Back home in Tennessee my grandparents would have a big fish fry every summer and all of our family and friends would come. My grandfather and all his friends would fish all year and save it all for the fish fry. I have so many fond memories of fishing with my grandfather, cooking with him and eating of course. I lost him several years ago to cancer, but my sweet grandmother is still alive and she gave me the recipe they always used for all those years.
I lived here for about 7 years not knowing you could buy catfish. For some reason I thought it was just an American thing, but last week at the store there was a worker and I asked him if he knew catfish and any fish that tasted similar. He was like we have some right over there and sure enough, they had all kinds of fresh catfish ready to be filleted. I was happy, but kicking myself for not noticing sooner.
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