All You Can Eat Catfish

[BOSSHOG]

I've been a good boy, lost 15 pounds in 15 months. (I have a nice slow pace.) My Wife is gonna take me to my favorite Meal as a reward. Fried Catfish filets, fried okra, mustard greens, hushpuppies and Ice Tea. Lordy, the reward program works great.

[MissMillie]

1. I made fried catfish for my son once, now he wants it all the time

I don't like to have fried food that often. I told him once a month, and it will be either chicken or catfish.

it sure is tasty.

[trueblue2007]

38. Sounds like you're a great cook. CAN I HAVE YOUR RECIPE?

WILL YOU PLEASE POST YOUR RECIPE? thanks!!! Pat

[MissMillie]

48. I just dust the filets generously

w/ Gatorbreath (cajun salt) before dusting them in flour, dipping in an egg wash, and then dusting in flour again

[IronLionZion]

2. It's important to still eat things you enjoy

because then it's like a reward and you're not punishing yourself. positive reinforcement works. Enjoy that catfish. it sure sounds delish!

[Shell Beau]

3. Can you believe this MS gal doesn't like catfish?

And I am from the delta too!! But the rest of that meal sounds yummy! Good for you for losing the 15 lbs.

[BOSSHOG]

4. I have to have the farm bred catfish

the wild stuff is just a little too wild tasting. Lord I love it but I only do it no more then three times a year and only if I have lost weight between times. My wife is a health nut and we eat very nutritiously but tastefully. We watch Paula Dean on Sunday Mornings. Just watching that show will put pounds on ya. I could very well be a vegetarian, love those greens and GLORY brand is very tasty.

I can't believe we are three inches below average for rain for the year (per the Gulfport paper.) We've gotten lots of rain so far this year.

[Shell Beau]

11. Glory is the best brand for canned veggies!!!

The rain is surely making a comeback! Yesterday here in Jackson it was NASTY! And it stormed all night! I heard we got about 5 inches yesterday. I can't believe we would be below either. It seems all it has done is rain.

[ashling]

8. I didn't know you were a Miss'ssipi gal?

I went to school there (Millsaps). My mom and my wife were from there. They both married Texas guys.

[Shell Beau]

12. Yep! Millsaps is just right down the road! When did you go there?

[ashling]

19. 1970-1975

[Shell Beau]

37. I wasn't even a twinkle in my mother's eye then!

;)

[Seeking Serenity]

40. This Arkie girl will eat her weight in catfish.

Yummy!

Shelley, how's the a.m. nausea going? Hope you're over it soon. :hug:

[Shell Beau]

41. Its going. It seems to be getting better though! I just

hope there isn't a relapse. I thought I was getting better last week and then this past weekend kicked my butt. Thanks!!! :hug:

[Seeking Serenity]

47. It will come and go. But this, too, shall pass.

I am actually nostalically envious of you.

Ah, those were the days.

[Maddy McCall]

44. Shell! What's wrong with you?

:rofl:

:hi:

[Shell Beau]

46. I know! I must be a yankee at heart!

:o No, never!!! :P


:hi:

[Bake]

5. Damn, BOSS, that's makin' me hongry!!

Mmmmmm ... fried catfish and hush puppies!!!!!

Enjoy, ya bastid!

:rofl:

Bake

[BOSSHOG]

14. Oh its gonna be good!!!

with a little tartar sauce and a little hot sauce and a little lemon juice. Butter melting on the hushpuppies, the greens piping hot. Damn its gonna be good.

[Swede]

6. I have only had catfish once,and I didn't care for it.

But I am always willing to give it another try. Might just have been the chef having a bad day.

[BOSSHOG]

10. The farm raised catfish

is the tastiest. The wild stuff is just a little too wild tasting for me.

[Parche]

7. Hey Boss

Is the 'Bud' included? :woohoo: :party: :hi:

[BOSSHOG]

13. No Beer Parche

I'm paranoid when I'm driving, but the fridge in the garage is chock full of ice cold BUD! I bet I'll grab one when we get home.

[texas1928]

9. NOW I am starving...

I hope you're happy.



Have not had fried catfish in a long time. That meal sounds awesome, but can I get corn on the cob, or some black - eyed peas in stead of mustard greens, they are not my favorite. And is the Ice Tea sweet? It has to be sweet in my book.

[BOSSHOG]

16. Yes Sir

you can. My problem at such buffets is that I like everything on them. My wife wishes I were a picky eater but I'll eat anything she cooks. I take my tea unsweetened with a little lemon juice.

[youthere]

15. Enjoy that catfish!..

I remember when I was about 15, I was visiting my oldest brother in Florida, and he took us to a place that was famous for catfish (I think it was called Johnson's catfish shack, but I could be wrong), I'd never eaten catfish before and I just loved it.
Fast forward about twenty years and my husband (who is an avid fisherman)decides to put on a catfish feed...I was so excited until I took the first bite...I HATED it. I try it everytime he catches and cooks it and I still hate it.
He's tried cooking it a lot of different ways, but I just can't seem to like it. I think it was because the stuff I ate in Florida were small, farm raised catfish, and these things my husband catches and cooks are gigantic, muddy, wild buggers.
I think I could eat my own weight in hushpuppies though.
Enjoy your feed...you've earned it!

[texas1928]

18. The bigger the wild catfish, the nastier they taste.

they are bottom feeders and eat just about anything, so they pick up stuff.


But younger, smaller catfish from the wild are really good. I loved to go fishing with my grandfather and catch channel cats, those are the best of the catfish, I have ever ate.

[flvegan]

17. Everyone deserves a cheat day!

Congrats on the weight loss!

[petronius]

20. Well, you have triggered an official 'Damn, How I Miss Louisiana' Day

here in the Petronius household. That meal sounds fantastic - enjoy every bite!

Great work with the weight loss - slow and steady and entrenching healthy habits along the way is how to do it. Congratulations!

[BOSSHOG]

24. The weight loss

has been very rewarding and I'm a very patient person in that regard. I have a goal and I'm sticking to it. And eating my favorite meal twice a year makes it better then eating it once a week.

[Rabrrrrrr]

21. OMG! Catfish and hushpuppies!!

Oh, drool drool drool.

One of my favorite meals! I also love mustard greens. I'll only eat okra if it's cooked properly, which 99% of the time it is not.\

But the rest - pure heaven!!

And congrats on your weight loss! It is a good thing, indeed!!

[BOSSHOG]

30. Thanks

very much, it is indeed rewarding to have taken it off and kept it off. I want to lose at least 15 more and I'm sticking to it. The wife doesn't fry okra, says its too messy but she makes sure I get it eating out every now and then. I love it. Lordy, I love anything edible.

[crispini]

22. Oh, yum.

Tasty!

[CottonBear]

23. Yummy! Now that's good eats! I'm hungry now!

You've gotta have tartar sauce for the catfish and ketchup for the fried okra!

My grandmother used to fry the fish we caught in the canal out back of their coastal home down in Gulf Shores, AL. We'd catch sea trout off the dock and Spanish mackerel trolling off shore in the boat. We'd catch blue crabs in the crab traps and she'd make us deviled crabs. She'd fry up hushpuppies along with the fish in the fryer in the back yard. Lots of sweet ice tea and homemade coleslaw rounded out the meal. That was the best food ever!

[texas1928]

25. KETCHUP ON OKRA?!?!

Sacrilege....



Corn meal fried okra, with a little salt, is all I need.

:P

Sounds like your grandmother was an awesome cook. I miss my granma's fried chicken, and cream peas.

[CottonBear]

28. I know it's sacrilege but it's so good! I love fried okra just plain too, of course!

Corn meal fried is the only way to make fried okra!

I like okra in gumbos and soups but boiled okra is gorss! It's so ... gooey and oozy. :(

My Nana was an awesome cook! Of course, nothing was lowfat! ;)

Your granma's fried chicken, and cream peas sound wonderful! It is a real art to make good fried chicken! Do you have her recipes?

:hi: Greetings from Athens, GA!

[texas1928]

32. No she never wrote it down.

And she never really passed it on. She was the type of cook that it was a pitch of this and a dash of that.

[BOSSHOG]

27. And don't forget the Hot Sauce

Lordy thinking of My Dearly Departed Grandmothers (both of them) kitchens is like food porn. They were freaking wizards in the kitchen. My wife is a very good cook as well, but I'm still losing weight one pound at a time. Oh yeah, I gotta have a side of cole slaw as well.

I'm sending the wife back to Kansas for a few days next week and the route home goes right through the quarter. Damn. I haven't been down there in a while. The Misses hurt her foot (while exercising) and has been lamed up a bit. But she's doing fine. I'm attempting to get ahead of my brush pile but its about a tie right now. Thank Goodness we have a very user friendly land fill up the road. Have a Great Weekend My Dear!!

[CottonBear]

35. LOL! Food porn! It's true!

Y'all have a great weekend too! I hope Mrs. B is better soon. Enjoy your catfish meal!

I'm hitting the town on Saturday night to hear my friend's band play at his CD release party!

:hi:

Shameless plug for my friend Rick Fowler with an audio link for his new album "Back on My Good Foot"!
http://www.rickfowler.com/live/

[texas1928]

26. Oh for the hushpuppies...

Try this, take some Ketchup and put about 5 - 6 dashes of tabasco on it, and a dash of worcheshire sauce, and mix it together. :9

[BOSSHOG]

29. Outstanding

We always have Tabasco and Crystal hot sauce on the kitchen table. I eat pepperoncinis like candy.

[CottonBear]

31. Quick and easy shrimp/seafood sauce:

Ingredients: real butter, ketchup and hot sauce to taste. Melt butter in suace pan, add ketchup and hot sauce and keep stirring until creamy. It's really good!

[BOSSHOG]

33. Lord you all are killing me

[Shell Beau]

34. I bet it would be good too if you added a touch of horseradish sauce.

[CottonBear]

36. That would be good! The sauce is really gourmet in flavor

and it takes just mere minutes to make! I make it right before I serve my shrimp! You always have the ingredients handy and it's so much better than most store bought seafood suaces!

Now I want fresh steamed shrimp! (A road trip to the Georgia or SC coast may be in order!)

[1gobluedem]

39. Mmmm...fried catfish sounds yummy

Now that it's Lent I keep meaning to go to one of the Friday church fish fry dinners around here. They don't have catfish (it's Michigan) but they usually have some good whitefish.

If I was in Kittery, ME, I'd make a beeline for Warren's Lobster House and their fried clams. Mmmmmmmm.....

[BOSSHOG]

42. We are pretty

fortunate here relative to seafood and fresh water catfish is a major cash crop in Mississippi. There are catfish ponds all over the state. And there's always a shrimp or catfish po-boy, Oh MY!

[Maddy McCall]

43. What time? Can I come?

We going to Middendorfs??

:hi: :loveya:

[BOSSHOG]

45. Hi ya Maddy

tomorrow evening, at a little shack off the side of the road north of Picayune. Love you too!!

[Swamp Rat]

55. Did someone say Middendorfs?

:9 :loveya:

[Midlodemocrat]

49. Pigeon Forge Tennessee boasts a Huck Finn's All you can Eat

Catfish and Vittles. After one meal there, you are ready to eat grass, you're so jonesing for a green vegetable.

[many a good man]

50. Don't shy away from the big old wild ones

They may be harder to kill but they got a world of taste. DNR says you should eat no more than one a month...dunno why?

[Shell Beau]

51. Those look all funny! You can't even see their whiskers!

[Shell Beau]

52. Here is a cool pic of some of the catfish ponds near where I grew up!

They always look neat from up above.






I am an idiot! I replied to myself instead of the OP! Duh!

[GOPisEvil]

53. Dude - one of my fondest memories is of fried catfish.

All you can eat Friday fish fries at the Pipe Creek Junction Cafe in Pipe Creek, TX. We closed the place one night and the cook emptied the fryer basket on the plate on our table. I think I rolled out of that place. Driving home was tough. Oof.

[Roon]

54. What a coincidence

I eat a cheat meal once a week and this Sunday I am going to Long John Silvers!

[BOSSHOG]

56. I do enjoy Long John's

but the closest one is 50 miles away. Actually I'm probably better off that it is not closer. Enjoy your meal.

[seemunkee]

57. Farm raised or Au Naturale

Catfish were the only fish I ate as a kid in the midwest. Can't stand the taste of farm raised, but that sounds like a damn good meal. Enjoy.