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.

Salsa verde is delicious with trout or most any fish.

Catfish has a nice firm texture and mild flavor.

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.

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

I am not eccentric. It's just that I am more alive than most people. I am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond of catfish.