queensland Newstead 10/10/07

[shortie]

curry on catfish. is like sugar on sh@t.

Underneath the flavouring you still know what our eating:woohoo:

[boon]

Guess one man's medicine is another's poison

[shortie]

yum.

Hows the saying go.

A spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down.:laugh:

[jeff f]

cant knock it 'till you try it

some asian cooks could make a rubber thong taste good

[mackmauler]

lmfao shortie

too right

[Fisher_90]

WTF!!!!!!! You guys eat catfish. And i thought Stingrays were bad. I hope you die of poisoning. Thats wrong. Whats next Toads?

[Angus]

Fisher_09: A lot of fish you have eaten from the fish and chip shop is probably catfish. I have tasted catty from a few different places and its fine. Just the stigma attached that turns people off.

Angus

[kiara_poltegerist]

jeff f wrote:

cant knock it 'till you try it

some asian cooks could make a rubber thong taste good

jeff, you got that spot on. i had 2 mates from bris come over in july (read: caucasians), and they plucked up the courage to try our local malaysian freshwater catfish which is considered one of the best eating fish here. They loved it! haha. talk about being surprised lol..

Put it this way. do$tlyz is coming over in November. He was born and bred Aussie, so lets see what he has to say about catfish once he's tried it lol. I'll do an article with pictures on that dinner . hehe.

Brissie river catfish is ok. I did fish and chips with cattie fillet, no problems there, easy 6/10. curried catfish from the brissie river was quite ok too.. 6/10.

[Fisher_90]

I dont get catfish from my fish and chip shop. I get Whiting and Proper fish that i can actually see the fillets eg. Butterfly Whiting or Snapper i know the taste of. I know the taste of those things so how can it be cat fish?

[Plastic Man]

Angus wrote:

Fisher_09: A lot of fish you have eaten from the fish and chip shop is probably catfish. I have tasted catty from a few different places and its fine. Just the stigma attached that turns people off.

Angus

even if it was catfish its not going to be dirty old brisbane river catfish

[shortie]

From food standards Ausrlia.

The Australian Dietary Guidelines advise eating one or

two fish meals per week for good health. The good news

is that FSANZ has found it is safe for all population

groups to eat 2-3 serves per week of most types of

fish. There are only a few types of fish, which FSANZ

recommends limiting in the diet – these are billfish

(swordfish / broadbill and marlin ), shark/flake, orange

roughy and catfish.

Apparently they tend to get high in mercury.

[Angus]

You should not judge people by personal dietry habits. There are a few posts in this thread that are bordering on offensive. There is nothing wrong with having an opinion. But some comments are getting out of line.

I cop s@&t all the time for my families eating habits. Haggis (sheeps stomach stuffed with kidneys, liver and heart), black sasuage (sasuage made from blood), other offals, trotters, the list goes on. So i cant comment about food

If you dont like something dont eat it. Dont being a sledge match to a friendly forum. Thats enough from me.

Angus

[chubbstar]

Fisher_90 wrote:

WTF!!!!!!! You guys eat catfish. And i thought Stingrays were bad. I hope you die of poisoning. Thats wrong. Whats next Toads?

Damn Fisher, a bit full on dont ya think? Aint nothing wrong with a bit of toad every now and then. Catch em stick ya thumb up it's bum hole too realy p1ss it off, Then lick it's back like an icypole. :S :side: Good gear mate;) Then cook it up in a nice curry and feed it to you're mother-in-law.

[namyau]

jeff f wrote:

cant knock it 'till you try it

some asian cooks could make a rubber thong taste good

thats right geoff - my dads was a chef (retired now) and whenever we go out to eat he can tell if something was borderline going off/really cheap and crap quality and something that is fresh as....

[Schultzy]

I reckon we should be promoting catfish as a table fish! :silly:

The more people dragging them out and devouring them, the less of the horrible things there will be to eat my lures;)

[boon]

Hey whoever you are that has a problem about us eating catfish should grow up! Stop calling me or else I'll report you to the police! It's not a joke so you better stop now before this goes any further.

[Angus]

Whoever would take it as far as calling is a pretty sad invidual. Boon: Its always people who are insecure etc that go to those sorts of efforts. I would not worry to much about it.

Angus

[boon]

This is really sad and I'm just gonna ignore them but if it continues, I'm gonna goto the authorities as I've got their phone numbers saved

[Angus]

They used non silent numbers? Thats just funny.

Angus

[boon]

They did but some of their numbers came through. Including one landline number which means the police can trace where they live easily

[mackmauler]

post there number up:laugh:

[boon]

mackmauler wrote:

post there number up:laugh:

That's an awesome idea but I won't do that as it isn't pleasant. However, I may change my mind if they don't stop bugging me

[Malcolm]

boon wrote:

This is really sad and I'm just gonna ignore them but if it continues, I'm gonna goto the authorities as I've got their phone numbers saved

It's pathetic that some people have to push there opinions in this way.

I would't worry to much Boon, there not the sharpest tools in the shed by the sounds of things

Mal

[shortie]

no warnings just pass their numbers on the the police anyway.

And post on site.

[boon]

I'll be going to the police and I'll pass their numbers to the admin on this site. I won't post their numbers up for everybody to see as it may get ugly.

[rayke1938]

Getting back to the subject when I used to buy at the fishmarket auctions at Colmslie about 30 years ago there always used to be heaps of catfish,shovelnozed sharks, and stingrays sold. They were very popular and there were very few asian buyers there at that time.

It was the aussie fish and chip shop buyers who used to grab them.

I have eaten both freshwater tandanus and forkies and saltwater forkies and have not been overly impressed with the taste but as Boon and others have said it is all in the preperation.

When i was in Thailand I once had a dried catfish head curry and even though it was rather spicy I really enjoyed it much to Judys discust.

Whenever I am in Asia I always look for this dish.

The next ray that I get I am going to keep and try it asian style.

As far as eating toads goes the japanese eat them but they have to be prepared in a special way to remove the toxins and they are looked in as a delicacy.

The caretaker at the Fingal caravan park used to barbeque them and leave them around to poison all the feral cats.

Cheers

Ray

[Angus]

Good call Boon.

Be the bigger man. No need to stoop to thier level. If you get an identification from the authorities make sure you pass it on to admin as well.

Cheers.

Angus

[boon]

Angus wrote:

Good call Boon.

Be the bigger man. No need to stoop to thier level. If you get an identification from the authorities make sure you pass it on to admin as well.

Cheers.

Angus

No problem

[AZZA]

Yeh ,everybody should eat proper food made from the good bits of animals, like snags,macas,pies,sausage rolls,those chicken rolls at the servo,crab sticks, not yuk stuff like cat fish:silly:

[Angus]

AZZA: Lol so true!!

Angus

[Feral]

I reckon the biggest problem with getting a feed from catfish would be that they are all rib cage, need half a dozen to get enough fillet to make a feed.

Even if it was great tasting, it would be like eating whiting really, not worth all the effort!

[Angus]

Feral: I agree actually. I ate a forky once from Wivanhoe Dam. Tasted good. However it was a huge fish, about 60cm and its fillet would have been lucky to be 10-15cm haha. Oh well.

Angus

[bootyinblue]

Whoa.... out of control boys!

A word of caution first. If you have ever given your home or mobile number to the Police it is linked to you and just typing in the number will bring you up. If you try and outsmart the Police by not giving us the number, but you fill it in on your registration/licence renewal forms with QLD Transport then we have it too. And if you think you are too smart for that, then we can apply to your phone provider to supply all the numbers called and received from a handset and they must provide them. It shows number called, time of call and duration of call.

You will be asked to explain if Police get involved!

Back to the thread, not about catfish but more stingrays. I have never tasted it but maybe thinly sliced and marinated and then BBQ on a super hot grill similar to baby occy perhaps? I am allergic to chilli though, so any other ideas for marinades?

[faulked]

booty try honey soy linseed and seasame taystes great mate;)

[viperon1982]

bootyinblue wrote:

Back to the thread, not about catfish but more stingrays. I have never tasted it but maybe thinly sliced and marinated and then BBQ on a super hot grill similar to baby occy perhaps? I am allergic to chilli though, so any other ideas for marinades?

Aww man, u're allergic to chilli? You're missing out on ALL the nicest food in the world booty! Sambal stingray!

Pity there's no other way that I know of cooking it apart from spicy recipes. Best way is still grilling it so that the meat becomes real soft and tender. Perhaps I should try the honey soy linseed and sesame as instructed by faulked!

[Angus]

Maybe in a Miso broth with Undon noodles?

Not spicy at all but still a good distinctive flavour? I cook fish (among other seafoods) like this a lot.

Angus

[bootyinblue]

*Has just returned from shop with soy sauce, oyster sauce, honey, lemon juice and sugar.

Think all that shaken together with some thin strips will go down a treat. Now I just need myself a stingray that is willing to donate some fins.

[Gazza]

Smoked ray and even just floured and fried yumo

Catties well cant say I tried em but in a past pot they call em silver cobbler and sell for 24.50 with chips in Lake Argile pub

Carp on the other hand I've tried all sorts of wats by all cuacations and it still tastes like crap :X :X lol

Hey Boon when they call don't hang up they they cant call anyone else till you do lmao just put the phone next to a speaker put some crap music on and go to bed

Gaz

[Malcolm]

Nice one Gazza,would work well on telemarketers to.

Could you just hold the line:laugh:

[Gazza]

Same with mail offers in the post with pre paid envolopes they only get charged when you send em back so put a nice little note NO Fa*k off an send it back costs them the postage lol they soon get the message