Comments on: Fried Catfish

By: Betty Grubbs

Betty Grubbs — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:47:08 +0000

This is an add on to my earlier comment. I also was taught not to drink milk and eat fish and I would never drink the milk on Friday when we had fish in the school cafeteria.

By: Betty Grubbs

Betty Grubbs — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:45:38 +0000

Just found this site and enjoying it so much. I grew up on the banks of Red River in Miller County, Arkansas and nothing is better than fried catfish in a cast iron skillet with french fries, hushpuppies, cole slaw and a big ole glass of ice tea. Now this is good food.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 01:27:43 +0000

I want to add that the cost of the cornmeal at their link is a lot more than what we pay for in the store (Piggly Wiggly).

By: Wendy

Wendy — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 01:25:29 +0000

I was raised in the Florida Panhandle and to me there isn’t much better than Catfish. Granted, we got ours from the rivers that flow all over our area. The secret to a good fried catfish, like any other food, is how it’s seasoned and prepared. Like the someone else posted, fish should be fried. Growing up, we always had fish fries complete with french fries, cheese grits, coleslaw (or salad) and hush puppies. To me, catfish tastes clean; mullet fish has a murky taste.

We have always used Hoover cornmeal (made in Bonifay, FL). It is, without a doubt, the best cornmeal ever. I live in WA state for now (military) and my Mama shipped me 2 bags of Hoover cornmeal recently. She did the same thing when we lived overseas. It makes the best cornbread fritters too.
http://www.williamsfamilyfarm.com/cornmeal&grits.htm

By: Christy Jordan

Christy Jordan — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:42:23 +0000

What a wonderful memory!! I hope you are able to make it home for a visit and are able to make even more memories!!

By: Shawna in FL

Shawna in FL — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:40:18 +0000

I know I’m late to the show here, but I couldn’t resist. I grew up in Oklahoma and every summer we had fish fries nearly every weekend. We fished for our catfish in the lakes and rivers that are dotted all over Green Country (northeast Oklahoma). Mostly the Arkansas River and Keystone Lake. You’ve just never had better tasting fish; Blues, Spoonbills, Flatheads and Channel cats. We ate them all. We either fished or noodled for them, either way they tasted great. We always served them with fried potatoes, hushpuppies, cucumbers and onions in vinegar and cole slaw.

Thanks for the memories! I must get home this summer and enjoy a good fish fry! :O)

By: Carmen

Carmen — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:23:05 +0000

the above post was meant as a reply to Donald Dean.

PS. You can also watch the Catfish episode of Good Eats on YouTube, just do a search

By: Carmen

Carmen — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:09:17 +0000

You have obviously done some research on this topic. However, there is usually two sides to every story. Alton Brown of Good Eats on the Food Network did an entire show on Farm-raised Catfish that aired last year. There is also a lot of information on Farm-raised Catfish on http://www.uscatfish.com/index.html Catfish is apparently one of the world’s top renewable food resources. This website is run by The Catfish Institute (so I’m sure they are biased), but there is information on Health & Safety and Sustainable Farming practices if anyone is interested or still unsure whether they would like to try this recipe. Also, Alabama is one of the biggest producers of catfish and is known for the “clean” fresh taste of their catfish! Go Christy! (DH is from Mobile)

By: Lora

Lora — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:47:08 +0000

Nothing better than Catfish, Hushpuppies or cornbread, slaw and pickled onions. Being blessed to live within a 30 minute drive of two of the best restaurants in Alabama for catfish, I don’t fix it at home a lot but reading this makes me want to hit the road to Riverside!!

By: Linda in Indiana

Linda in Indiana — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:26:14 +0000

Christy, you just brought back sooo many memories of our Family reunions on my Uncle Herb’s cabin . He enjoyed fishing in the White river and we had the best fried catfish! He fried his fish in a black deep kettle on top of the stove, had to have bread and milk with our fish, my mama said the same thing about the fish bones. For dessert, I was always the one child who had to sit on top the old crank ice cream maker and crank it until it became too hard for me! Good times! I just ordered your book, can’t wait to receive it. Love your site! Thanks for all your information you share, it’s lovely.