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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] was Canning Chicken, now fish
  • Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:36:29 -0700 (PDT)

Susan, I don't know anything about canning fish. I was just wondering if you
were getting any of that storm thats hitting maine ...bobford


--- On Sat, 9/27/08, SJC <indexer AT localnet.com> wrote:

> From: SJC <indexer AT localnet.com>
> Subject: [Homestead] was Canning Chicken, now fish
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Saturday, September 27, 2008, 11:14 PM
> clansgian wrote:
>
> > >
> > > We've even canned the small creek fish that
> abound here abouts, horny-heads
> > > and suckers. They are headed, gutted, and
> scaled. Then they are lightly
> > > parboiled and packed into jars filling them with
> the pot liquor. The pressure
> > > canning makes the tiny bones like you find in
> sardines and canned salmon.
> >
> Oh, boy, does that bring back the memories. A kid
> 'chore' where I grew up was to snare suckers in the
> winter, gig them late spring as they came from the Wabash up
> into a small rocky creek. We usually went as a group and it
> was great fun, especially the gigging because for snaring
> you have to be quiet but gigging was like a party. They
> were all canned in those days, made for some really good
> eating.
>
> James, maybe you know: the sucker we had in the midwest
> were always white meat and tasted very good. When we moved
> to coastal VA, people turned their noses up at the idea of
> eating suckers, and we soon found out why: gray, soft meat,
> and tasted muddy. They looked like the same critter to the
> eye but for whatever reason we never figured out, they were
> somewhat smaller. Do you know why they'd taste
> different? The warmer water maybe? The food (theirs)? Or?
> We were so surprised, as sucker had always been a favorite
> til we tried those. If you get good sucker, you can eat
> even the big ones fresh without worrying about all those
> teeny fine bones if you score them finely when they're
> cleaned. Sounds like a pain but goes fast.
>
> We also canned coho from the Great Lakes area and after we
> moved to VA we canned tuna and bluefish, although blues are
> not a favorite with me. They are OK made up with potatoes,
> though, and made cheap eats, plus the kids all liked them.
> Hint: if bluefish are running, even if they are beaching
> themselves, do not try to catch with your bare hands; they
> prefer taking off your hand to being caught.....my
> rambunctious kid....lucky.
>
> Susan Jane, in Maine
>
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