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Fried Whole Catfish
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01/26/21 07:20 PM
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Longeye
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Not to piggy back off of June's last thread, but I live in the Little Elm area and have been looking for a while for a place that has whole fried catfish and I can't find anything around here. Does someone around here know of a hideaway place that may be around? I guess if worst comes to worst, I can go and catch some and do it myself but I was really wanting a sit down joint to enjoy.
On a side note, for you folks that do like to go and eat fried catfish fillets, I would highly recommend asking the manager where they get their catfish from (and they have to tell you). There was a good show on tv about this a while back that I watched and it damn near made me sick looking at it. There are these "synthetic" catfish farms in Thailand and Vietnam where they raise literally millions of these catfish and are sold in many many restaurants all over the world, and yes, the good ol USA is one of them. You can look this up on the internet and they have a name for them but I can't remember it (I think it is called SWAI or something like that). If you seen this, I guarantee you wouldn't be eating none of it. I've seen the damn boxes first hand in a little sit down bar in The Colony, TX (next to Little Elm).. If it comes frozen in a box from Asia, that's it..
Sorry for the long read guys/gals
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Re: Fried Whole Catfish
[Re: Longeye]
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01/26/21 07:24 PM
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Derek ๐
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Make the trip down here and go to Catfish Corner in Seven Points. Then go walk around the Walmart in Gun Barrel City.
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Re: Fried Whole Catfish
[Re: Longeye]
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01/26/21 07:48 PM
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Mo
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My stepson goes to someplace near Jefferson. Says they have the best whole catfish in the state,
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Re: Fried Whole Catfish
[Re: Longeye]
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01/26/21 08:16 PM
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HasBen
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Big Pines Lodge at Caddo Lake has whole catfish. I believe they have an all you can eat dinner if you are really hungry.
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Re: Fried Whole Catfish
[Re: Longeye]
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01/26/21 08:23 PM
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outfishdya
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all of these are 2 hours plus away from him
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Re: Fried Whole Catfish
[Re: Longeye]
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01/26/21 08:25 PM
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outfishdya
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Frilly s in Denton is great cajun catfish. I think you can get to 380 pretty quick
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Re: Fried Whole Catfish
[Re: Longeye]
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01/26/21 08:35 PM
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Derek is spot on. Especially the Wal Mart experience at Gun Barrel City.
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Re: Fried Whole Catfish
[Re: Longeye]
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01/26/21 08:44 PM
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TR176
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Not to piggy back off of June's last thread, but I live in the Little Elm area and have been looking for a while for a place that has whole fried catfish and I can't find anything around here. Does someone around here know of a hideaway place that may be around? I guess if worst comes to worst, I can go and catch some and do it myself but I was really wanting a sit down joint to enjoy.
On a side note, for you folks that do like to go and eat fried catfish fillets, I would highly recommend asking the manager where they get their catfish from (and they have to tell you). There was a good show on tv about this a while back that I watched and it damn near made me sick looking at it. There are these "synthetic" catfish farms in Thailand and Vietnam where they raise literally millions of these catfish and are sold in many many restaurants all over the world, and yes, the good ol USA is one of them. You can look this up on the internet and they have a name for them but I can't remember it (I think it is called SWAI or something like that). If you seen this, I guarantee you wouldn't be eating none of it. I've seen the damn boxes first hand in a little sit down bar in The Colony, TX (next to Little Elm).. If it comes frozen in a box from Asia, that's it..
Sorry for the long read guys/gals
I think they should have to tell you upfront if it is Basa and profoundly display it if is catfish from all those farms in the Mississippi Delta.
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Re: Fried Whole Catfish
[Re: Longeye]
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01/26/21 08:44 PM
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TexDawg
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Why a whole catfish? Do you get the head and eyes and stuff?
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Re: Fried Whole Catfish
[Re: TexDawg]
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01/26/21 08:51 PM
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Sawhorse
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Why a whole catfish? Do you get the head and eyes and stuff? Itโs all edible.
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Re: Fried Whole Catfish
[Re: TexDawg]
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01/26/21 08:55 PM
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TR176
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[align:right][/align] Why a whole catfish? Do you get the head and eyes and stuff? Headed, gutted, skinned, fried with bone in. There are however some Thai restaurants that gut only and fry with head and skin on.
Last edited by TR176; 01/26/21 08:55 PM.
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Re: Fried Whole Catfish
[Re: TexDawg]
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01/27/21 12:26 AM
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Longeye
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Why a whole catfish? Do you get the head and eyes and stuff? Ha ha, no, I like to eat it off the bone and you can do that pretty easy on catfish.
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Re: Fried Whole Catfish
[Re: Longeye]
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01/27/21 12:38 AM
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Trickster
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That's how my dad and friends did it. It was awesome.
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Re: Fried Whole Catfish
[Re: Longeye]
#13862602
01/27/21 12:43 AM
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fish4bass
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I was raised on catching brim from our cattle tanks. Cut the head off.... gut and scale. Old timers would eat them bones and all. Worked my away around whole fried fish many times.
And I know who "Jeff" is.
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Re: Fried Whole Catfish
[Re: Longeye]
#13862603
01/27/21 12:43 AM
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LoneStarSon
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Catfish Sam's in Arlington on Division still offers the catfish you seek; it is US farm raised. https://catfishsams.com/
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