On Wed, 15 Mar 2017 10:31:46 -0700 (PDT), "The Greatest!"
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>Cindy Hamilton wrote:
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>> 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:
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>> > >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.
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>Have you ever attended a "fish boil"? It's a Wisconsin (Door County) thang, maybe you've encountered them in Michigan.
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>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