On 7/4/2014 10:50 AM, Terrence Crimmins wrote:
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> Relatively cheap. I bought a couple of pounds of catfish (Publix:
> fresh, never frozen) last month when it was on sale for $6.99/lb. I
> live on the southest coast; catfish isn't common around here. It was a
> lot less expensive when I lived in west Tennessee.
>
> Jill
>
> Do they get it out of the Mississippi, or are there catfish farms our there? I went to one of my nephew's weddings out there in Memphis year before last, and it was very interesting. Elvis, Martin Luther King and all.
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> Terrence
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Catfish farms. *Some* people may still get it out of the Mississippi
but that's not what showed up at the grocery store. I lived in that
area for 35 years. Catfish was very inexpensive and I love it.

When I lived in the Memphis area shrimp was expensive. Now that I'm on
the southeast coast, shrimp is inexpensive. Everything sort of
flip-flopped. Now, I buy catfish when it's on sale; I refuse to pay
$9.99/lb for it.

You may keep Elvis, thanks. I was a teenager in Memphis when he died
in 1977. The HOOPLAH! Year after year, ad infinitum. Yikes. Did you
go to Graceland? It used to be in what was considered a very nice part
of town. By the time he died it was already heading towards being a slum.

Jill