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On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:49:10 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

> sf wrote:
>
> >> Also I think, it's a fresh water fish!!!

> >
> > That certainly explains why I think it tastes bland. I didn't like
> > fish until I tasted salt water fish. Salt water fish also have
> > thicker fillets (in general)... unless it's a catfish - I *do* like
> > catfish. It's probably my favorite freshwater fish.

>
> You like tilapia better than you like trout? (I guess you've never had trout
> the way *I* make it!)
>

LOL! True. Trout isn't one of my favorites. Hubby used to love
trout, and ordered it all the time when he saw it on a menu but I
don't see it on menus or in the grocery stores anymore.

> I think I even like catfish better than I like
> tilapia, but my favorite freshwater "fish" are crawfish and freshwater eel.
> Sturgeon is being farmed in fresh water now, but also can have a muddy
> taste.


Honestly, catfish are my favorite freshwater fish and I like - tilapia
too (only because I've decided they're okay in tacos). I don't have a
problem with salt water fish. I even eat shark.

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