How To Cook A Catfish.

[Feathers and Fins]

I don't mind fishy, but cant stand the pondscum taste so soaking is mandatory unless they were in clean water or cold water. You don't eat fish for the hamburger flavor ( well unless you are making hamburgers with them)

[Quillback]

Go to Grand lake, catch blue cats, they are the best eating cats I've ever had.

[jdmidwest]

JMIDWEST. ......What is the number of that carrier in the picture your using??? You serve on it ??? I served on one that was numbered 9. Tells you something about my age. There is so awful much room on the new ones. In my day there was not much room on those flight decks. Crawling under turning props and the belly of jets to guide them on a catapult was the way to go. Deck was short and landings were not always a success. When that happened things went everywhere. They use to loose do much hung ordnance it is a good thing that stuff had fuses that did not go off on contact. I had a 1000 lb'er stop bouncing along the deck not 15 ft in front if me one time.

It is the Nimitz battle group being redeployed to Syria in operation Obama Temper Tantrum. Clicked on it last night and made it my avatar.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/02/us-syria-crisis-ships-idUSBRE9810DA20130902?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews

[jdmidwest]

I don't mind fishy, but like fins, I don't like something that smells like a sewer pond when I prepare it.

These MDC lakes get pretty stale this time of year, not much fresh water in a while. Perry County Lake actually has an aeration system to improve the O2 levels. But water was green and murky.

I will try some vinegar or buttermilk. I like the McCormicks Cajun breading along with some jalapeno hushpuppies.

[Old plug]

His is not the first temper tantrum. They called that old carrier in the navy the galloping ghost of any coast. There was reason for that. Today we would call it somebodies tantrum. But back the press did not stick there nose into everything. I have been so close to the coast of China, North Korea places like that you could see the coastline clearly. You never heard of all that. Now days it would be a outrage and international incident.

[jdmidwest]

His is not the first temper tantrum. They called that old carrier in the navy the galloping ghost of any coast. There was reason for that. Today we would call it somebodies tantrum. But back the press did not stick there nose into everything. I have been so close to the coast of China, North Korea places like that you could see the coastline clearly. You never heard of all that. Now days it would be a outrage and international incident.

Back then, POTUS did not get up in a news conference and make idle threats to look cool. Nor did he give out specifics of a military exercise to the enemy on national TV either.

[Wayne SW/MO]

Yeah, Harry didn't tell anybody the Enola Gay was coming.

[LittleRedFisherman]

Cooked 150 PoundsOf Fish FriDay For The Local Cotton Gin. Salt And Little Pepper In The Proper Proportions Mixed In Yellow corn Meal. Prefer Peanut OilBut Used Rice Oil On This Fry, Turned Out Really Good.

[jdmidwest]

If you are ever in TN, this is the place with some good catfish.

http://www.topotheriverrestaurant.com/

Looking at the menu, I am thinking they may pluck them out of the water young for better taste. Fiddlers are what we call them. I suppose filleted they may taste the same. Nothing like the 2-5 lb ones I was catching yesterday.

Front came in today, shut everything off. I came back today with zilch. Only a few small bass early.

[UnCivE]

Only keep the white meat, and cut em up into steak-sized chunks (if it's a big'n). Then, soak em out for 24 hours or so in water in the fridge. I generally change the water 2-3 times during that period and once the meat is firm and white, I cook it. I never freeze em.

I generally like mine cornmeal breaded and fried with some hot sauce, pickled peppers and lemons.