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Salmon and Steelhead

haresfur

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haresfur

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On 10/31/2025 at 3:40 PM, AlaMoi said:

does your Costco carry steelhead trout?  looks like salmon, slightly different, really good.

 

our fav use for the rostissed chick is 'a meal' + chicken salad, then simmer down the carcass for chicken noodle soup base.

when it gels, you get super stock for the soup!

 

Fwiw, steelhead is called "Ocean Trout" in Australia (not that we have very many Costco stores; nearest is about 2.5 hours from me). It is usually a bit cheaper than salmon - both of which are almost all farm raised, sometimes from Norway. I like it. The best, though was when I had a neighbour who liked to catch them when they were running, but didn't like to eat fish.

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AlaMoi

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several states (west coast) and the Federal government list steelhead trout as 'endangered' - so one rarely find wild caught.

at our local PA Costco it is fresh/never frozen - farmed in Norway.

most/all? of the salmon Costco carries is farmed, from Scotland - but "previously frozen'

 

pricing is similar tho....

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16 hours ago, AlaMoi said:

does your Costco carry steelhead trout?  looks like salmon, slightly different, really good.

 

Not seen here at Costco in Tucson, but surprisingly the Costco in Guadalajara carries it.  That Costco is less than an hour away from our MXN home).  We bought it and it was excellent, similar to salmon but milder.  

 

Here's a picture of the steelhead I bought in early October at the Guadalajara Costco.  

 

 

 

 

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AlaMoi

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yuppers - that's the good stuff...  

our Costco packs it in both 1 filet and 2 filets per package.  two is a bit much . . . 

altho even with one side I divide it into 3 or 4 "meal size" pcs, freezing what we don't eat 'that day'

....which is why I don't buy their huge qty of salmon - it's not tasty to re-freeze previously frozen . . . .

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haresfur

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2 hours ago, AlaMoi said:

yuppers - that's the good stuff...  

our Costco packs it in both 1 filet and 2 filets per package.  two is a bit much . . . 

altho even with one side I divide it into 3 or 4 "meal size" pcs, freezing what we don't eat 'that day'

....which is why I don't buy their huge qty of salmon - it's not tasty to re-freeze previously frozen . . . .

 

It would be good if stores didn't thaw the flash frozen fish. I suppose they do it because most people think "fresh" is better

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On 10/31/2025 at 3:40 PM, AlaMoi said:

does your Costco carry steelhead trout?  looks like salmon, slightly different, really good.

 

our fav use for the rostissed chick is 'a meal' + chicken salad, then simmer down the carcass for chicken noodle soup base.

when it gels, you get super stock for the soup!

For me, steelhead is better than salmon for eating raw.

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10 minutes ago, Anchobrie said:

For me, steelhead is better than salmon for eating raw.

 

I understand that there are concerns with eating raw freshwater fish.  Is a sea-run rainbow (ie steelhead) a fresh or a salt water fish?  Probably more salt than fresh, I guess.

 

 

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5 minutes ago, gfweb said:

 

I understand that there are concerns with eating raw freshwater fish.  Is a sea-run rainbow (ie steelhead) a fresh or a salt water fish?  Probably more salt than fresh, I guess.

 

 

steelhead is farm raised in the ocean, in a mostly identical way than Atlantic salmon. I have never fish a steelhead in a river (or in the ocean, if that matters) so I have never have to take a decision. I have had it both in Norway and in Australia. The flesh is firmer than the salmon, then, better for making a tartar, for example. Both fishes (steelhead and salmon), to my taste, are better when the less you do to them. Raw > marinated > cured> cold smoked > hot smoked > steamed.... It is of course a personal preference.

 

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