Nancy Young wrote:
> "ChattyCathy" > wrote
>
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>>> I see people talk about muddy tasting catfish and tilapia.
>>> Today I got my Cook's Illustrated and they discussed this.
>>> Long story short, they recommend an acid soak first, and their
>>> acidic soak of choice is buttermilk. Soak for an hour before
>>> cooking ... rinse off the buttermilk, pat dry and proceed with
>>> the recipe.
>> Interesting thread, nancy.
>>
>> I don't like catfish, because it always tastes muddy to me and also
>> because they are such ugly buggers
>
> They are freaky looking, but not as freaky as monkfish!

Heh heh heh.. Catfish we caught seemed to stay alive for a loooong time
outta the water, even tho' they're not officially amphibians - or are
they? - nah, don't think so. They give me the 'creeps'. Most fishermen
I knew used to just kill them as soon as they caught them - I won't go
into graphic details <shudder>....
>
>> but I haven't found that to be the case with tilapia (which is not that
>> easy to find in my part of the world for some reason).... I have the same
>> problem with bream (dunno if you've ever tried it?)
>
> Even if we call it by a different name, I probably haven't tried it.

Actually 'bream' is quite a broad term - but these were what we called
fresh water 'bottom-feeder-type-bream'. They lived mainly in the Zambezi
River and farmers often used to stock their dams with them at various
locations and let the locals fish them once they got to a certain
size... Oh, and they had zillions of bones too - blech. Even tried some
at a Very Fancy Hotel Restaurant at Victoria Falls one time - and it
still tasted muddy to me.
>
>> We used to go fishing in my young and foolish days - and usually threw any
>> bream we caught back into the water, because no matter what we soaked it
>> with, or for how long, it always tasted muddy to me... IIRC, my Dad used to
>> soak bream in a very weak solution of vinegar and water to get rid of the
>> muddiness, but never worked for me...
>
> I hope you didn't have to eat it anyway.
>

Nope. The ex-DH liked it, so he got my share
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Chatty Cathy

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