Kate Connally said...

> Nancy2 wrote:
>> On Mar 5, 12:24 pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
>>> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
>>>
>>> .
>>> .. On Mar 5, 12:26 am, wrote:
>>>
>>>> How do I do simple fried (breaded) catfish? I don't have a deep
>>>> fryer, Any favorite recipes out there? Thanks.
>>> Tasty! (I love fried catfish, but refuse to buy farmed fish of any
>>> kind, so I wait for fresh.)
>>>
>>> N.
>>>
>>> You're lucky you can find fresh catfish. Where I live (even when I
>>> was back in TN) there was no "fresh" catfish. They don't fish the
>>> Mississippi river or it's tributaries anymore due to pollution. All
>>> that was available was flash frozen fish. Not that there's anything
>>> wrong with it if you're land-locked Here in SC I can get lots of
>>> fresh shrimp (in season), sometimes fresh blue crab (in season), but
>>> not a lot of fish (sal****er or otherwise). I like catfish. But I
>>> prefer cod for a fish fry
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> I wait for huntin'-fishin' fool of a son to bring them to me.
>> Seasonally, of course ;-)
>>
>> N.
>
> That must be nice! But I don't have anyone to do that for
> me. Sigh! I'm not much of a fisherperson myself. If I don't
> catch something almost as soon as I throw my line in the water
> I get bored.
>
> But back when I was a kid I used to love to go fishing with my
> grandfather. We'd go to a lake for summer vacation and he and
> I and my sister would get up at 4am and go out in the rowboat
> and fish. We caught sunfish, bluegills, and catfish.
>
> When we got back to the cabin we would clean them and the way
> my grandfather did the catfish was to cut through the skin all
> the way around the body just under the head. Then he would
> nail the head to a tree and grab the skin on either side with
> pliers and pull it down and off (like taking off knee socks ;-)).
>
> My grandmother would be up by then and we'd take all the fish
> and fry them up for breakfast. She just "breaded" them with
> cornmeal. Best breakfasts I ever had.
>
> Nowadays I'm more squeamish about things like killing things,
> even fish - even worms! So I don't really want to fish unless
> there's someone else there to do the dirty work. Once they're
> dead I'm good. ;-)
>
> So, I'm quite happy to buy farmed catfish these days. Yum!
>
> Kate


Kate,

What a great story!

No matter what! Thanks!

Best,

Andy