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[cook]

Been catching a lot,and wanted to try something different.Most every bar/dive in Fl. has smoked mullet dip,so I tried it with crappie.

Very gently poach 1# crappie in a shrimp/crab boil and chill completely-you want it solid.

In a seperate bowl mix 8 oz.softened(or buy the whipped)cream cheese and 4 oz.sour cream(I used french dip)add a little diced chives or green onion.Family isn't crazy about smoked flavor,but you can add a few drops of liquid smoke.
You can actually add about any seasoning you want-garlic-hot pepper or salsa-fresh ground pepper-lemon pepper-anything....just go easy.

Let the mixture get somewhat warm so it mixes up real easy-then pull out the cold fillets and gently mix them in,it will break up pretty easy.You can control how chunky or creamy you want it.

Chill and serve on crackers,chips,tortillas,toasted bread,make a sammich-whatever.

Family will eat fish,but they really enjoyed the change-kids had a nice snack after school along with some deer jerkey.

[BarryG]

Sounds GOOD!!!!!!

[billd2626]

Gonna have to try one .. thanks Cook!

[wharfrat]

Try half sour cream and half spin blend (tried miracle whip which I thought was the same, but the spinblend is better for some reason) Also, I found it better if you refridgerate it for a couple of days. I do the same with crab meat also. It is really good. I think with crappie you can be more creative. When poaching crappie, use different seasonings. Another thing I do which really helps is add the juice of 1 lemon. I don't know why, cause I'm not a cook, but that's what I was told, and they were correct.