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Skriven 2007-10-10 00:02:20 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Dave Drum
Ärende: BIG CATFISHIES 71009
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 -=> Quoting Dave Drum to Glen Jamieson <=-

 GJ> ML> interesting... i've really only ever known it to be done with
 GJ> ML> catfish... there's been some really large ones caught by this
 GJ> ML> method, too... some of them have been so large that they have
 GJ> ML> taken four or five large fellows to hold them up out of the
 GJ> ML> water for the camera...
 
 GJ>Man, that is some catfish!  I didn't know they grew that big.  What
 GJ>would it be like to eat?  Better or worse than the littlies?
 GJ>(Remembering that the large barramundi have a lot more flavour then
 GJ>small ones.)

 DD> A friend of mine had a neighbour who "hogged" a huge catfish from the 
 DD> tail race waters of our local municipal lake. When he brought it home
 DD> in  his raised suspension 4-Wheel Drive Macho Special Pickup Truck he
 DD> was  standing in the bed with the fish's head above his head and the
 DD> tail  dragged the ground.

If I didn't know and trust you, I would have suspected that you were
trying to put a "tall one" over me, but of course you would never take
such an advantage of an innocent Antipodean!   I am curious, however,
as to how your friend extracted such a monster from its watery habitat,
and his arm from its gullet.

 DD> I ate from a sample he shared around the neighbourhood - and it was 
 DD> mushy and pretty flavourless.

 DD> According to him, he was feeling around near some rocks to locate 
 DD> average size catfish - when he discovered that he had put his hand and
 DD> arm (up to the shoulder) into the catfish's mouth. He pretty much had
 DD> no  choice but to pull that bad boy out the water since it had a firm
 DD> hold  on his upper arm and wouldn't let go.   Bv)=

From my limited experience of somewhat smaller catfish, I thought they
didn't have much in the way of teeth, but were basically suckers - also.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Octopus With Lemon And Garlic
 Categories: Spanish, Appetisers, Seafood, Tapas, A641.594
      Yield: 9 servings
 
      5 kg Octopus
    500 ml Olive oil; approx
     60 ml Lemon juice
      2    Garlic cloves; crushed
           2 TB red wine vinegar
      2 sm Fresh red chillies; chopped
      1 ts Sugar
    1/2 ts Cracked black pepper
    125 ml Olive oil; extra
    1/4 c  Chopped fresh oregano
           -leaves
 
  1. Remove head, beak and skin from the octopus.
  
  2. Press octopus firmly into medium pan; it must be a tight fit. Pour
  in enough oil to barely cover octopus.
  
  3. Cover pan with inverted lid, weigh down with a brick or can.
  Simmer, about 1 1/4 hours or until octopus is tender. Drain octopus;
  discard oil.
  
  4. Remove sinew and suckers from octopus by running hand along
  tentacles; cut octopus into 5mm slices.
  
  5. Place octopus in large bowl, pour over combined remaining
  ingredients. Cover, refrigerate 3 hours or overnight. Serves 8 to 10.
  
  Can be made a day ahead. Storage: Covered, in refrigerator. Freeze:
  Not suitable. Microwave: Not suitable.
  
  From: EASY SPANISH-STYLE COOKERY By: AUSTRALIAN WOMAN'S WEEKLY ISBN 1
  86396 054 6 Scanned by: KEVIN JCJD SYMONS - 31st JANUARY 2005
 
MMMMM
 

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