Is Brook/Rainbow Trout a common item on menus in your area? (diet, tuna)

[steiconi]

About the only place I've seen it on the menu is Cracker Barrel.

I did pass a place in Idaho (or maybe Oregon or Utah) that offered to clean and cook the trout YOU caught. I was quite jealous, I love trout.

[K-Luv]

Around where I live the only restaurants I see having trout on the menu are 'Mexican' restaurants.

[brk330]

"Ruby Red Trout" is popular at Rockies ski resort fine dining restaurants. They even list it on the menu under 'Seafood'
They feed it shrimp to get the red flesh. It has some flavor to it.
The stocked Rainbows from the river were ok, just bland.
The 'Brookies' I know from New England I would assume too small to eat (?) or maybe just too small for me to want to clean.
I tried a Brown Trout out of a NH brook once and thought it tasted like mud.

[otterhere]

We used to eat lake trout (?) from our lake in New England. Not a fisherman, so not sure what the actual name was. I remember it having a lot of little black lines in the meat? DELICIOUS, but also a lot of little bones you had to be careful of...

[Zymer]

Originally Posted by NJ Brazen_3133

I must say, every time I order the scrod, I do like it. The texture is firm, and flesh is right amount of oily. Wish I knew what the fish was.

It's usually haddock or cod, occasionally it may be pollock or hake. Some say it's hard to tell the difference between any of those but I wouldn't know because they all taste nasty to me. My family used to own a cannery on the coast of ME, and many were also lobstermen and/or clammers. I couldn't do any of that, just walking into the cannery would make me retch.

[otterhere]

Our Cracker Barrel no longer offers it.

The closest I've come to it is tinned/canned smoked trout.

Not bad at all, but a poor substitute for fresh grilled!

[Serious Conversation]

I'm in northeast TN.

Trout can be caught in local lakes and streams. In local restaurants, it can be found, though it's a delicacy and reasonably seasonal.

I see it on local menus from time to time. It's nothing I would personally plan on finding.

[1insider]

There are so many better eating fish that trout is usually only offered in locations where it's caught locally. I'm not a fan of the soft texture which is much like the whiting we catch in the surf here in Florida.

[Jkgourmet]

Originally Posted by JONOV

Check Costco, look for "Steelhead." I think it's pretty good and I used to catch them from Lake Michigan so my standards are diva-ish.

I had steelhead once as a fillet (vs trout which I nearly always panfried whole). Decades ago. I remember it tasting more like salmon that the mild flavor of trout. Since I'm not much of a salmon fan, I didn't like it. But I STRONGLY suspect that I was affected by the color, which IS pink like salmon.

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll have to look for a smallish piece and try it again.

[2x3x29x41]

Last week at a small deli in Grand Marais, Minnesota, the soup of the day was smoked steelhead chowder. Steelhead are a variety of rainbows.

And? It was sublime. Spicy and oily, with large chunks of potatoes and fish. Delicious beyond description.