Anyone got the recipe for gar balls? . . .

["W"]

I always try it.....when I say grit I mean like a chores meat

[Garfish]

River monsters fo sho!

[Asterisk-Rich]

Originally Posted by duck enticer

Fair enough.

Not sure it was prepared right though. If gar meat gets wet it gets mushy. It isn't good at that point. However, if the meat is kept from getting wet it is so firm you can't tear it on the barbeque pit. I don't know where the grit came from either. Gar isn't gritty. I would suggest you try it again from someone who can take care of the meat a little better.

You sound tainted for life on Gar though. Probably not gonna try it again huh?

sounds tough

seriously though, ive tried it a few times and have never had a pallet for it.

[shellman]

Big uns....nice

[FF_T_Warren]

The best recipe out there by far
The best recipe Ive found for garballs and gravy is to first ground the meat up then season the meat up really well with salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and any other special seasoning that you really like. then add bread crumbs and form into meatball sized balls. put them to the side then start your gravy. brown your roux real dark and season the gravy up to your liking. then take the garballs you formed up earlier and throw them in the garbage. then find some good tasty meat to put in that gravy and quit wasting time with those trashy fish. Then enjoy.

[FF_T_Warren]

nice fish btw. bet that was a blast. we went and stuck a few today in manchac

[dmtfish]

Those are some monsters!!!! Never messed with them, until recently...ran some lines awhile back and caught one that my bro-in-law wanted to keep....i ended up cleaning it, was quite surprised how easy it was to clean and how beautiful the meat is...made some balls with it and it was damn good! Poached the loin in butter, garlic, onion, bell pepper, celery, and seasonings...Mashed up the fish, added bread crumbs, mayo, creole mustard, green onions, potatoes, etc...and rolled into balls and fried. Ca C'est bon!!! Guess if you cook anything that way it is good tho...lol

[barbarian]

Originally Posted by duck enticer

If people knew how good gar really were they would be spending more time fishing for them. They are better than reds or specks period. Nice catch.

Cut you some steaks out and put them on the pit. Barbeque sauce. Fry them in the pan, you don't have to put anything on them. Just pan fry, salt and pepper. Thats it.

Agree completely.