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Friday, October 17, 2008
Where’s the best fried catfish?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
BAILEY’S IN POWDER SPRINGS FRIED CATFISH PLATE: what restaurants serve this Southern specialty?
Seems like every New Englander in the Atlanta area read my review of Legal Sea Foods and has something to say about my use of the word ‘scrod’ as a New England term for cod.
Scrod is young cod or haddock, and the word is rarely used outside New England. All are fluffy white fish perfect for batter frying.
The whole experience had me jonesing for a Southern specialty rarely seen these days —fried catfish. (Legal actually has it on their menu as a sandwich). Why has this hot-fired and curled-at-the-edges classic vanished from local menus? Seems like I never see fried catfish much anymore unless I visit a church supper or community fish fry (there’s one downtown on Auburn Avenue most Fridays) — both of which are also looking smaller and smaller in that rear view mirror of things we used to love.
What restaurants do you know of serve fried catfish?
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