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Old 05-02-2007 | 07:24 PM
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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?

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Old 05-02-2007 | 07:37 PM
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Can't go wrong with Shore Lunch.
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Old 05-02-2007 | 07:39 PM
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never tried eatin one, but i heard they have backstraps in em and there good
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Old 05-02-2007 | 07:52 PM
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what exactly is Shore Lunch?
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Old 05-02-2007 | 08:02 PM
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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.
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Old 05-02-2007 | 09:08 PM
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what exactly is Shore Lunch?
OMG!! Only the best fish batter that you can buy thats not homemaid. The cajunflavor is my favorite with the beer mixture ofcourse. WCL
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Old 05-02-2007 | 09:38 PM
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yes they are very good.
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Old 05-03-2007 | 07:56 PM
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smoked one one time it was very good a bit of a pain to clean tin snips work well but they do taste great.
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Old 05-04-2007 | 09:29 AM
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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.
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Old 05-04-2007 | 09:52 AM
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One I use regularly is to cut in strips and then crab boil, chill, and serve with cocktail sauce. Tastes like crawdad.

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!
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