon. Might have to bread it and fry it next time I get
some.

===

Best grilled with fresh cut onions, no breading.

I really like the halibut up there. It is not that flavorless plank
you get in the styrofoam tray at Publix. (hard to tell where the fish
stops and the tray starts)
It is really more like snook.
I was at the Homer Best Western for a "hali bite" dinner (deep fried
chunks about 1.5" square) and it was the best meal I had in Alaska.
The captain of the water taxi told us about that. It was a local
favorite. I think they also serve them as appetizers in the bar

Some friends brought back an RV freezer full of halibut they'd caught on a fishing
trip while in Alaska. Great stuff, even though it had been frozen.
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John H. wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 11:48:36 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 11:30:28 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 11:13:50 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 11:03:54 -0500, Justan Olphart
wrote:

On 1/27/2016 10:28 AM, wrote:

https://vimeo.com/25499166

Very pretty. It almost didn't make me feel cold while watching it. ;-)

===

Yes. However some of those areas in south eastern Alaska I believe
are actually warmer than Boston. They get a lot of drizzle and fog
though.

Wonder what he was frying the salmon in - bacon grease? Looked good.

Whale blubber

I've never tried fried salmon. Might have to bread it and fry it next time I get
some.
--

Ban idiots, not guns!


I grew up with fried salmon. Probably why I do not care for salmon.
Salmon steaks, over fried in bacon grease. Maybe because it still had
bloodline and skin.

wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:12:48 -0500,
wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 15:13:39 -0500, John H.
wrote:

I've never tried fried salmon. Might have to bread it and fry it next time I get
some.

===

Best grilled with fresh cut onions, no breading.

I really like the halibut up there. It is not that flavorless plank
you get in the styrofoam tray at Publix. (hard to tell where the fish
stops and the tray starts)
It is really more like snook.
I was at the Homer Best Western for a "hali bite" dinner (deep fried
chunks about 1.5" square) and it was the best meal I had in Alaska.
The captain of the water taxi told us about that. It was a local
favorite. I think they also serve them as appetizers in the bar


The Alaska Halibut, actually Pacific halibut, have more fat than the
California Halibut. Also they get a lot bigger. Southern range is about
Eureka, Calif. best we had was in Haider, AK at "The Bus". Lady who runs
it, her husband is commercial fisherman, and the halibut fish and chips
were outstanding. Fish probably caught he previous day, or maybe that
morning. We ate at a place up the hill in Homer, that the locals
recommend. Was really great.

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 14:33:52 -0800, Califbill billnews wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 11:48:36 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 11:30:28 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 11:13:50 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 11:03:54 -0500, Justan Olphart
wrote:

On 1/27/2016 10:28 AM, wrote:

https://vimeo.com/25499166

Very pretty. It almost didn't make me feel cold while watching it. ;-)

===

Yes. However some of those areas in south eastern Alaska I believe
are actually warmer than Boston. They get a lot of drizzle and fog
though.

Wonder what he was frying the salmon in - bacon grease? Looked good.

Whale blubber

I've never tried fried salmon. Might have to bread it and fry it next time I get
some.
--

Ban idiots, not guns!


I grew up with fried salmon. Probably why I do not care for salmon.
Salmon steaks, over fried in bacon grease. Maybe because it still had
bloodline and skin.

We usually eat it smoked with apple chips. But something different sounds good. Might
have to try it tomorrow. I've got the bacon grease.

Did your mom bread it at all, or just throw it in the pan?
--

Ban idiots, not guns!

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 14:33:53 -0800, Califbill billnews wrote:

We ate at a place up the hill in Homer, that the locals
recommend. Was really great.

That sounds like the Best Western. (at the time I was there) It was up
the hill, on the main drag right near where the road that loops the
other side of town goes off to the east.

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:39:57 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:12:48 -0500,
wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 15:13:39 -0500, John H.
wrote:

I've never tried fried salmon. Might have to bread it and fry it next time I get
some.

===

Best grilled with fresh cut onions, no breading.

I really like the halibut up there. It is not that flavorless plank
you get in the styrofoam tray at Publix. (hard to tell where the fish
stops and the tray starts)
It is really more like snook.
I was at the Homer Best Western for a "hali bite" dinner (deep fried
chunks about 1.5" square) and it was the best meal I had in Alaska.
The captain of the water taxi told us about that. It was a local
favorite. I think they also serve them as appetizers in the bar

Some friends brought back an RV freezer full of halibut they'd caught on a fishing
trip while in Alaska. Great stuff, even though it had been frozen.
--

Ban idiots, not guns!


Commercial vacuum packing keeps the stuff like fresh. My tuna from long
range San Diego trips is still good out of the deep freeze a year later.

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 14:33:52 -0800, Califbill billnews wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 11:48:36 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 11:30:28 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 11:13:50 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 11:03:54 -0500, Justan Olphart
wrote:

On 1/27/2016 10:28 AM, wrote:

https://vimeo.com/25499166

Very pretty. It almost didn't make me feel cold while watching it. ;-)

===

Yes. However some of those areas in south eastern Alaska I believe
are actually warmer than Boston. They get a lot of drizzle and fog
though.

Wonder what he was frying the salmon in - bacon grease? Looked good.

Whale blubber

I've never tried fried salmon. Might have to bread it and fry it next time I get
some.
--

Ban idiots, not guns!


I grew up with fried salmon. Probably why I do not care for salmon.
Salmon steaks, over fried in bacon grease. Maybe because it still had
bloodline and skin.

We usually eat it smoked with apple chips. But something different sounds good. Might
have to try it tomorrow. I've got the bacon grease.

Did your mom bread it at all, or just throw it in the pan?
--

Ban idiots, not guns!


Dad streaked it and fried it in a cast iron pan. I did not really care for
it. But we got lots of salmon, as my dad did a lot of the machining for
the commercial boats as well as we had a 23' dual outboard cabin cruiser.
Smoke it with alder. Does well with fish.

wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 14:33:53 -0800, Califbill billnews wrote:

We ate at a place up the hill in Homer, that the locals
recommend. Was really great.

That sounds like the Best Western. (at the time I was there) It was up
the hill, on the main drag right near where the road that loops the
other side of town goes off to the east.


Was not on the main highway. May have been Duncan House.

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 20:27:58 -0800, Califbill billnews wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:39:57 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 16:12:48 -0500,
wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 15:13:39 -0500, John H.
wrote:

I've never tried fried salmon. Might have to bread it and fry it next time I get
some.

===

Best grilled with fresh cut onions, no breading.

I really like the halibut up there. It is not that flavorless plank
you get in the styrofoam tray at Publix. (hard to tell where the fish
stops and the tray starts)
It is really more like snook.
I was at the Homer Best Western for a "hali bite" dinner (deep fried
chunks about 1.5" square) and it was the best meal I had in Alaska.
The captain of the water taxi told us about that. It was a local
favorite. I think they also serve them as appetizers in the bar

Some friends brought back an RV freezer full of halibut they'd caught on a fishing
trip while in Alaska. Great stuff, even though it had been frozen.
--

Ban idiots, not guns!


Commercial vacuum packing keeps the stuff like fresh. My tuna from long
range San Diego trips is still good out of the deep freeze a year later.

That's what they had done with their halibut.
--

Ban idiots, not guns!

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 20:27:58 -0800, Califbill billnews wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 14:33:52 -0800, Califbill billnews wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 11:48:36 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 11:30:28 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 11:13:50 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 11:03:54 -0500, Justan Olphart
wrote:

On 1/27/2016 10:28 AM, wrote:

https://vimeo.com/25499166

Very pretty. It almost didn't make me feel cold while watching it. ;-)

===

Yes. However some of those areas in south eastern Alaska I believe
are actually warmer than Boston. They get a lot of drizzle and fog
though.

Wonder what he was frying the salmon in - bacon grease? Looked good.

Whale blubber

I've never tried fried salmon. Might have to bread it and fry it next time I get
some.
--

Ban idiots, not guns!


I grew up with fried salmon. Probably why I do not care for salmon.
Salmon steaks, over fried in bacon grease. Maybe because it still had
bloodline and skin.

We usually eat it smoked with apple chips. But something different sounds good. Might
have to try it tomorrow. I've got the bacon grease.

Did your mom bread it at all, or just throw it in the pan?
--

Ban idiots, not guns!


Dad streaked it and fried it in a cast iron pan. I did not really care for
it. But we got lots of salmon, as my dad did a lot of the machining for
the commercial boats as well as we had a 23' dual outboard cabin cruiser.
Smoke it with alder. Does well with fish.

Haven't seen alder around here. Oak does pretty well. I bought some cedar planks the
other day to try on the grill. Have to give those a shot too.
--

Ban idiots, not guns!