"Renee" > wrote in message
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> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> > On Mon 08 Aug 2005 05:49:34p, Renee wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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> >> "Renee" > wrote in message
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> >>> I look for these sales in the circulars, then sometimes stock up:
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> >>> Fresh catfish filets - $4.59 / lb
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> >> Actually I goofed on this one. This is really not such a good sale
price
> >> since it's normally about $5 / lb.
> >>
> >> Catfish is such a relatively inexpensive fish so you can do much better
> >> than that on when it's really on sale. But I love catfish at any price,
> >> especially the thin fillets fried up with a crispy cornmeal breading.
> >> Weird Southern stuff to some, I'm sure.
> >
> > Truly Southern, yes, and delicious. What I love even more are the
small,
> > whole, "channel" catfish that are fried whole including tail fin. The
> > small fish are even tastier and the tail fin becomes crisp like a potato
> > chip. Many "fish camp" type restaurants in the South serve them this
way.
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> > --
> > Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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> Oh those are fun to eat, too. Biting them off the bone reminds me of those
> cartoons I watched as a kid -- the ones where the kitties regurgitate a
> whole fish skeleton. Heheh -- that's me. :-)
Hi,
Im coming in late on this this, however you have stirred the Southern part
of my soul!
Catfish fillets are a Yankee pretention,an abomination of the fine art of
eating said delicacy. An all you can eat fish camp is a rare treat. A salad
of a half head of plated lettuce,jar of mayonaise,salt and pepper plopped on
the table is a requisite. An endless supply of small fresh fish cought that
day(or sooner), hush puppies,french fries,and ice cold beverage of choice is
indeed a rare treat. Needless to say, the sound of an approaching outboard
motor pulling up to the dock is joy unbounding. If they have and old big red
cola ice chest to hold the flopping and growling cats, it is bliss.
Unfortunately, most of these places no longer exist as well as their
cooks,genial Southern waitresses and old shack ambiance. New large brick
resturants and health departments have taken their toll. Now to make you
weep for the willows...40 or so years ago the price was $2.99 + tax and tip.
Expensive it was, and worth every cent.
Thanks alot..darn it! Now I've got to go somewhere that they change the
fish daily and the grease when they deem necessary.
Hubert
Lee County, AL.
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