Delicious McFarland Springs rainbow trout fillets are headed your way! One of our favorite (and priciest) fillets, "Sea Forager" and trout may seem incongruous, but please hear me out on this. McFarland Springs Rainbow trout are not only among the best eating fish I've had in the last 5 years, but these beautiful sparkling, rainbow-hued creatures, just may be the hope of the oceans and the answer to the global need for fish. You think I'm being hyperbolic? Overly dramatic? I'm not. Ask yourselves, what is going to happen to fish stocks when the human population reaches 50 billion? 100 billion? 500 billion? There are really only two outcomes: 1) The human species learns to harvest/farm sustainably and we have oceans full of fish, or 2) the human species learns nothing, continues to harvest and farm destructively and fish stocks are destroyed.
What if I told you that there is, within driving distance of San Francisco, a fish farm that produces a gorgeous, pink-fleshed native species? And that this farm invested millions of dollars to develop a feed pellet that does not contribute to the ongoing decimation of the three most important of all fish: sardine, anchovy and menhaden? A fish farm that recirculates all the waste from their raceways onto a 5 acre field of native grasses, where horses gambol happily in the cool Sierra breeze? What if I told you that despite the limited supply, I can get these trout to you during the fall and winter?
And the beautiful thing is that they're located in California. So I don't have to source outside the state. Anyway... I'm really hoping you guys will love and appreciate these fish as much as I do. You can read all about them on my trout landing page, and check out a great little video here.
ORIGIN: McFarland Springs Rainbow Trout Farm Susanville, California
METHOD: Aquaculture
INFO PAGE: click for fishery info!
VIDEO: see for yourself what goes on at McFarland Springs!
RECIPES: Trout with lemon dill sauce, Lemony trout with capers and wine, Pan-Fried Trout with Green Onions, Trout with curried orange butter, trout gravlax, trout miso soup.
WINE PAIRING: for the Lemony Trout with Capers and Wine recipe our friends at tableWINE in Pacifica recommend a a crisp Sicilian white such as Grillo (Paolo Cali “Blues”). Cheers!
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