Thread: cooking gar

If anyone ever gets through Pineville and wants to try gar without having to catch and clean one I know of a place that sells it already cooked. On Hwy 28east theres a little fast food place called Bill's Fish & Fowl. It's a small blue building directly across from the Mcdonalds. I havent been there in about a year but last time I was there they had Gar on the menu. Was about $5.99 for a plate with a gar patty, fries, hush puppies, and coleslaw. I had it once for lunch and it was good, well maybe not as good as I make at home but then again nothing ever is, lol.

I am amazed however at how many of you eat gar without running it through an electric meat grinder. I think many people who just fillet a gar and then eat the meat fried are turned off by the chewy nature of the meat. This is why we run it through the grinder twice and then we add our spices, onions, etc and roll it into balls or pat out pattys. Throw em in the fryer and out comes a delicious entree fit for a king