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Dec 10, 2023, 9:24 AM
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Turned into the new and improved Food Network I am going to share one of the best meals I have ever had.
Some time ago I was out in Big Bay Creek tryin to catch some bait shrimp to fish for spot tails the next day. I was drifting along slowly with the tide throwing my net. I probably had about 18 nice bait shrimp after culling out the smaller ones. So I cranked up and moved back up the creek for another drift toward the sound. I did much better this pass and had netted about 2 dozen nice bait shrimp. I figure I had enough for a good days fishing so I was getting ready to call it a day. I noticed the water swirling between the boat and the bank several times. I decided the throw the net one more time when the swirl appeared. I let go and threw and it was one of my better throws of the day. I let it sink and began to pull the net, I thought I was hung on some oysters. The net finally began to move and I could tell it was loaded with something. I finally boated it and it had about 2 dozen creek mullet in it. I dumped them in the cooler and headed to the dock.
I took care of my shrimp and took the mullet to the sink cleaned and butterflied them. They were all about 8 inches long.
I took them to the house and said we got supper. I soaked them in butter milk for about an hour, rinsed them good and mealed them in Adluh yellow corn meal. I deep fried them and cooked some red horse bread.
We served them with coleslaw and bread and butter pickles. This was truly one of the best fish suppers I have ever eaten.
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Dec 10, 2023, 12:42 PM
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That's a good day on the water and in the kitchen. How did you do fishing ? After reds and specks I'm guessing.
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Dec 10, 2023, 8:25 PM
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I left early the next morning and headed over to Monkey Island. I liked to fish the first 4 and the last 4 of the tide. There was a particular creek that was blocked for the last 2 1/2 hours before dead low by a large oyster bed.
I liked to get there while the creek was still running over the oysters pretty good. I would anchor parallel to the oyster bed, let things settle down and wait.
It's been so long ago I don't remember all the details; however I do remember catching the biggest Sheepshead I ever caught. It probably weighed close to 5 pounds.
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Dec 10, 2023, 12:49 PM
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My dad would have used the mullet for bait too - don't recall ever eating one .... but don't remember ever having a freshly caught one either. And those frozen ones he bought for bait really smelled like good bait.
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Dec 10, 2023, 6:53 PM
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Mullet is good if cooked fresh. That is why you see it in the seafood markets, cheap but good food for being bait.
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Dec 10, 2023, 7:50 PM
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Clover, the size I caught are perfect for eating. They are large enough to enjoy, but still small enough to not have the overpowering gamey taste of a large one.
Creek mullet need to be cooked the day they are caught. You can stretch the widow no later than the next day. After that they make very good bait.
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What is Horse bread?***
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Dec 10, 2023, 12:57 PM
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Dec 10, 2023, 6:50 PM
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Hope it’s not like Cow Pie!
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Dec 10, 2023, 6:54 PM
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Red horse bread? I wondered the same.
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Dec 10, 2023, 7:00 PM
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I had to look it up?
What is red horse bread?
Food historians guess that Hush Puppies are a sibling of South Carolina's popular “red horse bread,” a cornmeal batter cooked in the hot lard leftover from cooking the region's ubiquitous red horse fish. In the 1920s, on the Georgia side of the Savannah River, residents started calling these fritters Hush Puppies.Feb 11, 2022
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Dec 10, 2023, 7:09 PM
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Next time I need a hush puppy Im gonna ask for red horse bread.
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Dec 10, 2023, 7:25 PM
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I always heard that hush puppies came from the slaves, when they cooked in the outdoor kitchen the dogs would bark and they would fry the leftover batter to shut the dogs up. Also heard the slaves used the small batter bites to throw to dogs to keep them quiet when they tried to sneak away. I have heard the first part of story more often. 1920's seems a little off to be slave related although many slave families stayed and worked on plantations even after emancipation.
Anyone heard a different story?
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Dec 10, 2023, 7:55 PM
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The story about the slaves and dogs is what I've "heard." Not sure if that is true or not.
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