Thank goodness for hushpuppies n fries!

[1/4 stick]

As a meatcutter I should know better and should have followed my own preaching. So I owe no one blame but myself. I look in the grocery store ad and see catfish nuggets for 99 cent a pound. My experiance tells me that something is fishy, but catfish sounded good so off I went. Wasn't any in the counter, so I ask for it. He gives me a big clear bag of frozen nuggets. I can't tell you how many times I've told folks, "If the fish is frozen and at a real good, almost too good of a price... walk away."


But nope the taste of catfish was all I could think about, so I took it, fried it. I knew it had probably been frozen since the last ice age, but greed got the better of me, and it looked ok. I got to tell ya, few things taste like catfish that's been frozen way too long. There's not enough lemon, tarter sauce, hot sauce, nor cocktail sauce to burn that taste away. And I have a feeling no matter how much mouthwash, nor how many times I brush my tooth... that taste is gonna be there with a vengance sometime in the middle of my slumber.

I'm just glad I'd made plenty of home fries and hushpuppies, else I'd still be hungry.

The moral of this drawn out whine session is to warn my brethren.... "If the fish is frozen and at a real good, almost too good of a price... walk away."

Thank you for your time, and I prey I was early enough to save the lives of those that might catch the same sale. Now I'm gonna go chew on some gun powder to see if that gets rid of the taste. I just hope those knocks I got to the head in football as a child won't cause me to forget and light a smoke..

{{{BOOM!!!!}}}

[66KingFisher]

Well then I gotta ask....how long can fish stay frozen before its no longer good? We put some in the freezer last summer and have yet to use it....is that too long?

[bcklash]

Originally Posted by 66KingFisher

Well then I gotta ask....how long can fish stay frozen before its no longer good? We put some in the freezer last summer and have yet to use it....is that too long?

Send some to 1/4 stick he will taste test for ya...

[BigBassin144]

Originally Posted by 66KingFisher

Well then I gotta ask....how long can fish stay frozen before its no longer good? We put some in the freezer last summer and have yet to use it....is that too long?

Depends on how you froze it and what kind of fish. If it was crappie, throw it away... Other than that, all you can do is thaw it out and see.

If you froxze fillets in water, it should be ok, but like I said, the only way to know is thaw it out. Thaw it in cold water. If the fish is mushy or really slimy, throw it away.

If it is still good, it'll probably be a bit fishy. So, before you fry it up, soak it in milk or butter milk. that should get rid of any fishy taste.

BB

[1/4 stick]

It depends on how it's wrapped, if it's in a freezer bag 6 months to a year before it starts getting that nasty taste. I put all my meat in freezer bags, then wrap it in freezer paper and I can get about a year and a half out of it. I think the fish I got had been sitting in the warehouse freezer a couple years though. Most likely, cause this is how those pencil pushers that buy this stuff work, they got a deal for buying a mass quantity for like 50 cent a pound, forced it out to the stores a box at a time and sold half of it for the regular price of 2.99. They can only keep it a year and a half or so in their freezers and that date is coming up so they dropped it to 99 cent and idiots like me buy it up and they still make their profit.

[bamabassman]

ok...here is what we do here. we fillet the fish, take a FREEZER ZIPLOCK bag. put in the fish, cover with water, add lemon juice. shake and freeze. we ahve kept frozen fillets for OVER a year and they taste like they were caught YESTERDAY. easy to do.with ANY type of fillets. we have frozen, bass, crappie, flounder and shrimp this way. never had a problem.

[MallenManson]

Frozen catfish....Must be a southern thing lol.
And I haven't had a hush puppy since I left Florida.
They made some fine ones at Bucket's Baja Beach Club....with a side of all you can eat wings!

[1/4 stick]

Man... ya can't eat fish without hushpuppies. What's wrong with you????

[MallenManson]

Originally Posted by 1/4 stick

Man... ya can't eat fish without hushpuppies. What's wrong with you????

Don't eat much fish actually. I prefer cows and pigs. sometimes a chicken

[Bassboss]

lol! That sucks man! bad fish is so nasty... thankfully 'round here it's never really bad if it's been frozen..... thank god!! And damn, I loves me some frys and Hush puppies!

Care full with that gun power now!!!

[1/4 stick]

Originally Posted by MallenManson

Don't eat much fish actually. I prefer cows and pigs. sometimes a chicken

That sounds like my last date.

[MallenManson]

Originally Posted by 1/4 stick

That sounds like my last date.

So it was a foursome??????

[bamabassman]

AIN'T NO SUCH THANG AS A HUSHPUPPY GANG..............they are called SHUT UP DAWGS. HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA.

[66KingFisher]

Well, if I remember correctly we had a small mess of Bluegill with a couple of catfish fillets thrown in.....we put them all into a single freezer bag....no water....Maybe we need to thaw them out and see what they look like before I plan a meal around them....lol

And I love good hushpuppies, but hate crappy ones....rather use them with my wristrocket then eat'm.....lol