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On 5 Jan 2007 08:13:30 -0800, "
wrote: Lady Pilot wrote: wrote: Beauregard wrote: Black eyed peas with a ham hock or hog jowls As far as North Florida Culinary Culture, I am really slipping this year as I have not yet had any smoked mullet although we did have cheese grits on Christmas. What is mullet? I've had cheese grits in my travels. New Year's Eve I cooked a double batch of fresh black-eyed peas. Bacon, onion, garlic...not to mention my other special ingredients. Cooked up some fresh green beans also. With bacon strips, of course! Did I mention the cornbread or the ....fading LP Most people consider Mullet to be "trash fish" but it was long a staple food for poor people along the N FL coast. Generally, it is eaten fried along with Hushpuppies and cheesegrits and Cole Slaw washed down with iced tea. Mullet is generally caught in nets and not on hooks. Mullet roe is considered a delicacy by some but I wont touch it. My policy on seafood restaurants is that if they consider themselves too classy to serve fried mullet, I wont eat there because the seafood is probably imported. My brother in law started to fry mullet for Thanksgiving a few yrs ago and we all think its better than having turkey. He always has plenty cuz he knows how to throw a cast net. Until I moved away, every Sunday morning my father in law would wade throw his cast net, clean the fish and fry up mullet and serve it with fried green tomatoes and cheese grits to all family members and friends who decided to show up. We're talking wading in January. When water temps at their coldest, he might slip on a farmer john wetsuit bottom. Deceased now, he was the best cast netter I have ever seen. Could get a perfect spread with a big net wading up to his armpits. And that ain't easy. Frank |
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