Best way to cook a 25lb blue cat?

its court boullion pronounced as coo-be-yawn

and yes thats the best way since the larger fish arent as tender, tasty, or as good as the smaller fish are so its best to make stews and such with them even though sliced thin they are still good fried

If you want to fry it, take a filet and hold down pretty firm with the palm of your left hand, take a very sharp filet knife and cut pieces off at a slanted angle with a downward slice going kind of under the palm of the left hand so that each piece if about the same thickness. Maybe 1/4"-1/2" would be good. You should get a shite load of pieces off a 25# cat.

Mix those with a mustard and La hot sauce mixture, then shake in fish fry of your choice and fry at 350 until they float.

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I always boil the chunks of fish separately before I even start my gravy. Helps get some of that “greasiness” out. You’ll see it all float to the top.

Make sure you don’t forget that belly meat too. Best part.

Trim it really good whatever you are doing with it. By the time you are done you should have a nice pile of white meat and an impressive pile of trimmings. Toss the trimmings and cut it into small pieces. When you trim it good and cut it up thin it will fry well and people won't know the difference.

Smoke the filets with skin on. Eat on its own or make a fish dip.

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