Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> On Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at 6:11:57 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> > On Tue, 14 Mar 2017 13:43:38 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >On Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at 4:19:48 PM UTC-4, Sqwertz wrote:
> > >> On Tue, 14 Mar 2017 03:30:22 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Water quality in the Mekong delta. Pretty polluted.
> > >>
> > >> Pollution in the Mississippi delta is worse than in the Mekong's and
> > >> Ganges (Sunderbans delta). So why pay the premium for muddy-tasting
> > >> American catfish when imported basa tastes better for half the price?
> > >>
> > >> -sw
> > >
> > >I don't eat any freshwater fish. They all, always, taste like mud
> > >to me.
> >
> > When's the last time you had freshwater fish?
>
> Can't recall. I live in Michigan. There's abundant freshwater fish
> from warm(ish) and cold waters.


Have you ever attended a "fish boil"? It's a Wisconsin (Door County) thang, maybe you've encountered them in Michigan.

As for catfish, I remember muddy catfish from my childhood, catfish was a staple along the Mississippi and it's tributaries. Now, catfish is farm - raised, and thus has a "cleaner" taste. But a lot of this farmed catfish is now I understand from Asia, sooooo...

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Best
Greg