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it's so sad that most of our farmed fish taste like muddy, murkey water. i used to like tilapia -- and then it started tasting like how my fishtank smelled when it needed a cleaning.

i used to love catfish but quite frankly, i'm afraid to eat most fish. i do buy line caught salmon which is fresh frozen at the health food store.... and domestic shrimp. (gulf coast) the stuff coming from vietnam and china has been raised in toxic waters..... those pre-cleaned, cooked and ready to go shrimp are such poor quality.....

i'm also worried ..... thanks for raising the point.

SHILL

I am forcing myself not to comment on the title, which cracked me up. 'nuff said.

@Perky - you mean the part about eating catfish farmers? Because no matter what the price is, I wouldn't want to do that.

@brooke & @sweetieBird ~ yes, that's exactly where my mind went when I read the topic title. I'd say I have to know more about him, for starters. ;-D

Where is izatryt when we need her???????????????

Izzzzzzyyyyyyyy, where ARE you????????????????

Catish and Kona coffee. Oh the possibilities!

maybe english is a second language here?????

Please, would you suggest some recipes for preparing catfish farmers? Would one for a used-car salesperson work?

choosing a farmer is very important., always choose one that is fully ripe but not too ripe, they should jump when pinched for tenderness. A used car dealer recipe will work but the flavor will be "off" for best results use a good full bodied red wine liberally. ;-)

Hm... Does this mean that a mature catfish farmer is best stewed? And if so, is the flavour of the finished dish adversely affected by getting the farmer stewed on something cheap, like Four Roses?

Note to self: always click on the topics with whacky and possibly boring titles.

Thanks all for the giggle!

@Cassaendra: I actually wondered what this was doing on SE at all, since it's evidently an unsolicited (and spectacularly ill-written) advert. I'm guessing it'll be deleted by one of the administrators, but in the meantime, it seems fair game for a bit of a giggle :D

I wonder what would accompany catfish farmer best - tartar sauce or whipped cream (unsweetened) with chives and dill, and a squeeze (oooohhhhh) of lemon?

I'm thinking that with something this gamey, something more aggressive would be in order; I'm thinking chocolate/star anise/garlic/Captain Morgan.

Which reminds me of Dumas' entry (in his 'Dictionary of Cuisine') for coot:
'. . . . The male is better eating than the female. The female has a wild marine flavor that no seasoning can overcome. The finest cooks have been defeated in the attempt. Their best try, coot with chocolate, though a masterpiece of the art, has few admirers'.

Hell. I showed this to my boyfriend, because I thought it was pretty funny, and he said that this is probably SEO (Search Engine Optimization) spam, in which the author is attempting to increase the incidence of a brand/product name on the on search engines (SE having a fairly substantial presence, clearly). It's been fun, but I'm hoping this post will be deleted. On the up side, the more words are on this page, the lower a percentage is represented by the name being pimped... and has anybody noticed that the poster has 'favourite'd the post?!