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Where can I find garfish meat?
Posted on 10/27/14 at 10:06 am
Posted on 10/27/14 at 10:06 am
I went to the Blackpot Festival in Lafayette over the weekend and I've been inspired to try my hand at cooking at it next year. My plan is to do garfish balls with rice and gravy. But when I was heading to Marksville Sunday to visit my parents, I noticed that the little store in Morganza where I would buy garfish has shut down. Anybody know of any stores around BR that sell garfish meat? I have no problem with taking a little road trip to pick up the meat.
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Posted on 10/27/14 at 10:21 am to timbo
Well dang man, if you would have asked earlier last weekend, I still have some of these at the camp that I could have parted with. I really enjoy gar. People need to quit being girls and eat some before passing judgment on them.
Posted on 10/27/14 at 10:26 am to PapaPogey
Looks nice!
I just kind of need a regular supply of it for the next year or so -- and I'm not a fisherman. (Shoot, I wouldn't even know how to clean it.) If I'm gonna cook garfish balls for Blackpot, I want to do three-four test runs before this time next year.
And I know what you mean about people being girls about eating garfish. My wife is an adventurous eater, and I have to cook garfish balls when she's out the house.
I just kind of need a regular supply of it for the next year or so -- and I'm not a fisherman. (Shoot, I wouldn't even know how to clean it.) If I'm gonna cook garfish balls for Blackpot, I want to do three-four test runs before this time next year.
And I know what you mean about people being girls about eating garfish. My wife is an adventurous eater, and I have to cook garfish balls when she's out the house.
Posted on 10/27/14 at 10:30 am to PapaPogey
How'd you get those?
Posted on 10/27/14 at 10:32 am to Winkface
Jug lines
Posted on 10/27/14 at 10:35 am to PapaPogey
Fun
Posted on 10/27/14 at 10:43 am to timbo
Ricky Verret in Dularge.
Look up his video on youtube on how to clean them...... his method involves a screwdriver, a knife, a hatchet, skinning pliers and a machete. Hes pretty efficient.
ETA; Added his cleaning technique
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Look up his video on youtube on how to clean them...... his method involves a screwdriver, a knife, a hatchet, skinning pliers and a machete. Hes pretty efficient.
ETA; Added his cleaning technique
LINK
This post was edited on 10/27/14 at 11:28 am
Posted on 10/27/14 at 10:55 am to timbo
Posted on 10/27/14 at 11:06 am to wickowick
There it is. I could shoot gar all night bowfishing but I'd just rather not clean them all the time.
Posted on 10/27/14 at 12:19 pm to timbo
The only time I've ever ate gar was when my very coonass stepmom cooked it for me after I told her people don't cook gar. She proved me wrong. Garballs, rice, and gravy. It certainly wasn't great, but it was edible. Where does she live?
Close enough. Plauchevile. Think that gar must be an Avoyelles parish thing.
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heading to Marksville
Close enough. Plauchevile. Think that gar must be an Avoyelles parish thing.
Posted on 10/27/14 at 12:24 pm to MSMHater
It's certainly an Avoyelles Parish thing. The Marksville Elementary School cafeteria served garfish balls and gravy on Fridays during Lent. And I remember getting a plate lunch of them from a gas station in Marksville in the early 90s. The store I used to get the meat from was in Pointe Coupee Parish
Posted on 10/27/14 at 12:42 pm to MSMHater
Cut in thin pieces and deep fry, Very tasty white meat.
Funny thing is that's on my uncles dock next door to our camp. He lives and farms in Marksville.
Funny thing is that's on my uncles dock next door to our camp. He lives and farms in Marksville.
This post was edited on 10/27/14 at 12:44 pm
Posted on 10/27/14 at 1:39 pm to PapaPogey
what did you use for bait on the jug lines?
Posted on 10/27/14 at 1:43 pm to Delacroix
Mullet
Posted on 10/27/14 at 2:30 pm to PapaPogey
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Jug lines
With treble hooks. Catching gar with a single hook is like trying to hit the lottery.
To the OP: I'll be glad to be the taste tester on those test batches!
There used to be a few places between Lafayette and Henderson, actually on the Breaux Bridge highway between Muni Golf Course and Breaux Bridge that sold it. You might check that fruit stand in Breaux Bridge at the corner of Breaux Bridge Hwy and Main.
Stop and Buy Seafood in Lafayette 233-4512
Posted on 10/27/14 at 2:48 pm to Requiem for a Dream
Shiiiit, if Tony's got it, all my problems are solved.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 12:06 pm to MSMHater
I just came across this thread and had to laugh. My wife and in-laws are from Plaucheville . Gar balls and gravy are one of their favorite dishes. Been a while since I have had it, now I need some.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 12:13 pm to PapaPogey
Why does everyone want to make balls and/or gravy out of these beauties?
There was a hole-in-wall eatery that opened briefly in Iota a few years ago. Didn't get enough business to stay open, probably mostly due to location.
They served fried garfish steaks, on the bone, that were fantastic. I would never waste that meat cooking it down in a gravy like catfish.
There was a hole-in-wall eatery that opened briefly in Iota a few years ago. Didn't get enough business to stay open, probably mostly due to location.
They served fried garfish steaks, on the bone, that were fantastic. I would never waste that meat cooking it down in a gravy like catfish.
This post was edited on 10/29/14 at 12:24 pm
Posted on 10/29/14 at 12:21 pm to ragincajun03
I guess like we have figured out, avoyelles parish thing.
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