Mudbugs and boudain? I'm in heaven!

[Guest guest]

Mudbugs and boudain? You're making me salivate like a Pavlov dog- and

I just ate! Now, I might not recommend them, but I surely do like them!

 

You might also consider adding a bit of lemon juice and sea salt to

that filtered water. Kind of a preservative and pre-marinade all in one.

 

Here is another trick with fish for those who try to fry in a halfway

healthy way. Before you batter them, apply a thin coating of mustard

or dijonaisse. And add some grated lemon peel and lemon pepper to the

batter. Yumm! Works well for fish that are not all that tasty to

begin with - such as striper, sand bass, hybrid striper, black bass, etc.

 

My favorite fresh water fish (is there such a thing as fresh water

anymore?) are crappie, channel cat, perch, walleye and rainbow trout.

 

If you ever get over Utopia way, the House Pasture over at nearby

Concan (owned by the family of group member Courtney) makes some

awfully good shrimp dishes. And some dangerous margaritas too, ahem.

 

 

oleander soup , " Dr. Loretta Lanphier "

<drlanphier wrote:

>

> Tony, my dh always marinates fish overnight, unless he is frying (in

coconut

> oil). It's a secret that not many know about. We also put our fish in

> filtered water and then freeze the water, when putting fish in the

freezer.

> It really does keep them fresh tasting. I love toasted almonds on baked

> fish! I was brought up on the Nueces River in South Texas so I have had

> fish just about every way you can imagine and have even caught a few

myself.

> :-) It was a rude awakening when we moved to the edge of East Texas and

> watched friends eat (nice term) crawfish and then to attend the yearly

> Crawfish Festival in Spring Texas. Our friends are from

Louisiana..enough

> said. Oh, it was just awful and it was there that I learned about

boudin

> and that people actually eat alligator. DH now loves it. Ugh! I

would never

> make it in Louisiana - even though we used to have a bayou in the

back of

> our subdivision - yes, we had some alligators in the subdivision

every once

> in a while. I'll just take fish and occasionally some shrimp, thanks.

> Hehehe.

>

> Be Well

> Loretta

>

>

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> oleander soup

oleander soup On

> Behalf Of > Monday, July 21, 2008 6:46 PM

> oleander soup

> Tony's fish recipe

>

>

>

> I consider cod a cold water fish. And my recipe works for a great

>

> number of fish, including salmon - though I prefer my salmon cooked in

>

> a plum sauce.

>

>

>

> The secret to cooking the fish is to let them marinate overnight, then

>

> cover and cook in the oven until about 5 minutes from being done, then

>

> remove the cover for the final 5 minutes so the almond slices will

>

> crisp a bit. You can also use whole wheat bread crumbs instead of

>

> almond, and, depending upon the fish and your taste buds, maybe also

>

> put a few onion bits on the fish.

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> With the steamed asparagus, you cook it until it is a bit tender but

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> still crunchy.

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> >

[Guest guest]

Yeah, he does add Himalayan salt, I

forgot about that. He is always in charge of cleaning and freezing and I

don’t pay much attention to the “hows” so that I don’t

have to do it.

 

No way I can even develop a taste for crawfish (or boudin) especially when the

restaurants give you a heaping platefull of crawfish (the WHOLE thing) and a

big bucket to throw the “remainders.” I can’t even

watch people eat them. LOL!

 

When we first moved to the Houston area our dd was six and actually caught a “mudbug”

brought it in the house and wanted me to cook it since her fellow

partner-in-crime told her they were good to eat. It was HUGE and at that

moment I was was ready to move back to Corpus. LOL

 

Rainbow trout are my favorite fresh

water fish. I like perch also. I also like a lot of salt-water

fish. We used to go to Concan all the time when I was in high school –

the favorite place of all high-schoolers from South Texas, at that time.

DH hunts in Leaky (son-in-law owns a lease) when he has time (no, we don’t

have any trophies, nor will we.) and when dh was a part-time youth director we

spent a lot of time at the HEB Foundation Camp with our youth group. Beautiful

country and I love the cold, clear water!

 

I’m not a huge fan of alcohol, except for chocolate margaritas. Moody

Gardens Hotel in Galveston makes the absolute best and I have to be very

careful when we visit --- <cough><cough>. J

 

Be Well

Loretta (all eyes on Dolly)

 

 

 

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Mudbugs

and boudain? You're making me salivate like a Pavlov dog- and

I

just ate! Now, I might not recommend them, but I surely do like them!

 

You

might also consider adding a bit of lemon juice and sea salt to

that

filtered water. Kind of a preservative and pre-marinade all in one.

 

Here

is another trick with fish for those who try to fry in a halfway

healthy

way. Before you batter them, apply a thin coating of mustard

or

dijonaisse. And add some grated lemon peel and lemon pepper to the

batter.

Yumm! Works well for fish that are not all that tasty to

begin

with - such as striper, sand bass, hybrid striper, black bass, etc.

 

My

favorite fresh water fish (is there such a thing as fresh water

anymore?)

are crappie, channel cat, perch, walleye and rainbow trout.

 

If

you ever get over Utopia way, the House Pasture over at nearby

Concan

(owned by the family of group member Courtney) makes some

awfully

good shrimp dishes. And some dangerous margaritas too, ahem.