Trout vs Salmon Taste Test | Solar Power at the Off Grid Cabin

[@yeah4me2]

Love your solar batteries’ guard cat.

[@sherryllynnjones7077]

Sweet Hunter😭

[@heatherleith9766]

Watched this in 2022 right after copper river salmon fishing. Your experiences in life in Alaska have grown so much .

[@mariannereno8501]

You 2 are #1 .Your videos are done so well.

[@kenshores9900]

Your gardening skills are to be commended. Who would have thought tomatillos would grow in Alaska. Salsa Verde here you come. Keep it up. Enjoy watching you guys (even the dogs). (They are personalities also)

[@watong9232]

I look forward to ASL revisiting this taste test several times over the coming years. Few would argue that both of those fish have virtually infinite culinary potential and you've only just set out on that long and flavorful adventure. You could even make a cook-off / rivalry out of it since you both know your way around the kitchen. Great vid, as usual...

[@loraineleuschke4186]

I have eaten salmon and fresh water trout, & I am a trout girl. My favorite way to eat salmon is very slightly smoked on bagels with good creamy cheese.

[@Jim_woods]

That looks so delicious and I love the way you guys make garlic bread

[@mickidawop414]

Me too. I will definitely be trying that method next time.

[@chinmaysawarkar9511]

Little bit of olive oil... pours it straight from the jar!! 😂 Love it!!

[@jillseward7954]

Just saw this one re: how the solar worked during winter. Keep up that great work and adventures. we are getting around to watching all of your videos.

[@jcbaily5559]

I remember as a kid in Texas I loved trout and flounder although eating trout was a real chore because of the number of bones and since my parents scared the death out of me to not swallow any bones, I was reluctant to eat trout. Once moving to Alaska and having the opportunity to eat salmon changed my views on eating fish, of course, having king crab too, made all the difference in the world. Halibut was a bit more difficult to come by and the meat was a bit more on the dry side, but still very good. My step-Dad flew a tail dragger Cessna so we were able to fly across the Inlet down to Silver Salmon Creek not only to escape the now crowed creeks and rivers but for the privilege of having our limit of fish within less than an hour and boy did we eat well. I hope you are enjoying all the fish you can get!

[@WelshIron]

Trout is my favourite fish, with some samphire and butter. Yum

[@goldprounlimited1750]

There you go again,,,, making my mouth water!!!! Looks delicious!!

[@megamannn8527]

Thanks for your hard work and food videos 😁 learning a lot with your videos 😁😎

[@MisterTee2010]

Love you both. I will never forget the first fish I caught. It was a 4 pound Jackfish. I was eight years old and I thought that fish was going to pull me out of the boat. lol

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Terry Multon the sockeyes on the Kenai were about 8 lbs and they felt like sharks to us 😂

[@jeep4ron]

You two fish a lot. You’ll just get better and better. And your always having fun anyway . Oh my heck that bread looks gooood..!! That’s how I do my baked potatoes. I’ll have to try more things in it. Nice solar set up. Little maintenance, keep your eye on the battery level. Charge when needed. Use only what you need. I love it. Trout.. Just the bones.. LOL. Looks like you get lots of sun in the cabin.. Have a great day you two..

[@mariowickel456]

If you're able to get or grow Dill or Fennel , both are great aromatic herbs for fish

[@saa8458]

Loved the way you do a garlic bread might have to try that one with some pasta.

[@alisonhedgecox3763]

Being a smaller fish the salmon didn't need so much cooking in that really hot oven,that was why it was a bit dry

[@rocketmom60]

Salmon can be an acquired taste. Many people who like fish don't like salmon.

[@Zenkaz967]

Yummmm....looks delicious!

[@AlmostHomestead]

Dude! That bread looked really good. We will be giving that a try for sure. Nice fish. They looked tasty as well. Congratulations on making it through your first winter (soon). You have had definitely had your share of excitement since moving to your new home with your various outings/adventures, earthquake, and dealing with your cabin systems. It's been great seeing you two thrive in your beautiful environment. Cheers!

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Almost Homestead thanks guys! Let the adventures continue!!

[@robertcross8860]

I would recommend a true comparison via hanging the fish for about 4 5 days, moisture vastly reduced then cook without any flavouring/seasoning! In foil and low heat. Brings out the flavour to the front and back of your pallet like a good red wine!

[@jackiemartin2874]

What a great way to make garlic bread!

[@mccrackenshuskies333]

That looked sooo good!

[@sohailakhtar5474]

Wow beautiful video as usual.Both salmon and trout are most delicious fishes but recipe to cook matters a lot.I love to eat salmon coz don’t have in our area but we have allot of trout species in north of Pakistan.Keep cooking and smiling.

[@gulfcoastprepper1783]

I love watching you two i just started watching like 2 weeks ago and have watched almost every one keep up the awesome work guys also ariel is super cute. I look forward to new videos

[@Happy2Run4Me]

I’m thinking you guys were chefs before? You make amazing food!

[@shermdog6969]

I prefer trout but I never turn down any fresh fish.

[@guywood67]

Suggest hooking in a Victron bm-712 battery monitor. You will get a better idea of your actual capacity and usage.

[@historian2]

I am surprised you are not able to catch enough fish in Alaska! Well during the salmon runs you catch salmons and fill up your freezer! Dipnetting works better for filling the freezer. That should be good till the next year salmon run. In between you can catch fish in stocked lakes in your area. Dept. of fish and games have names of all the stocked lakes in your area. These are generally stocked with salmon and trout. The salmons don't grow too big but if you catch enough of them and you will, you can make a meal out of them.

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

gpr90662b we plan to dip net next year, we are residents now :)

[@lifreu]

very instructive videos

[@CandySlim501]

Just started eating steelhead trout a few months ago. Got them frozen from a restaurant distributor and LOVED THEM! 😋 Bought a fresh Salmon on sale last week and almost threw it out. Steelhead is where it's at!👍🏾😋

[@hxhdfjifzirstc894]

You must have had some bad salmon. A good Chinook is just about the best fish there is, and yes I've caught many Steelhead trout.

[@CandySlim501]

@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 not everybody agrees. Look in the comments

[@toaluasaleupolu7060]

@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 I agree with you..here in New zealand chinook is best tasting

[@toaluasaleupolu7060]

@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 looks like the salmon is the bigger one and the trout is the smaller one 😅👍

[@SeanInAlaska]

2 things....1) thanks for the solar update! I was waiting for that :) I am going the same route myself but with a 4kw system and a generator for backup. Nice to know it will work hahaha and 2) next time you do that foil wrapped trout skip the butter on the outside and try a bit of local beer pored over it. I fill the belly the same way you do, but with a splash of local ale over the top it is just yummy! I am loving these videos guys! Great job!

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Sean in Alaska, great tip :)

[@agrogers2]

How do you make your bread? It looks so yummy

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Amanda we are hoping to do a video soon on sourdough bread ☺

[@JamesCouch777]

Love your videos!

[@BreakingFreeOffGrid]

That looked yummy! Maybe you’ve heard of this, but we have gallons of water to help fill up our freezer. It keeps the freezer colder. Our freezer only runs every other day during summer and nothing thaws. You would probably have better results with a chest freezer. Have a great day!

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Breaking Free Off Grid, we do have a chest freezer, no fridge just a cooler with frozen milk jugs. We haven't been able to leave the freezer off since it has been 40 plus during the day and barely freezing at night and we need to keep freezing the jugs and we have a whole freezer full of pork. Thank you for the suggestion though, we will probably try something like that in the summer :)

[@bigboresledder]

I am just starting to play with solar, any info is helpful, thanks.

[@enzeda]

You have made me hungry, Salmon and trout need to be cooked differently. both are delicious., Trout baked, Salmon, steamed with herbs. both served with your favourite sauce whilst sipping a chardonnay between the garlic bread. Gotta go, hunger has me in its sights.

[@joycefuller4366]

That opening line was humble pie ! ... I am giggling ... Yummy-ness

[@margaret8056]

I think the Trout would be the nicest just had some Trout for Dinner this evening MARGARET LYNCH SOUTHERN IRELAND 🇮🇪 🙌

[@margaret8056]

I must say I never put onion in my fish you always learn something ,Thanks Eric Margaret Lynch

[@woodspirit98]

Ok ..this recipe is simple and I think the best for salmon. You gotta try this. Depending on the size of salmon. Equal parts can of frozen Orange juice concentrate Maple syrup Bbq sauce Salmon in aluminum foil wrapped tight with above ingredients on a fire or grill or woodstove for ten or fifteen minutes. Eat and enjoy.

[@kingrafa3938]

Salmon 😋

[@lunamaria9883]

You certainly do a lot better job cleaning the fish than I can.

[@thomasschauss6429]

I'll take trout over salmon any day

[@sciencepowerpoints]

Blasphemy, Trout has too much of an earthy taste, the lighter taste of salmon is great

[@hxhdfjifzirstc894]

Chinook might be my favorite fish... baked in butter, with lemon of course. But you want to be careful to cook precisely so it's not overdone. I like trout pan fried.

[@ericavery3054]

cajan seasoning salt -over open smokey fire-only way to eat those-

[@kevingrosshandler5308]

Have you considered a wind turbine to supplement the panels?

[@kenshores9900]

Another good video.

[@fifisflowers]

It would have to be the Salmon ~Grilled until Crispy is My Favourite ~

[@matthewlawrenz5055]

Yum! I wish we had "smellavision"

[@sherryllynnjones7077]

Tastebuds alarming!!😂

[@marcoperdomo283]

They did try the smell vision already but it didn't work.

[@bettinah.7429]

Mmmmmmmmm so yummy! I will eat it all!! 🤪

[@klass7814]

Will you be canning fish in the future? I haven't seen you can any yet but everything you've canned so far looks delish.

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Kathryn Lassila we do can fish in this video among some other things ☺: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIiohIKBl9GberM We can smoked fish at the end of this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpvXq5-bmbSWgcU

[@mickemike2148]

Looks deeeliiiish!

[@dianapovero7319]

This might be a weird question, but have you ever made sashimi? They keep the fish well below zero for several days.Honestly I've only done it in a restaurant, if you can get fresh tuna or farmed salon, it might be worth it.

[@beeamerica5024]

I would have gone with the trout also Eric

[@Ilovemybunnysomuch]

Looks tasty

[@AnAlaskaHomestead]

You do have a nice solar set up. I am a little upset about bragging how awesome the garlic was😂 I’m on no CARBBBBBBBS! One of these days you guys should plan a fishing trip down here. Try out some king salmon, halibut and rock fish.👍 don’t forget the 🦀

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

My Alaska Dream, Hopefully someday! We'd love to see that part of Alaska :)

[@AnAlaskaHomestead]

Do you guys have an Alaska Airlines credit card? If not look into it. It’s $70 a year but you get a companion ticket every year. I say it’s worth it. Plus club 49 runs airline specials all the time.

[@thetraveler5798]

Bon Apetit..! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@tedwebster52]

Sure did look good made me hungry

[@doublestardiva1198]

What is your laundry day like

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Martha Tatum fun 😀 we should probably do an update on that.

[@sawlay6223]

Me is iPhone guy my wife is android gels which phone is better iPhone or android well they both better on their own way.

[@HayWoodsandWetlands]

What's the capacity of your batteries? 12v or 24v setup? I've got 2 6v 230ah running in parallel for 12v @ 230ah. The cold (-40) really zaps the capacity here in Saskatchewan Canada, but it's working so far.

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Hay Woods and Wetlands we have 6v batteries wired for 12v system.

[@HayWoodsandWetlands]

@@SimpleLivingAlaska What capacity are they? How many ah are you running?

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Hay Woods and Wetlands they are 340ah I believe and we run 4 of them. We did a video a while back on our install if you want to check it out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2K1aaKDpNtknLc

[@offgridinthepacificnorthwe3210]

Greetings, New subscriber here. I am very interested how you work out the heat for your chicks. The only option we have is to bring them in the house by the wood stove. This can be very tempting for our cat. We have a neighbor who rotates out 15 of their chickens every year. They give them to us and we keep them for layers for 2 more years then they go in the caner. Our chicken coop has tow rooms, one for Layers and the other for the meat birds and broody hens. They have separate runs as well. The chicken coop has it's own 200 watt solar power system but the battery is not big enough to run a heat lamp all night and all day. I am thinking about moving 2 L-16 retired batteries out there when we get a new bank for the house someday so I am very interested to see how the heat lamp works out for you. By the way that's how we used to cook our fish on the trail in the High Sierras. Have a great night.

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Off Grid In the Pacific North West, hello! We lived in Oregon and raised hundreds of chicks we were in zone 8. We were not off grid then and what worked for us was two weeks in a brooder, the second week we would take the heat lamps further away and by 2 weeks broilers and layers were outside in chicken tractors with the lamp for a night or two, after that they were fine. The temps were never below freezing though at night and it did cost us quite a bit in energy the first week. Here we are planning to do a similar plan but have a heat lamp on them a little longer as we are in Alaska. I'm sure the heat lamp will cost us but the type of chicken we are getting will raise their own chicks and will not need heat lamps in the winter. We will most likely hook up a small solar powered light to help them with the shorter days. Thanks for watching :)

[@dynamicliving3111]

@@SimpleLivingAlaska definitely do whatever you can to keep that heat lamp going. We had chicks on and offgrid, off-grid I attempted having them inside and using hot water bottles to keep them warm. It was extremely high maintenance and very poor results, heat lamp is definitely the go to. Even though it will probably suck up all your battery juice :/

[@offgridinthepacificnorthwe3210]

@@dynamicliving3111 I think I have a solution. I need to trench in a water line to the coop. I could add a 120 volt circuit from the main house solar system in the same trench. Thanks for the advice.

[@30-06]

Since you have access to internet, you might wanna copy/paste and look up 鮭の中骨水煮、缶詰 Those are canned water boiled bones of salmon... it is a popular pick in Japan for calcium rich food for cooking something. It looked kinda gross at first but bones were so soft and not bad. I guess bones get soft while it’s been canned. ...or maybe your cats have claim to the fish bones? 😂

[@tessgamara3562]

Eric is pretty handsome😍

[@ellaempen3328]

Where's the campfire potatoes??

[@hxhdfjifzirstc894]

Yeah, gotta have roasted potatoes with salmon. Perhaps red, with herbs.

[@PatriciainOz]

um YUM ...

[@karan-dv9xn]

I eat trout fish everyday 👍 👍

[@Washkeeton]

There are fish in Alaska!!!!! HAHAHAHA sorry... nice fish. Some of the trout have a pink flesh. Those are a very tasty fish. I like how you do your garlic bread. I'm looking at sourdough starter to start baking with. Do you have any info on how your cabin is wired? and could you give a quick walk through if you know? Love the videos.

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

AK Washkeeton our sourdough starter has been with us for about a year now, we love it! Yes we can go into some more detail on the wiring of the cabin in a future video keep an eye out! Have a great weekend.

[@Washkeeton]

@@SimpleLivingAlaska Thanks I have the solar panels so far and some old AGM batteries. In my future I am looking forward to the lithium batteries. I would like to know the wiring to connect a generator and then how to incorporate the solar in with it.

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

AK Washkeeton check out our solar install video part 2 if you have not seen it. Goes over our set up. We will have to do a in depth video on our system some time though.

[@ronaldpetersen255]

Great vid!! How are you making it through the McKinley Fire?? 8/23/19 for context

[@ronaldpetersen255]

Fwiw, I’ve had several friends loose structures due to battery fires, one saved their lodge by having a separate generator/battery house..... They lost that, but not the main lodge👍

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Ronald Petersen we are safe from the fires, it is scary though with all the beetle killed trees.

[@alkirby3690]

I like both trout and salmon, but if I had to decide I'd pick the trout. Fresh salmon is fairly rich so I can only have it in small doses. I think you'd really love our Eastern brookies (trout) ... wild caught brookies (not stocked) are on the smaller side but they're sometimes so deep in color you'd have a problem telling them apart from a salmon (the flesh, I mean). They are also delicious cooked just about any way, and any leftovers make awesome fishcakes.

[@francisdoran8992]

Trout have a square tail salmon has a forked tail

[@jons7677]

Salmon is more like a steak to me. Never had trout.

[@arminmohlmann2808]

For me a nice Raibow is ever better as a sweedwater chaugt Salmon

[@janosistvan5226]

You got lucky, Rainbow trout can be pink the pinker the better... not all but the best are pink...

[@dynamicliving3111]

Yum, I like salmon best brined in something sweet then baked. I like how you just stuck that right in the front of the wood stove. Might have to give that a try myself.

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

Dynamic Living brine is a great idea I will have to try that when I finally hook a big salmon!

[@bohemiangypsy99]

OMG One word. . . .YUMMO!!!!! Michelle

[@carmendee6481]

I’ve never had trout

[@hxhdfjifzirstc894]

Go out to the river and fish with a live nightcrawler worm. Trout can't resist a live worm.

[@windowclean100]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@Jim_woods]

Mmmmmm

[@rahelhorvat1471]

You guys seem to work a lot, but eat a little.

[@pazelloxu]

I prefer salmon because I never tasted trout.

[@carolewarner101]

Mmm mm!

[@rodin390]

👍🏻🐟

[@metamud8686]

Drip .. drip?

[@SimpleLivingAlaska]

metamud that's our sink draining in the background, we use it often when filming a kitchen video.

[@toaluasaleupolu7060]

Guys the bigger fish looks like salmon and the smaller one looks like trout

[@auburnthree636]

I ran the numbers regarding solar energy just for fun, and I either messed something up badly, or it's *freakin expensive*. Could you correct me if I'm wrong? You've said that on a cloudy day you're getting 134W of power. Let's round that up to 200W, and assume that on average you are getting 10h of that sunlight, every day. And that you are using every single watt of it. And that energy price is $0.2/kWh (source: electricitylocal.com/states/alaska/ rounded up). So 200W * 10h * 30 days = 60kWh/mo, which would cost 60kWh/mo * $0.2/kWh = $12/mo. And you paid $2000 for it, so you will break even after $2000 / $12/mo / 12mo = 13.8 years. That's like eternity! Should I start to appreciate being connected to the grid? :D

[@vee_grave]

Trout > Salmon

[@dandelions907]

U cant say u live in alaska and dnt catch alot of fish

[@latewizard301]

Well i was right, trout is better :D

[@andrewlittlefield3425]

Fat and carbs......... never a good choice , yes they taste good However bad for your heart ❤️

[@soobeyy]

Doesn't kill you while having once in a while😂

[@Bamboothought]

Foolishness at tattoos.

[@darrengoodwin9819]

Every 1 is a chef these days .. and they think they got a spot on tv .lol. utubers home videos .