I have eaten them lots of different ways and like them ok.
The best I ever had were brookies I caught in a little stream while it was snowing on a Hunting trip. I gilled and gutted them as I caught them and put them in the snow. Pan fried them in bacon grease.
Grew up eating rainbows. Dad floured them and seasoned with salt and pepper. Sauteed them in lemon butter.
I have smoked quite a few and those are good for big trout.
My wife likes to cover them up with lemon pepper and grill on a gas grill.
My wife caught a big rainbow last summer and I filleted it like a salmon and pulled all the pin bones. Cut it up like a salmon and cooked it on charcoal on cedar planks. It was really good.
