Sockeye salmon fresh from Homer, AK

travisstrick

I recently was gifted some Sockeye salmon caught by my fathers life long friend and classmate, Dr Joseph Meyer. 

The fish: Salt, pepper, and a very light dusting of Dizzy Pig Shaking the Tree. 

The sauce: Lightly brown some shallot, add caper and crushed garlic. Just before serving, stir the mix with a cold stick of salted butter until it melts and mixes. Mix in the juice of two lemons and the zest from the same two fruit. 

Grill indirect until the fish reaches 140 internal temp. Serve with rice or couscous and asparagus. 

Big_Green_Craig

That looks great!!

I did something similar tonight. Fresh dill and lemon on top and grilled the salmon on a cedar plank. This is a HUGE winner at my house. 

lkapigian

Love your cooks, looks great!

travisstrick

even my 2 year old likes it.

buddyclaude

Replenishing our stock here In Homer

travisstrick

The paterfamilias with his fresh catch.

Phatchris

Niiiiice!!!

JethroVA

Wow. Wow..

Little Steven

Forgive my poor US geography but I dont remember any part of AK bordering any salt water. :-?

sumoconnell

Salmon looks great!  wtf with all the salmon today?  I cooked too.

travisstrick

Little Steven said:

Forgive my poor US geography but I dont remember any part of AK bordering any salt water. :-?

Alaska is AK. Arkansas is AR. Alaska is mostly bordered by salt water. In fact, some say you can see Russia from there.

tulocay

Looks great. Salmon on the egg is my families favorite meal!

travisstrick

tulocay said:

Looks great. Salmon on the egg is my families favorite meal!

You have more than one family? Hahaha

Mickey

This was one of many Travis gave me a few days ago. After this post I will be cooking mine for lunch Wed.

Mickey

Thank you Travis.

Little Steven

travisstrick said:

Forgive my poor US geography but I dont remember any part of AK bordering any salt water. :-?

Alaska is AK. Arkansas is AR. Alaska is mostly bordered by salt water. In fact, some say you can see Russia from there.

Sorry man. I had an uncle that moved from AR to AK and increased the average IQ of both states

Foghorn

The fish processing plant in Homer is a remarkable place.  We caught some great salmon and halibut there a few years ago.  It still tasted great a year later after they vacuum froze it straight off the boat.

Catching halibut there is more like harvesting than fishing if you go to the right spot.

buddyclaude

Course salt and fresh dill seasoning is simply delicious. Grill on cedar plank until the milky looking fats rise to the surface. Sockeye from Kenai River

Little Steven said:

travisstrick said:

Little Steven said:

Forgive my poor US geography but I dont remember any part of AK bordering any salt water. :-?

Alaska is AK. Arkansas is AR. Alaska is mostly bordered by salt water. In fact, some say you can see Russia from there.

Sorry man. I had an uncle that moved from AR to AK and increased the average IQ of both states


A local up here told me Alaska is the last refuge of the incompetent... My experience is overwhelmingly, everyone is super friendly, cheerful and helpful.

Foghorn

Alaska is the only place I have ever been where the food portions are bigger than they are in Texas.

Little Steven

Sorry that was a quote from an egging friend from MO MO to AR was the joke. Just making a joke at my own expense

TUTTLE871

Dude looks awesome!!! Man the kid is getting big!!!

Looks like in a few years he will need his own mini and start cooking. Consider it a grown up version of an east bake oven.

stemc33

Little Steven said:

Sorry that was a quote from an egging friend from MO MO to AR was the joke. Just making a joke at my own expense

Funny. I just thought it was some kind of Canadian insider joke? I was just waiting until somebody else said something.

NPHuskerFL

@travisstrick‌ Par excellent! =D>

travisstrick

NPHuskerFL said:

@travisstrick‌ Par excellent! =D>

Thank you my friend.

Mickey

Once more Thank You Travis. Your gift is on for lunch. S&P plus dill.

Mickey

And we have lunch.

Mickey

That was the very best salmon I have ever had. The first salmon I ever liked.

smokesniffer

You all got my tastebuds going, we are doing some sockeye salmon tomorrow. Everyone's meals look fantastic.

SGH

Looks excellent my friend. And you are correct brother strick. I worked 23 miles just north of Prudhoe Bay Alaska on a man made island that Royal Dutch /Shell Oil built for gas extraction. It was on the border of where the Beaufort sea and the Arctic ocean came together. On a clear day you could easily see the land mass of Russia with no visual aid. Again your grub looks excellent my friend.