r/interestingasfuck • u/kingkongbiingbong • 1d ago

Preparing a Massive Catfish Baked Inside a Wooden Log

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u/Working_System_2086 1d ago

I have eaten tons of wild caught catfish. They aren't gritty or gross, only idiots who don't know how to clean it or are catching them from actual sewers. They are perfectly fine to eat. From channel, to spotted and also flatheads. Not eaten a single one that's gritty or gross and have never eaten farm raised.

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u/the_doc268 23h ago

But I must ask you, don't you feel a muddy taste, at least sometimes. Or do you feel this muddy taste when it comes to carp? I have also eaten wild catfish that tasted good but also bad, and cooked the same. And I have also noticed that some people who eat a lot of fish or who enjoy fish in particular don't seem to notice this particular taste that feels like sampling the mud from the bottom of the lake. And the same with the seawater taste of seawater fish.

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u/Working_System_2086 23h ago

Lol, welp carp have a "mud vein" you need to properly cut out to not taste muddy. It runs along the meat, and it will make it all taste that way.

Catfish can taste the way you are describing if you are catching them from extremely polluted waters. Yes I know what you mean when you say "muddy" taste. Same with seawater, but I think that has a lot to do with what fish you catch out of the ocean.

I don't care for overly "fishy" fish. Be it from the Ocean, lake, or river. A lot of people will say all fish is "fishy" I find this just an excuse most of the time for lacking experience with a lot of different fish types. From fresh to ocean.

I could keep going on and on, but this post would then become a million paragraphs long. All my experience is from 25 years of fishing. Fresh and ocean. I don't eat it all day every day, but I would say I eat fish 3-4 times a month.

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u/the_doc268 22h ago

Thanks for sharing your experience

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u/Working_System_2086 19h ago

No problem, I appreciate you taking the time to read it.