Ever eaten a garfish?

[Salar]

I have. Last night, and it was rather good. I had an on-board casualty (they usually go back) -idiot fish mangled itself in the trace and broke its beak. I did a Google search and found they are rather popular for Cajun recipes, so it was filleted and skinned (leaving the wierd green bones well out of sight of the wife), rolled in Jerk Seasoning, flash fried in a very hot pan and served with rice, chilli beans and green beans (and a cold, cold beer): a meal fit for a Cajun king if I may say so.

[five bellies]

Have eaten them on a few ocasions not to bad dusted in seasoned flour and fried in olive oil,is popular as a table fish in Denmark a freind of mine informs me , although he may have been winding me up to get me to eat one!

 

Tite lines

 

Five bellies

[Socksy Squirrel]

Quite popular down here in Jersey CI.

I prefer them to mackerel

[sam-cox]

i like them a bit like mackeral but with green bones

[sam-cox]

try them live for bass, i once say a shoal of gars being chased by a shoal of larg nbass, they were hitting them in the midle folding them in half.this was from a boat well offshore

[KennyC]

Used to use a gar fillet for bass from the boat - never tried them live though.

[stavey]

I am thinking some sea anglers in this country and on this forum are getting as bad as the spanish, whats next lightly fried "rockling" or "blennys" on toast, dear oh dear, i suppose fivebellys has an excuse going by his nickname.....

[KennyC]

We need to start finding some fish to eat, after the cod and haddock have disappeared

[Norrie]

Actually, I've eaten Rockling,toasted on bread,with a bit of garlic butter, very nice they are too....as they say, if it covers a chip !!!!!

 

[ 18. May 2005, 10:36 PM: Message edited by: Norrie ]

[captain cojones]

the thing you really need to try is razorfish. its criminal to use them as bait when they taste so good!they need to be fresh, and put straight on to a sizzling hot plate....turn over after after 20secs for another 20 secs, a squeeze of lemon...youlle never use them for bait again!!!!

cheers dave.