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Some older pics
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:18 pmby hudson
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Re: Some older pics
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:25 pmby Deltaman
You're livin' the dream brother! Did you make gar balls with the gar meat off that big gar? I cleaned one a few years ago, and was impressed with the quality of the meat, but the gel like substance between the layers made me realize why it is ground up for balls. The meat itself was damn good, just had to eat a layer, pull the layer of gel, and move on to the next layer.
Re: Some older pics
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:28 pmby hudson
Deltaman wrote:You're livin' the dream brother! Did you make gar balls with the gar meat off that big gar? I cleaned one a few years ago, and was impressed with the quality of the meat, but the gel like substance between the layers made me realize why it is ground up for balls. The meat itself was damn good, just had to eat a layer, pull the layer of gel, and move on to the next layer.
Aw ya love me some hot gar patties.one reason I look forward to summer cuz the big gar bite a whole lot better.we where tryin to catch blue cats but ended up catching 6 gar and all that size
Re: Some older pics
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:32 pmby The Duck Hammer
hudson wrote:Deltaman wrote:You're livin' the dream brother! Did you make gar balls with the gar meat off that big gar? I cleaned one a few years ago, and was impressed with the quality of the meat, but the gel like substance between the layers made me realize why it is ground up for balls. The meat itself was damn good, just had to eat a layer, pull the layer of gel, and move on to the next layer.
Aw ya love me some hot gar patties.one reason I look forward to summer cuz the big gar bite a whole lot better.we where tryin to catch blue cats but ended up catching 6 gar and all that size
I want to know how you process them. I damn near stuck a knife through my hand last summer when I tried.
Re: Some older pics
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:37 pmby hudson
Stick a nail through very end of tail and get you a pair of pliers and a cane nice or machete and grab very back dorsal fin and take off skin with machete with chopping action like peeling a banana till you get to the head, should be a strip of skin missing down the middle as wide as you can without tearing meat up.then fillet out meat like cutting the backstrap out of a deer going around the rib cage
Re: Some older pics
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:51 pmby assateague
Can honestly say I've never used a machete to peel a banana before.
Re: Some older pics
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:52 pmby hudson
assateague wrote:Can honestly say I've never used a machete to peel a banana before.
hahaha just tryin to give a visual of what I meant
Re: Some older pics
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:54 pmby assateague
Does a gar have scales or skin?
Re: Some older pics
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:54 pmby Feelin' Fowl
assateague wrote:Can honestly say I've never used a machete to peel a banana before.
Re: Some older pics
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:02 pmby hudson
assateague wrote:Does a gar have scales or skin?
tough ass scales and big slice and dice teeth and sometimes one hell of a rank
Re: Some older pics
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:03 pmby Rick
The Duck Hammer wrote:I damn near stuck a knife through my hand last summer when I tried.
You would not be first or last.
Re: Some older pics
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:05 pmby Rick
assateague wrote:Can honestly say I've never used a machete to peel a banana before.
You could peel it with a hatchet, if you preferred, or by beating on the back of a big, old butcher knife.
Re: Some older pics
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:09 pmby hudson
Rick wrote:The Duck Hammer wrote:I damn near stuck a knife through my hand last summer when I tried.
You would not be first or last.
Nope got to be careful when cleaning gar
Re: Some older pics
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:12 pmby Rick
Pretty sure my Creole SIL and your new boss at Oak Grove, Mike, won the gar division at a rodeo down there last year.
Re: Some older pics
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:13 pmby hudson
Rick wrote:Pretty sure my Creole SIL and your new boss at Oak Grove, Mike, won the gar division at a rodeo down there last year.
big mike gets fired up about them gar
Re: Some older pics
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:24 pmby rebelp74
Gar always tasted extra fishy to me. Not worth anything but selling. Dressed out and in steaks, I get $7 a pound. At that price it's hard to want to keep em. I hang em on a rebar hook I made and hull em out without problems.
Re: Some older pics
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:30 pmby Rick
What I've had has been all over the board. I've had roast in a simple white gravy that was unbelievably mild and tasty and ground patties so strong no amount of onions or red pepper could save them.
Re: Some older pics
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:34 pmby rebelp74
Rick wrote:What I've had has been all over the board. I've had roast in a simple white gravy that was unbelievably mild and tasty and ground patties so strong no amount of onions or red pepper could save them.
I've just had the ground patties that were strong. Also tried some carp sausage from down y'alls way. Horrible, absolutely horrible. Smelled so strong I could only take one bite and even then had to spit it out.
Re: Some older pics
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:43 pmby gila-river
Nice!
Re: Some older pics
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:44 pmby Rick
Never heard of anyone eating carp here, but they sell tons of buffalo to someone.
Re: Some older pics
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:44 pmby hudson
Never ate carp but choupique make great patties.aka bowfin
Re: Some older pics
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 2:46 pmby The Duck Hammer
assateague wrote:Does a gar have scales or skin?
Armor plating.
Re: Some older pics
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 3:57 pmby rebelp74
hudson wrote:Never ate carp but choupique make great patties.aka bowfin
Grinnel, that's a strong tasting fish.
Re: Some older pics
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 4:00 pmby rebelp74
Rick wrote:Never heard of anyone eating carp here, but they sell tons of buffalo to someone.
Back when I was pretty heavy into running nets I used to sale a lot of buffalo and catfish to someone down that way. They'd come up in a refrigerated food truck once a week, sold a lot of turtles too.
Re: Some older pics
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 4:48 pmby Rick
The only reference I've heard to buffalo for human consumption was a fellow here who hauled them to Houston for, if memory serves, and it might not, orientals.
But when I was got out of the service and was deciding "what next?" I spoke with a fellow looking for a young partner (slave who actually paid to be that) in the wholesale carp business in Northern Ohio. He sold them to someone in New York City for gefilte fish.
Re: Some older pics
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 5:00 pmby rebelp74
Buffalo is a good eating fish. The ribs on em is where it's at. Really white, flaky, neutral tasting fish.