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Default Cabbage Cores, Ugly Tomatoes, and Trash Fish: Coming Soon to aRestaurant Near You

On 2017-03-15 10:36 AM, notbob wrote:
> On 2017-03-15, jinx the minx > wrote:
>
>> I refuse to eat catfish or tilapia because they taste muddy
>> to me.....

>
> I see this sentiment, often. Perhaps that is the reason most catfish
> are breaded and deep fried.
>
> I've tasted this "muddy" flavor, in non-breaded/fried catfish, but
> never when I deep fry my catfish. I don't know if it's the seasoning
> in the breading or jes the cooking method, but I'll wolf down
> breaded/fried catfish, any time.
>
> Nothing I've tried helps talapia. Basically, talapia is jes a crappy
> fish. 8|
>



Last summer we went to a Mexican restaurant and I wanted to go for the
healthier option of the fish dish. I had reservations about the fish
being talapia. I went ahead and ordered it. I can't say that it was
disappointing because it was talapia, and it was just as bad as I feared
it would be.