Ever since we crossed the Mason-Dixon line, we’ve had to turn down numerous offers of fresh caught fish because we lacked any decent tools to filet and cook them. Finally after the nth time fishermen pulled over to our canoe and offered us their catch, we said what the hell and packed four large tripe into our cooler. Don’t ask me why we turned down the catfish we had been offered earlier in the trip for a much less tasty fish. In any case, here are the steps you should not take when cooking a fish caught in the Mississippi River.
1. Don’t pack a plastic bag overstuffed with ice and tripe into your cooler, infusing your food with fish smell.
2. Don’t filet the fish with a 3″ blade knife on a cutting board of paper towels and a garbage bag.
3. Don’t boil the fish with a small pot. Try to have better implements than the pot, water, powdered milk and a spork. A fry pan might be nice.
But if this is your situation, as long as you dump in lots of Penzey’s Northwoods Fire spice, you should be good.
That definitely qualifies as a Tim Gunn “Make it Work” moment.
Designers, you only have until sundown to fillet this fish.
This update just made my night!! Keep up the good work guys!
Haha, thanks!
What is a tripe? I know not this fish.
It was those things, I guess.
This was the most ridiculous thing.
Girl I know.
Nice… But if you wanted catfish… We could have ordered fried catfish when we went to Walnut Hills restaurant in Vicksburg (Mississippi).
That looks like striped bass… I would gut it and cook over a campfire… Maybe stuck in a stick… But fish soup sounds good too
Take care
We we’re actually going to build a fire to cook it over, but after 15 minutes of trying to collect firewood in 95 degree heat we decided to give up and just use the stove.