as to basa fillets being an alternative to catfish WRONG WRONG WRONG!!!!!! basa is catfish imported from vietnam where it is grown in ponds as part of a biological sewerage treatment system. I would'nt even feed it to cats and I hate cats
as to basa fillets being an alternative to catfish WRONG WRONG WRONG!!!!!! basa is catfish imported from vietnam where it is grown in ponds as part of a biological sewerage treatment system. I would'nt even feed it to cats and I hate cats
Ah, your a bunch of skirts.
We eat them and they're good.
At first it was feed them to the sea-eagles but one day when that's all we caught we thought mmmmm bugger it we'll try them.
We had some fish from the day before so we filleted them etc etc and cooked them with some other mixed grillers we caught and tried them on my brother as he wasn't there for the fishing/cleaning etc and didn't know any better.
He didn't die or complain so we got stuck into them.
As mentioned before kill quick (knife through noggin' or the trusty donger across the forehead does the job good), chill and then fillet/skin in one operation bung in the fridge until tea time then dip in what-ever, flour and some bread crumbs, in the pan with some butter and then down the gob. Done and thanks very much for coming
Try them next time...be a man
I intend on living for-ever....so far so good
Ah Big Moose my ironic post was wasted on you my friend ,Originally Posted by big moose
For i would not eat Bassa , I& J fishfingers or for that matter KFC.
Ian
Alcohol doesn't agree with me, but i sure do enjoy the argument!!!
I have eaten them before and the only reason i dont keep them now is because they are slimey pains in the arse. Try asian recipes that include ingredients like ginger, garlic, chilli, coconut cream etc. Something like a stir fried seafood, asian fish curry etc.
Scott
hi...interesting assortment of comments. I have knocked the sides off the large gulf catfish and sliced fillets off the skin.. Cook up well, if not fried todeath. They are hard to handle/kill/clean etc. would never bother to skin before filleting...would not bother with little ones. good cut bait for black jew... No catfish gets into my boat with its spines intact (side -cutters)...cheers john
Worked with a Hungarian lady who would not eat prawns, crabs and Moreton Bay bugs .... WHY??? .... She considered them cockroaches of the sea. Ironical!
I tried a couple of catfish to eat 40 years ago. The last one I caught to eat was the last one I will ever touch apart from using them as bait for crabs. When I gutted the cattie, it had a used condom inside it. There were lots of wormy/grubs in the tissue and it was instantly chucked. I was in the USA for almost 7 years and they couldn't understand why I refused to eat catfish even when it was farm raised.
If you really want to "use" a catfish, try and catch one at least 600mm long. Cut the head off at the dorsal spine and toss the body away. Gently simmer the head 'till all the flesh comes off and then wash it well with a good jet from a normal hose. Dry the skull out and you will have an astonishing example of a bone "crucfix" that has a single bone inside it that rattles. It's a very interesting conversation piece. But me eat a cattie? No way!!! YUCK-YUCK-YUCK!!!
Eagle
If you are from Brisbane, a Thai/Lao restaraunt in the Valley (Thai Wi Rat) does a couple of Catfish dishes which are excellent. They are a south Thai/Laos delicacy. Probably my all time favorite Restaraunt.
The recipe for cajun catfish has them soaking in milk for 20 minutes before cooking. I picked up a few the other night and thougt I'd try them done cajun style. They werent too bad. I soaked them in brine for a while then in milk. like fresh water barra always better cooked in small pieces. recipe also reckoned to cut in 2" (50mm ) squares.
Frames then used in the crab pots and picked up a few crabs. Crabs seemed to prefer the catty frames over reef fish frames
THE POOR MAN ALWAYS PAYS TWICE
G'dayWorked with a Hungarian lady who would not eat prawns, crabs and Moreton Bay bugs .... WHY??? .... She considered them cockroaches of the sea. Ironical!
That's funny, I send sand crabs and mud crabs down to my friends mum (all hungarian) and they cannot get enough!
Gotta love cultures!
Dave
cats are best smoked imo
A lot of the catfish mentioned in recipes are Fork Tailed (freshwater) Catfish. they are quite different (better tasting) than our common catfish.
I think you will find the fork tailed cat fish(s) are quite happy to live in a broad range of water conditions from fully salt to fully fresh.
The eel tailed catfish on the other hand are a fresh water spicies..
cheers
Its the details, those little details, that make the difference.
Yeah the eel tail is the one in freshwater which tastes ok as far as freshwater fish are concerned.. They call em jewfish where i was from.. Fork tail are found in both salt and fresh can't comment on their eating qualities but after reading this thread i'm determined to give one a go.. Cheers Sean
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