On Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 2:25:14 PM UTC-4, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Sat 08 Sep 2018 11:09:07a, jmcquown told us...
>
> > On 9/8/2018 1:52 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> >> On Sat 08 Sep 2018 09:55:41a, jmcquown told us...
> >>
> >>> On 9/8/2018 12:08 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >>>> On Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 11:11:53 AM UTC-4, Dave Smith
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>> On 2018-09-08 10:58 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Wait a minute... what?ÂÂ* You've never eaten catfish?ÂÂ* I
> >>>>>> *know* I've never eaten monkfish but catfish is practically a
> >>>>>> staple.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I have had catfish three or four times. That was enough for
> >>>>> me. I have eaten Monkfish once. Monkfish is much better than
> >>>>> catfish.
> >>>>
> >>>> Agreed. Catfish tastes like mud to me. Monkfish is good,
> >>>> although I've found it tricky to cook.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cindy Hamilton
> >>>>
> >>> I don't understand the whole "muddy" thing when it comes to
> >>> catfish. I don't get it straight out of the Mississippi River.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Jill
> >>
> >> Even if you did, catfish from the Mississippi River is usually
> >> kept in freshwater tanks long enough to feed on things that clear
> >> out their system and they don't taste muddy. I have never
> >> experienced a muddy tasting catfish, not even the "channel cats"
> >> that people catch in streams and small local rivers.
> >>
> > I guess we're among the minority, Wayne. I've never detected a
> > "muddy" taste in farmed fresh water catfish. Or maybe it's just
> > something about catfish from Memphis or thereabouts.
> >
> > Jill
> >
>
> I have never had muddy tastinsg catfish either, and have eaten it in
> Memphis, Mussel Shoales AL, NE Mississippi, and other places. All
> good. I don't know where other people are getting their muddy
> catfish. :-)

The last place I ate catfish was Thibodeaux, LA.

Cindy Hamilton