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[ermgravy]

Want Gar meat? Go to your local Walmart and find the cheap frozen foods section. Look for the breaded fish sticks and products called "white Nile" Tilapia.. It is actually Gar farmed (or processed from exported fish) in Taiwan... You can also find this at some Asian grocery stores....

thats amazing...

 

[Polypterus]

goodness... does it taste the same as other fish?

Sort of... It is kind of like fishy pork... I'm personally very fond of Gar meat and it is excellent table fare. Different species have a bit different taste and texture.
Gator is very firm fleshed and not very fishy at all, Spotted and Shortnosed are a bit more mushy and not as firm but still has a mild flavor along the Back strap it is a bit fishier toward the tail. (Very good chopped up, breaded or smoked ) Longnosed is weird to work with and is best really fresh as it gets a strange blue color when frozen. Still the back fillets are quite good when chopped up and breaded or Smoked and then chopped up for a salad.

Never tried Tropical or Cuban yet... After September I'll let you know How Tropicus tastes As I'm not going all the way to Costa Rica without trying it!!!!!

Gar meat is really quite good and it is unfortunate many just do not realize that. It really would be an excellent aquaculture product with a bit more education on how to prepare it and cook it. For now though it seems some that are selling it are misleading you into eating "Tilapia" when it ain't tilapia at all....They do not actually taste much alike at all...

 

[xander]

i'm going grocery shopping tomorrow.

 

[demjor19]

i'm going grocery shopping tomorrow.

i was just at super walmart and couldnt find any...not sure if i would have tried it or not.

 

[rednhot]

Want Gar meat? Go to your local Walmart and find the cheap frozen foods section. Look for the breaded fish sticks and products called "white Nile" Tilapia.. It is actually Gar farmed (or processed from exported fish) in Taiwan... You can also find this at some Asian grocery stores....

you may be right i have no idea so i wont argue. but sound like if you are right its pobably processed beyond recognition and will taste so bland it may be mistaken for common white fish.
i think i'll hold out for a fishing trip to a lake that has gar monsters and keep just one to cut a good size steak and take a bite.

i'll report if i ever get around to it.
---Art

 

[rednhot]

Want Gar meat? Go to your local Walmart and find the cheap frozen foods section. Look for the breaded fish sticks and products called "white Nile" Tilapia.. It is actually Gar farmed (or processed from exported fish) in Taiwan... You can also find this at some Asian grocery stores....

wouldn't that be illegal...they must word it in the ingredients in a way to get by with it???

 

[demjor19]

wouldn't that be illegal...they must word it in the ingredients in a way to get by with it???

it's a common name refering to whatever fish they choose...that's why common names suck! then again...if it had too big of words in it (Lepisoteus platyrhincus or Lepisosteus oculatus) some people may not understand what they mean.

 

[Polypterus]

you may be right i have no idea so i wont argue. but sound like if you are right its pobably processed beyond recognition and will taste so bland it may be mistaken for common white fish.
i think i'll hold out for a fishing trip to a lake that has gar monsters and keep just one to cut a good size steak and take a bite.

i'll report if i ever get around to it.
---Art

It is processed beyond recognition under that label. Good luck on the Gar steak just let me know how that works out...LOL


idiot

 

[rednhot]

it's a common name refering to whatever fish they choose...that's why common names suck! then again...if it had too big of words in it (Lepisoteus platyrhincus or Lepisosteus oculatus) some people may not understand what they mean.

is this still some sort of childish attack. cant you guys drop it!!!

you dont want to drop to the level of old poly do you?

let this be a lesson to all who read this...when you spend as much time with gars(like actually swimming with them)as polypterus has you brain regresses to a one track sub human level and you'll end up ranting and raving without knowing what you are talking about:lipsseale with the pent up agression of a 2 year old with poop in his pants

 

[E_americanus]

is this still some sort of childish attack. cant you guys drop it!!!

you dont want to drop to the level of old poly do you?

let this be a lesson to all who read this...when you spend as much time with gars(like actually swimming with them)as polypterus has you brain regresses to a one track sub human level and you'll end up ranting and raving without knowing what you are talking about:lipsseale with the pent up agression of a 2 year old with poop in his pants

i think the importance of scientific names (you will recognize these as "those long words that you don't want to bother understanding or learning") has been well-established here and in several other media.

you likely won't understand this because you prefer to come off as an idiot.--
--solomon