2023 Limited Release: Gooseneck Barnacles
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What happens when a craft canner, a sea forager, and a storyteller all fall in love with the same curious Alaskan sea creature, the Gooseneck Barnacle? You get a collective idea that other people might love it, too. In the summer of ‘22, the Alaska Gooseneck Barnacle made it into the first Alaska tins. If you love a good tinned origin story, then this one's for you.
4 Reasons Why Canned Food is Smart Food Security
Canned food is durable food, and some of the world’s most desirable delicacies are found ready to eat in cans.
The Perfect Bite: Cracking the Code (and the Can) to Bring you Better Bites
We’re on a mission here at Wildfish Cannery to help you create the perfect bite. And not just make it, but truly understand what goes into composing that perfect morsel. Of course, this is a Sisyphean task, but we feel we’ve got a pretty solid hold on the secret (hint: it’s not what you think). So while these lessons are crucial to everything you eat, we’ll be discussing these topics in relation to how you use our cans to compose a charcuterie spread or a dish.
A Wildfish Wild Salmon Primer
We believe, as our founder did, that the wild seafood we are smoking and preserving is one of nature’s most perfect products. So as we round the corner towards the summer pre-season, let’s revisit the 4 species of Pacific salmon you’ll find in Wildfish’s pantry—and should consider adding to your own!
From the Brewhouse to the Smokehouse: Gettin' Tipsy with Tins
Introduction
Pairing good tinned fish with a drink can be intimidating. You have the chance t...
Galley Musings: A Dirty Rice Journey (Part I)
If you don’t completely understand Cajun-Creole dirty rice after reading this, that’s okay. The recipe in Part II will still work for you.
Charcuterie Boards & The Art of Nibbling
As you’ve probably guessed, we loved charcuterie boards before they were cool. We've been onboard the board train since they were called ‘ploughman's lunch’. But, even when there’s no board involved, nibbling as a prolonged meal is a very Alaskan way to eat. Because charcuterie boards have again opened the world’s eyes to the art of nibbling, we feel like we have to get our $0.02 in on the subject. We want in on this board game.
Geoducks & Other (Delicious) Alaskan Curiosities
Get your giggles out now, because the people in this story are pretty serious about geoducks. This peculiar mollusk, whose undulating breast meat and brontosaurus neck are too enormous for its shell to contain, has an appearance that could make even Stormy Daniels blush.
5 Things You Might Not Have Known About Wild Alaska Salmon
All six species of Northern Pacific salmon have been an important food source and bartering tool of Alaskan people since prehistoric times, and they are still of massive regional economic importance today.
Cooking With Smoked Salmon Juice
You probably noticed when you opened your first can from Wildfish that in addition to the best smoked salmon, you received a healthy little dash of juice in the can. DO NOT THROW IT AWAY!
All Hail The Ivory King
The King Salmon are abundant on Prince of Wales Island right now, and that means a higher population of the rare, coveted White King.
Greetings from Prince of Wales Island, Alaska
Welcome to the first cast of the Wildfish Almanac, coming to you from Klawock, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska.