10-24-2024, 02:40 PM
(10-24-2024, 01:07 PM)Jig-fisher Wrote: That is a good report and a great recipe. That tempura batter recipe is nearly the exact one that I use. It is my family's favorite and the last cats I caught were prepared the same way. But we used them for crispy fish tacos. I thought I cooked way too much, but everyone just kept taking an extra piece of fish here and there. In the end there wasn't much left over at all.
Good story. Reminds me of the first time I did a family fish fry for a large group of fambly members in Idaho. When the arrivals asked "what kind of fish"...and I said catfish...they began making excuses for not eating any. Some said they had already eaten...but had showed up to be sociable. Others said they only ate trout (remember, this is Idaho). But I started cooking my way through a large bowl of catfish fillets and the wondrous smells filled the small meeting hall they had reserved for us. One by one, hesitant folks discreetly wandered by and "sneaked a piece" to try. Then they brought their plates and took several cooked fillets. At the end of the evening some were even nibbling on the cooling leftovers...or asked if it was okay to take some home. Bottom line: every piece of fish was eaten and there were a lot of folks who enthusiastically admitted they liked catfish better than trout.