All About Pocket Knives

That’s the second meal of the day for those if y’all who “ain’t from round here”. After Sunday meeting, this is what we feasted on. Fried catfish, fries, fried okra, slaw, and hush puppies. Mmmmmmmhmmmm. Most places in our fair land have their culinary specialties. Here, catfish and country ham are our two big ones. Do y’all like fried catfish?

I'm not that far yet. Chicken going on the grill now. 2 shoulders and a loin going on the smoker.
Bill

Cuz, every thing on that plate looks larapin good, except for the fish. I'm just not much on fish.

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 7:14 pm Cuz, every thing on that plate looks larapin good, except for the fish. I'm just not much on fish.

I knew you wouldn’t go for it. lol. But it did come from that little restaurant we ate at when you came down.

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 7:16 pm

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 7:14 pm Cuz, every thing on that plate looks larapin good, except for the fish. I'm just not much on fish.

I knew you wouldn’t go for it. lol. But it did come from that little restaurant we ate at when you came down.

I don't recall what I had there (or what I had yesterday) but I do recall it was "slap your mammy" good.

thankgod4rkids wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 6:56 pm I'm not that far yet. Chicken going on the grill now. 2 shoulders and a loin going on the smoker.
Bill

Sounds good Bill.

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 7:21 pm

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 7:16 pm

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 7:14 pm Cuz, every thing on that plate looks larapin good, except for the fish. I'm just not much on fish.

I knew you wouldn’t go for it. lol. But it did come from that little restaurant we ate at when you came down.

I don't recall what I had there (or what I had yesterday) but I do recall it was "slap your mammy" good.

Probably the chicken strips. Best I remember cousin Lavern and I had the chicken livers. I love them livers too.

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 7:23 pm

jerryd6818 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 7:21 pm

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 7:16 pm

I knew you wouldn’t go for it. lol. But it did come from that little restaurant we ate at when you came down.

I don't recall what I had there (or what I had yesterday) but I do recall it was "slap your mammy" good.

Probably the chicken strips. Best I remember cousin Lavern and I had the chicken livers. I love them livers too.

Could be. I'm kinda partial to liver & gizzards too, especially gizzards.

Looks good to me Wade! Fried catfish is very popular in these parts also. In fact there are several restaurants within less than an hour drive from our place, which all claim to be the best. All have their proponents and you can get some lively discussions between folks debating the merits of each. The fact is, they’re all good!

Gotta have some red sauce, sliced sweet onions, hush puppies, and some green tomato relish to go along with the catfish, slaw, French fries, fried okra, and pinto beans.

Ken

We have a place in Middle Tennessee called Slick Pig.... the BBQ is great but on Wednesday night they have AYCE catfish and all the trimmings!! My favorite meal at Slick Pig.

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 6:28 pmDo y’all like fried catfish?

Yes. I'm hoping that a main course for my Sunday dinner will soon be yellow perch, too.

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 6:28 pm That’s the second meal of the day for those if y’all who “ain’t from round here”. After Sunday meeting, this is what we feasted on. Fried catfish, fries, fried okra, slaw, and hush puppies. Mmmmmmmhmmmm. Most places in our fair land have their culinary specialties. Here, catfish and country ham are our two big ones. Do y’all like fried catfish?

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I've been on a diet for 2 weeks
This looks amazing!!

Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 7:52 pm Looks good to me Wade! Fried catfish is very popular in these parts also. In fact there are several restaurants within less than an hour drive from our place, which all claim to be the best. All have their proponents and you can get some lively discussions between folks debating the merits of each. The fact is, they’re all good!

Gotta have some red sauce, sliced sweet onions, hush puppies, and some green tomato relish to go along with the catfish, slaw, French fries, fried okra, and pinto beans.

Ken

Ken that sounds a lot like how we eat catfish too. I love me some pinto beans and green tomato ketchup! But I’m curious about the red sauce. Is that like chili sauce from south of the border?

Our cat fish up here is Hornpout deep fried with fried Maine potato puffs Yours looks good Colonel

Wade, red sauce is ketchup and horseradish, with a dash of Worcestershire and a dash of tobasco. The base is ketchup. Then you add the other ingredients to taste. A generic red sauce in most restaurants is bland .mostly ketchup with a little horseradish) but they usually have the other stuff on the table so you can add it as you like.

Ken

My wife made pinto beans, cornbread, and boiled new potatoes. She mixed a can of corn into the cornbread. And she adds a lot of butter and seasoned salt to the boiled taters.

Had some cornbread and buttermilk mixed up for dessert. My belly is full.

Mumbleypeg wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 11:47 pm Wade, red sauce is ketchup and horseradish, with a dash of Worcestershire and a dash of tobasco. The base is ketchup. Then you add the other ingredients to taste. A generic red sauce in most restaurants is bland .mostly ketchup with a little horseradish) but they usually have the other stuff on the table so you can add it as you like.

Ken

Ken that sounds delicious! I LOVE horseradish!

I’ve always been a fan of ketchup on my fried fish, but that concoctions sounds even better.

Unk wrote: ↑Mon Apr 19, 2021 12:33 am My wife made pinto beans, cornbread, and boiled new potatoes. She mixed a can of corn into the cornbread. And she adds a lot of butter and seasoned salt to the boiled taters.

Had some cornbread and buttermilk mixed up for dessert. My belly is full.

Mike that sounds great. I love cornbread. And I especially like cornbread and milk, sweet or buttermilk either one. But buttermilk is a mite better.

garddogg56 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 10:48 pm Our cat fish up here is Hornpout deep fried with fried Maine potato puffs Yours looks good Colonel

I’ve never seen a hornpout, but if it’s anything like a blue, channel, or flathead I bet it’s good.

My grandma, aunts, and momma would fry fish and make slaw, fried potatoes, and either hoecakes or hushpuppies. In the spring we’d have green onions alone with it too. Fine fine eating.

Dan In MI wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 8:51 pm [quote=Colonel26 post_id=915218 time=<a href="tel:1618770528">1618770528</a> user_id=14441]Do y’all like fried catfish?

Yes. I'm hoping that a main course for my Sunday dinner will soon be yellow perch, too.
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That sounds great!!!

edge213 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 8:58 pm [quote=Colonel26 post_id=915218 time=<a href="tel:1618770528">1618770528</a> user_id=14441]
That’s the second meal of the day for those if y’all who “ain’t from round here”. After Sunday meeting, this is what we feasted on. Fried catfish, fries, fried okra, slaw, and hush puppies. Mmmmmmmhmmmm. Most places in our fair land have their culinary specialties. Here, catfish and country ham are our two big ones. Do y’all like fried catfish?

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I've been on a diet for 2 weeks
This looks amazing!!
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Bless your heart. I’ll finish up te left overs so they don’t tempt you.

I have never had catfish and i have never seen it on a restaurant menu.
Is catfish like a sucker, rather oily flesh ?
kj

kootenay joe wrote: ↑Mon Apr 19, 2021 1:36 am Is catfish like a sucker, rather oily flesh ?

I've never found it to be obnoxiously oily. However, it does have a very strong "fishy" taste.

Dang, Wade. Now I'm going to have to have some catfish tomorrow.

KJ, Catfish are bottom feeders, but not suckers. Their flesh is light and tender - not oily. It is delicious fried or blackened.

We had a Cajun restaurant (Babin's) we ate at down in Houston every week or two. We always had two blackened catfish fillets, over dirty rice, covered in a lemon butter cream sauce with capers and crawfish. And then bread pudding covered in Bananas Foster for dessert.

Bread Pudding!!! Mmmmm, daddy like. I make a kick butt bread pudding.

Unk wrote: ↑Mon Apr 19, 2021 2:12 am
KJ, Catfish are bottom feeders,

Catfish will actually rise to a fly.

Anybody here ever telephone for catfish? Ya take an old wall mounted crank phone and connect a couple of wires to it and throw the leads over opposite sides of the (wooden) boat. One to the positive and the other to the negative. Then someone sits there and cranks that phone like they're calling someone (Hey Mable!!!) and someone else dips them catfish up with a dip net as they roll to the top of the water. Some are too big and they will just lay down on the bottom and stir up the mud. If the game warden comes along, Pitch that phone over the side and get rid of it 'cause telephoning cat fish is against the law. Or at least it is/was in Illinois in the 50's.