phil..c wrote:

> 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 .

"Crucifix fish = Ariopsis felis (hardhead sea catfish, Ariidae) head
skeleton sold as having attributes of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ"

Uhh, maybe if Jesus Christ were an alien:
http://www.parmaq.com/kitbuilding/Images/Alien1.jpg