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Recipe Discussions => Meat => Topic started by: squirtthecat on December 19, 2009, 08:47:59 AM

Title: Venison 'catfish'
Post by: squirtthecat on December 19, 2009, 08:47:59 AM

I'm going to smoke a venison roast for a coworker (for a case of beer - standard charge), and he was digging through the packages from the processing place to load in his freezer - and one was marked "catfish".

What on Earth would that be??



Title: Re: Venison 'catfish'
Post by: KyNola on December 19, 2009, 02:11:02 PM
It's a freshwater bottom feeder fish.  Doesn't have scales.  Has a skin.  It's called a catfish due to the long "whiskers" around its mouth.

Great when breaded with a spiced up cornmeal and fried or grilled. :D :D :D :D
KyNola
Title: Re: Venison 'catfish'
Post by: classicrockgriller on December 19, 2009, 04:13:34 PM
Taste great Blacken.
Title: Re: Venison 'catfish'
Post by: squirtthecat on December 19, 2009, 07:22:21 PM

Thanks guys...   ::)


From his butcher:

"Deer catfish is a loin cut that comes from the inside of the body cavity near the lower back"
Title: Re: Venison 'catfish'
Post by: classicrockgriller on December 19, 2009, 07:23:49 PM
Quote from: squirtthecat on December 19, 2009, 07:22:21 PM

Thanks guys...   ::)


From his butcher:

"Deer catfish is a loin cut that comes from the inside of the body cavity near the lower back"


it must have Wiskers.
Title: Re: Venison 'catfish'
Post by: RAF128 on December 20, 2009, 04:48:01 AM
Quote from: squirtthecat on December 19, 2009, 07:22:21 PM

From his butcher:

"Deer catfish is a loin cut that comes from the inside of the body cavity near the lower back"


Sounds that that would be the tenderloin.   I never thought it looked like a fish of any kind but who knows. ???.   
Title: Re: Venison 'catfish'
Post by: squirtthecat on December 20, 2009, 04:50:14 AM
Quote from: RAF128 on December 20, 2009, 04:48:01 AM
Quote from: squirtthecat on December 19, 2009, 07:22:21 PM

From his butcher:

"Deer catfish is a loin cut that comes from the inside of the body cavity near the lower back"


Sounds that that would be the tenderloin.   I never thought it looked like a fish of any kind but who knows. ???.   

We'll find out when he finally thaws that package out and opens it.   I though it might be something cut into thin strips - so it looks a little like a catfish fillet.. (like a whole muscle, sliced thin for jerky, etc.)


Title: Re: Venison 'catfish'
Post by: Tenpoint5 on December 20, 2009, 06:03:58 AM
Around here we call them "Hanging Tenders" Is the most tender part of the deer and is usually eaten first. Cut into medallions a little seasoning salt and pan fried in butter.
Title: Re: Venison 'catfish'
Post by: KevinG on December 20, 2009, 06:19:12 AM
Yea, if they are tenderloins, don't waste them on jerky. That's the best part of the deer as far as tender meat goes.
Title: Re: Venison 'catfish'
Post by: classicrockgriller on December 20, 2009, 06:35:21 AM
Ahhh, that is some fine eating.
Title: Re: Venison 'catfish'
Post by: squirtthecat on December 20, 2009, 08:45:46 AM

Good deal.  I'll tell him.

Thanks guys!