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...

--
Best
Greg

On Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at 1:31:49 PM UTC-4, The Greatest! wrote:
> 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.

Nope. I'm a city girl, from the land of the Coney Dog. Nowadays, I prefer
my fish barely cooked (if at all). That's another reason for me to shy
away from freshwater fish: they have a lot more parasites that can harm me..

> 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...

Must be like tasting cilantro. If you're a mud-taster, no freshwater
fish will be good. The last catfish I had was in Thibodeaux, LA, in
1989, in a restaurant. I had a head cold, and it still tasted like
I was eating mud.

Cindy Hamilton

On Wed, 15 Mar 2017 12:15:05 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at 1:31:49 PM UTC-4, The Greatest! wrote:
>> 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.
>
>Nope. I'm a city girl, from the land of the Coney Dog. Nowadays, I prefer
>my fish barely cooked (if at all). That's another reason for me to shy
>away from freshwater fish: they have a lot more parasites that can harm me.
>
>> 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...
>
>Must be like tasting cilantro. If you're a mud-taster, no freshwater
>fish will be good. The last catfish I had was in Thibodeaux, LA, in
>1989, in a restaurant. I had a head cold, and it still tasted like
>I was eating mud.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

I was just going to suggest the cilantro conundrum as a possible
answer.
Janet US

On Wed, 15 Mar 2017 10:31:46 -0700 (PDT), "The Greatest!"
> wrote:

>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...

the catfish boil is the greatest. are you saying they taste muddy
with all that salt, onion and potatoes?
Janet US

On 3/15/2017 1:31 PM, The Greatest! wrote:

> As for catfish, I remember muddy catfish from my childhood,
> catfish was a staple along the Mississippi and it's tributaries.

I just caught a glimpse of a giant catfish on some show, I think
they were on the Amazon.

It was big, but what was scary ... it growled like a dog. Loud.
Not sure if the ones you grew up with growled.

nancy

On 3/17/2017 9:02 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> On 3/15/2017 1:31 PM, The Greatest! wrote:
>
>> As for catfish, I remember muddy catfish from my childhood,
> > catfish was a staple along the Mississippi and it's tributaries.
>
> I just caught a glimpse of a giant catfish on some show, I think
> they were on the Amazon.
>
> It was big, but what was scary ... it growled like a dog. Loud.
> Not sure if the ones you grew up with growled.
>
> nancy
>
>
I never heard a catfish growl. We did have a big dog (part German
shepherd) in Thailand and there was a catfish in the pond in our yard.
That catfish was a bold one. It used to tease the big barking dog
unmercifully. Nip it on the nose, even!

The dog did finally win. You can only tease a dog for so long before it
will finally jump into the shallow pond and eat the fish.

Jill

On Fri, 17 Mar 2017 21:53:28 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 3/17/2017 9:02 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>> On 3/15/2017 1:31 PM, The Greatest! wrote:
>>
>>> As for catfish, I remember muddy catfish from my childhood,
>> > catfish was a staple along the Mississippi and it's tributaries.
>>
>> I just caught a glimpse of a giant catfish on some show, I think
>> they were on the Amazon.
>>
>> It was big, but what was scary ... it growled like a dog. Loud.
>> Not sure if the ones you grew up with growled.
>>
>> nancy
>>
>>
>I never heard a catfish growl. We did have a big dog (part German
>shepherd) in Thailand and there was a catfish in the pond in our yard.
>That catfish was a bold one. It used to tease the big barking dog
>unmercifully. Nip it on the nose, even!
>
>The dog did finally win. You can only tease a dog for so long before it
>will finally jump into the shallow pond and eat the fish.
>
>Jill

yeah they growl.

"U.S. Janet B." wrote:
>
> jmcquown wrote:
> >I never heard a catfish growl.
>
> yeah they growl.

Here, we have one variety of sal****er fish called, "Croaker." Name is
appropriate because they do make a croaking sound when caught.