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Coho or Sockeye?

KBGirts
KBGirts Posts: 882 Member
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Which one is "better"?

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  • mrmanmeat
    mrmanmeat Posts: 1,968 Member
    I prefer sockeye.
  • cohophysh
    cohophysh Posts: 288
    Now I figured it out...had to join the group...

    Sockeye (or blueback as the Quinault Indians call it) is probably the oiliest (sp), which gives it a buttery flavor
    coho is good, but my fav is steelhead
  • SweetxCatastrophe
    SweetxCatastrophe Posts: 593 Member
    Ditto.. I prefer sockeye. I don't know if one is nutritionally better than the other, but sockeye is darker red flesh and I've been told the darker fleshed salmon are fattier/oilier, ie better for you. I don't know if that's true, but but when I've had coho its been dry and kind of mushy.. Ick
  • KBGirts
    KBGirts Posts: 882 Member
    I like oily fish, so I may stick with sockeye. I'll try the coho just to see though. i just wanted to make sure they are comparable in terms of nutrition and environmental sustainability.
  • Jindra12
    Jindra12 Posts: 256 Member
    Sockeye, and make sure it is a wild caught fish.
  • cohophysh
    cohophysh Posts: 288
    Ya, make sure your fish is wild caught, both species can be harvested in a sustainable manner, you just don't want the farmed crap, which coho can be, not so for sockeye.
  • monkeydharma
    monkeydharma Posts: 599 Member
    Now I figured it out...had to join the group...

    Sockeye (or blueback as the Quinault Indians call it) is probably the oiliest (sp), which gives it a buttery flavor
    coho is good, but my fav is steelhead
    Steelhead salmon used to be known as steelhead trout. It has only been recently that DNA testing determined the difference. Landlocked steelheads are also known as rainbow trout; in fact that is their common name. The term 'steelhead' is used to differentiate between those rainbows that stay in fresh water permanently and those that go out to the ocean. That being the case, be careful to make sure that they aren't farmed or artificial coloring isn't used to make them look more like salmon.
  • cohophysh
    cohophysh Posts: 288
    Now I figured it out...had to join the group...

    Sockeye (or blueback as the Quinault Indians call it) is probably the oiliest (sp), which gives it a buttery flavor
    coho is good, but my fav is steelhead
    Steelhead salmon used to be known as steelhead trout. It has only been recently that DNA testing determined the difference. Landlocked steelheads are also known as rainbow trout; in fact that is their common name. The term 'steelhead' is used to differentiate between those rainbows that stay in fresh water permanently and those that go out to the ocean. That being the case, be careful to make sure that they aren't farmed or artificial coloring isn't used to make them look more like salmon.

    Thanks, trust me I know, and the only steelhead I will eat comes straight from tribal fisheries.
  • MikeFlyMike
    MikeFlyMike Posts: 639 Member
    Whenever available, you must try copper river king. Truly hard to beat, and impossible to find in any restaurant.
  • mehaugen
    mehaugen Posts: 210 Member
    Whenever available, you must try copper river king. Truly hard to beat, and impossible to find in any restaurant.

    This. Best tasting salmon I ever had. Fried it crisp in some butter, but it definitely doesn't need the butter to be sweet-tasting! I almost cried yesterday when I went back to the store and they were out. Today I'm gonna try some wild sockeye, hope I'm not disappointed by the comparison!
  • MikeFlyMike
    MikeFlyMike Posts: 639 Member
    It is indeed a very short run. I usually stock up the freezer to last me a year. Makes me wildly popular at bbqs in late summer.

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