/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.12469541]

Is catfish the best tasting and least expensive fish among the sustainable fishes?

[Anonymous No.12469552]

>>12469541
All I know is I love me some fried catfish and sum mustard n biscuits mhmmmm.

[Anonymous No.12469614]

>>12469541
Yes. They often gain a reputation as "nigger fish" due to their bottom dwelling nature, the fact they can often be caught shoreside and probably their wide mouth appearance but they are great under certain conditions. First they should be 10-20lbs in size max, bigger cats tend to scavenge whatever the fuck and are less predatory. Second they are better from deeper, salty waters. Basically you don't want a fat neckbeard fish thats been wallowing in 3ft of water eating mud and decaying crap.

[Anonymous No.12469786]

Yes catfish farm raised in the US is fine.

Dont buy Tilapia otr that Viet stuff. You are eating their sewet cleaning animals. Enjoy your heavy metals too.

[Anonymous No.12469862]

>>12469541
Its okay

[Anonymous No.12470048]

Just moved to TN and had catfish for the first time

Absolutely great

[Anonymous No.12470107]

>>12469552
Hoo boy, dat ere catfish! Dat's some mighty fine eats down hyar in da soufth.

[Anonymous No.12471437]

>>12469541
I enjoy the taste of catfish but don't buy it often.

[Anonymous No.12471441]

>>12470048

IPS master race

[Anonymous No.12471461]

>>12469541
/deenz/ boys get in here right now

[Anonymous No.12471468]

>>12469541
Channel cat isn't really worth a shit, but blues and flatheads are excellent eating. Tbh I'd rather eat a walleye or crappy.

[Anonymous No.12471512]

>>12470107
thats enough.

[Anonymous No.12471561]

>>12471512
Says who

[Anonymous No.12471599]

>>12469541
Yes, and they'll stay that way as long as nobody blogs about it. Nothing's sacred when it comes to selling "trendy" shit at twelve times its original price.
t. bitter, bitter offalfag

[Anonymous No.12472688]

>>12471599
i think this one will remain safe. zoomers and hipsters generally are of the mindset "ewwww fish smelly gross!" and since its traditionally deep fried it won't become some fitness trend either

[Anonymous No.12472701]

>>12471461
Get some of that mustard sauce and I'm in

[Anonymous No.12472859]

>>12469541
catfish is disgusting

[Anonymous No.12472864]

>>12469541
Depends on where you live. River striper and ocean rockfish are both very good. Steelhead is also good and so is trout. Bacalhau is fucking dank but I don't know much about cod populations.

[Anonymous No.12472868]

>>12469541

[Anonymous No.12473003]

>tfw you have to poison innocent people with swai every day at work

[Anonymous No.12473201]

>>12469541
for me it's pangasius

[Anonymous No.12473211]

>>12469541
Are you really tasting the catfish or just the deep fried and heavily seasoned catfish.

[Anonymous No.12473247]

>>12469541
STEP ASIDE FOR CARP. Cheap as shit here and also an invasive species so you're doing good for the environment by eating them.

[Anonymous No.12473259]

Stuffed flatfish is an equally cheap, great dish depending on your geographic location.

[Anonymous No.12473277]

>>12473247
Great high energy breakfast in congee with some scallions

[Anonymous No.12473283]

>>12473277
Fried and serve with fries.

[Anonymous No.12473290]

>>12473283
Red braise with tofu. Carp flesh is tender and soft, also soaks up flavors well.

[Anonymous No.12473292]

For me it's Herring?

[Anonymous No.12473299]

>>12471468
Channels are fine they're actually closely related to Blues but just don't get as big.

[Anonymous No.12473302]

>>12473290
Steam it for extreme tenderness.

[Anonymous No.12473305]

>>12473290
please tell me more about this

[Anonymous No.12473308]

>>12473302
Delicious carp

[Anonymous No.12473321]

>>12469541
>best tasting
No.
>least expensive
Maybe.

[Anonymous No.12473337]

>>12473277
>sliced-carp-fish-congee.jpg
The only thing I hate is that it usually has very tiny bone fragments in it. Not a ideal breakfast to me.

[Anonymous No.12473355]

>>12473305
>The basic red braise base is soy sauce, Chinese rice wine (Shaoxing wine, huangjiu etc.) and rock sugar. Five-spice powder are crucial elements in these dishes but are used in moderation so that their flavors do not overwhelm the main ingredients. Soy sauce (usually a mix of light and dark soy sauce), fermented bean paste, red fermented tofu or rock sugar is commonly used to give an appetising flavor and reddish brown hue to the items being cooked.
You use it to cook meats, for fish you go even lighter on the five-spice and add more ginger and scallions.

[Anonymous No.12473365]

>>12471512
It's never enough.

[Anonymous No.12473373]

>>12473337
Yeah carp is one of the bonier fish but the flesh is so soft you barely need to chew it so it's really easy to feel for the bones imo

Carp is also popular in Eastern/Central Europe.

[Anonymous No.12473378]

>>12469541
catfish tastes muddy to me, and salmon is great for you

[Anonymous No.12473382]

>>12473247
Carp is insanely underrated in the states. Whenever I suggest eating one everyone turns up their nose. You just put them in clean water for at least 24 hours before cleaning and cooking and it gets rid of any real funk

[Anonymous No.12473408]

>>12473292
Well is it or isn't it?

[Anonymous No.12473439]

>>12473382
Yeah, they're very easy to clean and if you fishes more than you can eat in one go you can keep them alive in a big tub with goldfish pellets.

Japanese nimono style koi, like red braising but with more sugar and no five-spice or fermented tofu/bean paste. Miso ni has fermented bean paste.

[Anonymous No.12473454]

>>12473439
Yamagata also has specialty which is like nimono but you use slices of the whole carp, guts and all. I imagine it only tastes good with carp especially raised for this purpose. The roe is a highlight here.

[Anonymous No.12473487]

>>12473454
You can make great Korean Maeun Tang with carp too

[Anonymous No.12473493]

>>12473487
But for me, it's the sweet and sour deep fried carp.

[Anonymous No.12473501]

Catfish is gross. Bottom feeder, tastes like shit

[Anonymous No.12473513]

>>12473493
And my favourite rendition of that is 'squirrel fish' where they cut the carp to look like a pine cone and drizzle with sweet and sour sauce and pine nuts.

[Anonymous No.12473527]

>>12473513
Pretty gud bros.

[Anonymous No.12473529]

>>12473527
Home cooking rendition

[Anonymous No.12473531]

>>12473382
You could also leave it in milk or wine raw onions to get rid of the funkiness. The only shitty thing about carp is the amount of bones it has. But luckily the meat is a sponge for flavor

[Anonymous No.12473541]

>>12473531
This. But I feel it's worth it for how easy they are to catch and how cheap they are, especially given their taste.

[Anonymous No.12473546]

>>12469541
WHAT'S THE GREEN !!

[Anonymous No.12473587]

>>12473546
Weed

[Anonymous No.12473632]

>>12473373
Given how hunchbacked that thing looks, I'd say it's a bronze bream, not a carp.

[Anonymous No.12473796]

>>12471468
>I'd rather eat a walleye
You and anybody else that's had a walleye.
>I'd rather eat a Ribeye Steak than a bean burger
Catfish is good but c'mon.

[Anonymous No.12473823]

>>12473546
kiwi

[Anonymous No.12474299]

>>12472688
Are you stupid? Do you not see how obsessed with sushi zoomers and hipsters are?

[Anonymous No.12474312]

>>12473302
That's not a carp, faggot

[Anonymous No.12474355]

>>12469541

but it tastes like dirt

[quiche !!T2UdrWkLSWB No.12474397]

>>12469541
Mackerel or Carp by far for me
as for seafood generally - whelks and cockles

[Anonymous No.12474413]

>>12474299
Are you stupid? No one eats fucking catfish sushi.

[Anonymous No.12474421]

>>12474413
You are so retarded that it hurts. The post I was replying said zoomers and hipsters don't like fish because it's slimy. It didn't say catfish. Holy shit just kill yourself already

[afatoldman No.12474861]

[afatoldman No.12474866]

Fuck, now I want a Hot Fish. Fried catfish or whiting (cornmeal crust), white bread, hot sauce, mustard raw onion, and pickle.

[Anonymous No.12474868]

>>12474413
>He's never had catfish sushi

[Anonymous No.12475228]

Told my GF to buy some bads and she came back with fucking basa caught in Vietnam and I hit her with them imagine willingly ingesting sewage eating bottom feeders

[Anonymous No.12475236]

>>12475228
Bass*

[Anonymous No.12475536]

For me, it’s Chilean sea bass

[Anonymous No.12475634]

>>12471441
Wtf is IPS