posted 8 hours ago
This is a conversation John (my hubby) and I have had quite a few times. He could never understand how I could love catfish. So, I asked what was it he didn't like about it, and he said it always tasted like dirt or dirty river water. Well, YUCK! No wonder he didn't like it. So, I told him that was not what it was supposed to taste like, and asked where he had eaten it - a few restaurants. So, I made him some, the way my grandmas and mom always made it for our families, and that I've always made it - complete with cole slaw, hush puppies, thick sliced tomatoes (fresh from the garden), 'fried taters', and buttery corn on the cob. Now, he understands why I love it, and have used catfish as my litmus test for southern style cooking & at restaurants.
"The only thing...more expensive than education is ignorance."~Ben Franklin. "We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." ~ Plato