A reader asked the other day for a good recipe for salmon candy. Here’s an excellent one we borrowed with thanks from Karen Swearingen, posted first on Alaskan Harvesters. Smoked Candy Salmon Strips 3⁄4 cup honey 1⁄4 cup water 1/2 gallon water 1 cup pickling salt 2 cups dark... Read more
By Lee Leschper What’s your idea of a great meal of Alaskan bear? A few weeks back I started a firestorm of debate on social media when I said I’d tried eating brown bear and found it inedible. And many shall-we-say outspoken Alaskans responded that (shall I say for... Read more
By Lee Leschper We love finding new recipes that make a star of our favorite catches from the Alaska summer. This is one, borrowed from Julia Levy, on Real Simple. She sadly offered this for tilapia, a fish no Alaskan would eat. But we’ve used it this week both... Read more
By Lee Leschper We all fall into a rut occasionally. I realized after years of loving the grilled and smoked silvers, reds and king salmon we catch each year, that I hadn’t tried anything new. While fishing with my son-in-law, who’s an absolute superb chef, he mentioned wanted to... Read more
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