Fish roe

[MoCarp]

I have eaten mullet roe dehydrated sushi style…but can be fixed faster in a dehydrator, have not tried walleye and crappie roe fixed this was just deep fried and crispy…good eats worthy of saving from the gut pile

 

 

[MoCarp]

 

[MoCarp]

 

[MoCarp]

Suckers, walleyes, crappie, all potential roe that could be prepared mullet style….it should be noted gar eggs are toxic! Eating them could be your last meal……knew a guy killed all his chickens that way

[MOPanfisher]

Have eaten a LOT of egg sacks from bluegill, crappie, walleye and even catfish.  Fried egg sacks from the sunfish family are fabulous.

[Knot Sure]

What would you compare the taste to?

[fishinwrench]

35 minutes ago, Knot Sure said:

What would you compare the taste to?

[Dutch]

They are pretty good but I would rather have steak fries from 500 to 600 pounders.

[MOPanfisher]

When we used to eat them the egg sacks got rolled in whatever the fillets did.  All fish were fried in a skillet back then and the trick was to lay a fillet over the fish egg sacks k so they didn't splatter everywhere.  They were rich and had a different flavor and obviously a different texture.  Walleye eggs were usually boiled in a Zatarains crab boil and then had some Cajun season and eaten on crackers.  Tasty but definitely a textural hurdle for some people.  Catfish egg we tried making into patties but they weren't all that good.  I don't save them.any more as I went to deep-frying but since I now tend to do fish on my Blackstone I might save a few tongive it a try again.  I do think we tried carp eggs way way way back when we trolling for them but since they didn't become a regular thing I don't think they were probably very good.  Just imagine an entire of pickled carp eggs would separate the adventurous eaters from the rest in a hurry.

[Quillback]

Shad roe, from American or hickory shad is supposed to be good.  Whitefish roe also.  Never had any myself.  In the spring when the shad were running in the Columbia river, people would keep shad just for the roe, same for whitefish when they were on their late winter spawning run.

Sushi bars will usually have salmon roe, I've seen it, but that is something I never tried, could not bring myself to do it.  Quite a few of the sushi rolls are garnished with herring roe, fairly tasteless but they add some crunchy texture, kind of like sesame seeds.