BASA-The Japaneese Catfish
 

I was hungry for fish, something other than trout or bass, so I went to Albertsons to see what they had. Basa caught my eye because it was on sale for $2.50/lb. Fryed it like an egg with ole bay and butter- took every bit of 5 min. Tryed it out and it was fya. Puts bass and trout to shame. The consistency and texture was on point. The meat was very white and clean tasting. Probably would be perfect for fish tacos, couvillions and the such. Come to find out, Basa is a type of Japanese catfish. Anybody else ever tryed Basa?

looks like a hard head

i'd eat it

Looks Good!
 

Long as it don't have all those things they have in the Chinese imported Shrimp , Catfish ,and Crawfish. Man that stuff is terrible. But i've always had very good Japanese Food. Also some Chinese food is real good if it doesn't have the imports in it. I'd eat it!

Geez, Thanks Warren. Way to ruin a good thing! lol Seriously though, appreciate the heads up but I believe this fish was imported from Japan.

Hmmmmm
 

If i have to buy fish ,IT WON'T BE an import from a foreign country.
Plenty catfish and talapia farmers right here in the U.S. need my $$$.
BTW. No matter what the lable says on foreign seafood ,You don't know where its coming from as they ship stuff to other countries for packaging to get around inspection laws and tarrifs.

Just like the "Louisiana Crawfish" with small letters under that "product of China" :pissed:

Price!
 

That stuff is shipped in and they can still sell it cheaper than our stuff and the stupid people don't know the difference in the taste,I know it and i'm sure y'all do too. The local stores sell it because they make more money on each sale of it.

give up the dream
 

I can already see a rise in the stock market and economy from your mentioning of the advantages of purchasing US fish vs imported fish. When you buy imported fish from your LOCAL supermarket, they recieve half the profit btw. And plus its what you get, US talapia and catfish dont hold a candle to the taste and price of Basa.

Basa
 

When you bought that Basa , was it tenderloined or whole fish?

one i don't buy fish from a supermarket. Just like i don't buy meat from wal mart.
I buy from someone who cuts the meat and kills and filets the fish.
I will spend twice as much to buy a product of the USA before i spend a dime for something from overseas.
I am one to look at lables and buy products from the usa.
And i call BS on basa tasteing better than talapia or a good pond raised cat fish. Besides i know where my fish comes from and know that they are not pumping sewage into the ponds to fed the fish that you are eating.

It was unfrozen filets

wow
 

since BASA is not nor ever has been raised or farmed in the USA don't think i'd buy anything that was unfrozen. But you keep doing what your doing.

jumping to conclusions
 

Who said it wasn't raised or farmed in the US??? Starting to see you have it out for Basa. You wouldn't eat it so leave it at that. I'll let you know if I notice any side effects to you can say your right.. Or you can keep stirring the kool-aid :)

I like to catch my fish and fry it in canola oil, but the fish in the coast right now already come with some oil! j/k but serious! not funny I know, I hope and pray that this disaster gets fixed and fast too!

www.seafoodbusiness.com/buyguide/issue_basa.htm
This tells you where all basa comes from.
And it's not basa that i have a problem with its anything that comes from over seas that i can buy USA product instead.

Basa............the other Vietnameese fish

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-basa-fish.htm