Gar
 

are gar any good? i have heard the workers at my farm talk about eating them and asking me for my gar but i dont know of any recipes. does anyone know of one that is actually good?

RE: Gar
 

Can't go wrong with Shore Lunch.

RE: Gar
 

never tried eatin one, but i heard they have backstraps in em and there good

RE: Gar
 

what exactly is Shore Lunch?

RE: Gar
 

I have eaten them and they arent that bad. We just fried them in beer batter which was better than the dry mix we used. To clean them you want a pair of tin snips to cut through the scales and one you get that off there is a lot of meat inside. It would probably be pretty good grilled or over the fire in tin foil.

RE: Gar
 

OMG!! Only the best fish batter that you can buy thats not homemaid. The cajunflavor is my favorite with the beer mixture ofcourse. WCL

RE: Gar
 

yes they are very good.

RE: Gar
 

smoked one one time it was very good a bit of a pain to clean tin snips work well but they do taste great.

RE: Gar
 

tinsnips - cut down the center of the back and then down each side. Peel the skin back and remove backstraps. DO NOT SOAK!!! Water will turn the meat mushy. You can rinse the meat right before cooking if you need to.

Once you have the backstraps, you can use many different recipes. One I want to try this year is dipping the fillets in mustard then rolling in dry batter before frying. One I use regularly is to cut in strips and then crab boil, chill, and serve with co cktail sauce. Tastes like crawdad.

RE: Gar
 

I've heard this one before. It's suppose to be awesome. I'd try it!

And cleaning them isn't so bad. I watched Drew clean 4 of them at Rend and it didn't take him no time. And those backstraps were nice hunks of meat!