"Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
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> Well, here's a weird thing: I absolutely detest liver, but love most
> liver pate - go figure. As to catfish, my father *loved* catfish, so
> I pretty much grew up with it on the dinner table from time to time.
> When he got back from Vietnam, we were headed to my grandmother's in
> Alabama on a road trip from Norfolk VA, stopped into some southern
> eatery for breakfast en route. He mentioned to the family that after
> 18 months in Vietnam, he was by God gonna get catfish for dinner that
> night or die trying. The waiter must have overheard, as he shortly
> came out with the cook and a big platter of catfish, both of them
> beaming. The dear aulde dad proclaimed that to be the best breakfast
> he'd ever had :-)


What a great story. I know exactly how he felt, there is nothing better than
fried catfish any time of the day.