Rainy Day

They call that that comes from the store fresh! Do they know where the Chinese that raise the fish keep them? They are held in a cage BELOW a bunch of chickens. Guess what the fish eat! Just saying----

Strabo wrote:
Fresh is readily available at the store....

And a lot easier!!

If we smoke some and put it in smaller jars we just mix it with creme cheese, onions, lemon juice and a touch of hot sauce. Makes a great pate.
For the pints we just use it like canned salmon and make patties and fry them.

I have been doing well with rainbow trout this Oct and have caught 5 over 17 ins. So I coat the trout with olive oil and seasonings grill it on high on an oak board for smaller trout, for larger ones I just put a oak board inside the BBQ for smoke flavor. What ever is left over I make fish salad like tuna only with trout. The smoke flavor gives it a nice taste.

wincrasher65 wrote:
I enjoy a fish fillet as much as the next guy, but what do you do with fish bits in a jar?

This would probably be my #1 favorite use but let your imagination think anything you've ever done with a can of tuna, dips, sandwiches, casseroles and salads.

I enjoy a fish fillet as much as the next guy, but what do you do with fish bits in a jar?

Strabo wrote:
Fresh is readily available at the store....

Now that's funny right there, I don't care who ya are, that's funny.

Fresh is readily available at the store....

I have some in the freezer, trout, that I need to get to. I generally take the head, tail and fins off and then cut it into chunks. I pack the chunks in pint jars and pressure cook for 1 hr and 15 minutes.
Sometimes if I have enough I throw a few fish in the smoker for 30 minutes and can them in 1/2 pint jars.
When I lived in OR we could catch a lot of kokanee in the fall when they made their run and we would can a lot of them.

Roy&Lynne wrote:
How cool. I've never tried to can fish before.

There is an easy way and a hard way. Of course, I choose the hard way. I love it canned for dips and salmon patties. My sister eats it out of the jar or puts it on salads.