Nancy1 wrote:
> Roberta wrote:
>
>
>>I have to disagree about catfish :P The stuff my nephew catches in
>>South Carolina tastes like mud *blech*. Part of it may be a mental thing
>>- I grew up in Michigan, knew a lot of people that fished - I didn't
>>know anyone that would eat catfish. It was a "trash" fish and got
>>thrown back. I haven't had farm raised - that may be better. (apparently
>
>
> Are you sure about that? I don't know anyone who considers a
> perfect-size catfish "trash." And farmed is worse because of the
> farming conditions. Fresh-water catfish from an unpolluted river
> shouldn't taste muddy or fishy at all - it's great.
>


I am - I searched the internet and couldn't find anything that says it's
common practice but really, I didn't know ANYONE that at Catfish until I
married my husband and moved to the south...

I did find an interesting article about certain fish in the great lakes
that are considered too dangerous to eat do to the high PCB
levels...Catfish is one of them. Maybe that is why noone I knew eats it lol

http://www.idph.state.il.us/public/press97/fish97.htm

(the article is from IL - but involves Great Lake fish)

I have had Southern Catfish (from Georgia and South Carolina) I really
don't like it :P To be fair - I am not a HUGE fan of fish in general.

Roberta (in VA)