bob wrote:
> On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:18:17 -0500, Kathleen
> > shouted from the highest rooftop:
>
>> bob wrote:
>>> On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:53:54 -0600, Omelet >
>>> shouted from the highest rooftop:
>>>
>>>
>>>> My personal favorite fresh water fish is catfish, followed closely by
>>>> fresh caught perch/crappie.
>>>> --
>>>
>>> I'd forgotten about catfish. Haven't had it in over forty years, but
>>> there was a tiny, but popular, place situated on a old wooden jetty
>>> right on the Ohio River in Newburgh Indiana (Southern Indiana
>>> southeast of Evansville) that fried up the most beautiful catfish and
>>> catfish brains. I wonder if it's still there? My mouth is watering at
>>> the memory.
>> Catfish brains? Seriously?
>
> Fried catfish brain sandwiches were one of the specialities of the
> house. But when you consider the size of a catfish brain and how many
> you'd have to catch to make up a sandwich I'm beginning to wonder if
> they didn't use catfish roe and call it catfish brains as a sort of
> local joke ...
>
>> Well, considering how big the damned creepy-looking things' noggins are
>> I guess it makes sense there might be something worth eating inside, but....
>>
>> No thanks. You can have my share.
>
> I ate one on a dare and ended up enjoying it. But I tried not to think
> too much about what a catfish looked like at the time. These days I'd
> settle on plain old ordinary fried catfish with coleslaw and fries.
>
>
Years ago there was a dam out near where I lived and an Australian
cousin of this used to be caught on Lures (spinners )

Our local priest then gave us the folk law about this

http://www.briancoad.com/Dictionary/...fix%20fish.htm

Given that the weir was hundreds of miles inland
The Aussie freshwater (Ariidae graeffei & Arius berneyi)
had the crucifix bones in them and tasted sort of ok but
would not walk miles to catch one .

But the blasted introduced Carp has just about wiped them out .

Phil
Who likes fish and fish farms