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I know when some of you are cleaning your gar that you have brought home after a day of fishing that you look at the eggs and think how tasty they might be, but I wouldn't recommend eating them.
Arkansas family learns hard way gar eggs toxic - todaysthv.com | KTHV | Little Rock, AR
Am I wrong for getting a chuckle out of that? I hate it that they got sick and I hope they're all ok. Good post ..
I saw that on the news....I wouldn't have guessed they were toxic.....but I wouldn't have cleaned a gar any way.
Gar eggs are poison from what my grandpa told me years ago. The meat is white and tasty though.;)
I heard that on the news as well.
We have some guys bowfishing around here.
How do yall prepare your gar to cook?
I will pass this along to them.
Hull out the fish and fillet the back. It is kinda like cutting backstraps from a deer. Two boneless white fillets that are then cut up into steaks. Fry just like you would Catfish.;)
The old rule for gar, carp, eel, drum, etc.----eat'em while they're hot.
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Originally Posted by NIMROD
I have heard that before.
+1 on eating them hot.
Thanks
Me too. Both of my Paw Pa's would have rose up!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by CastandBlast
I wonder if that method would work with Chain Pickeral?Quote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD
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I always heard that you bake the gar fillets on a pine 2x4 then throw away the fillet and eat the 2x4. I have had some cypress trout and as mentioned before they're better hot. You can sure get a fine fillet off a about a 4 or 5 pounder.
I was at a seafood shop in Baton Rouge a few years ago, and the gar meat was as high as anything there. Evidently the cajuns are pretty fond of it.
Ive had gar before, not that bad. I also wouldnt take 100 gar for 10 crappie.
Grinnel (Cypress Trout ) are nasty and mushy. Gar are firm almost like meat. Main negative about Gar is getting the hull off them.
Get your B-B-Q grill hot, take the gar and lay it on an oak 2x6 "on the grill", cook until the scales start to curl ever so gently at the end. Then take the gar and throw it as far as you can, then eat the 2x6!! Don't laugh, there is lots of fiber in that recipe.
Seriously, bet you never actually ate any Gar.:rolleyes: Don't knock it till you try it.;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith Leopard
Grinnel and Drum blahhh, ive tried um hot well drum anyway (real rubbery) grinnel was so mushy it was like trying to fry snot. Pickerl is a fine eating fish worth picking through the bones, and Gar is alright if you want to fight through the armor plateing they have.
Have a brother-in-law that cuts the large gar into 6 in. lengths with a hatchet and then takes a filet knife and removes the two pieces of meat from inside the shell. He marinates this for a short period and then puts on smoker. Comes out excellent. Almost as good as smoked Salmon. He then cans his for keeping. I dont have exact receipt but will get it if anyone is interested. Take my word for it though, it is some fine eating.
I've had gar a couple of times growing up, it was like chewing a mouth full of cotton that instently kicked in the ol' gag reflex. Maybe it wasn't fixed right or it wasn't hot out the grease, i don't know. But i weigh a little under 280 and that means i try a lot of things before i knock'em. If there is a good way to fix'em send me the recipe and i'll try'em again cause ain't nobody, nowhere can make this big look this good. lol
Garfish is some of the tastiest fish you can eat the only set back is that it is tough also. The old Cajuns grind it and make fish balls and fry them and they are excellent, you can't stop eating them once you start. The large gar are BBQ on grill with hot sauce and they taste somewhere between pork chops and alligator, also very good. Remember Cajuns can cook anything but no kidding they are very good fried I like a 2 footer the best they are more tender and easier to clean.
I also was taught by my grandparents gar eggs were not good to eat. Being born and raised in Louisiana we eat a lot of gar. They made what they called gar balls out of it. I don't have the recipe are I would post it. I just don't like to clean something to eat I have to use a Skill saw to clean.