Catfish's mild taste adapts well to a wide array of flavors, especially strong assertive ones, which is why you used to see it 'blackened' Cajun style on so many restaurant menus - a trick which soon became a tired cliche.

Catfish has a nice firm texture and mild flavor.

Most of the catfish you find at the fish counter has been farmed. Though I usually prefer to buy and eat wild fish, farmed catfish taste cleaner, without the muddy taste of their wild relatives.

In the restaurant business, there's the concept of pivot. Pivot to the stove, pivot to the refrigerator.

If deep-frying catfish, try a dredge of seasoned flour and cornmeal and add some bacon fat to the oil.

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