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We don't drink sweet drinks around here, so it's been years since I've made a pitcher of sweet tea. I have a bunch of relatives coming in a couple of weeks, and we're going to fry catfish and all that, and I know they drink lots of sweet tea. So how much sugar should I put in a pitcher of tea?
While I'm at it, anyone know a good place to get a deal on some catfish?
fuzzis
07-17-2007, 03:05 PM
I use a little over a half cup of sugar per pitcher, but then again, I don't like it very sweet. My boss, who does like it sweet, is happy when I use 2/3s -3/4s cup of sugar.
Fish-Bait
07-17-2007, 03:07 PM
If you aren't sure just go and buy a few gallons of Red Diamond. Take it home and pour it in the pitcher and discard said 1 gallon container. Then you ain't gotta worry bout' it.
58ford
07-17-2007, 03:08 PM
Southern Seafood on East Hardy can hook you up with the catfish, and all the cookin' fixin's you'll need.
TheKing
07-17-2007, 03:10 PM
cup and a half per gallon
Southern Seafood on East Hardy can hook you up with the catfish, and all the cookin' fixin's you'll need.
It's Mississippi fish, right? I don't want any of that foreign crap.
Maggie-Doodle
07-17-2007, 03:15 PM
McAllister's also sells tea by the gallon..they have the best tea in town. The Red Diamond isn't bad either...
Hermione
07-17-2007, 03:19 PM
And either LT's in Purvis or Cuevas toward Lumberton can feed you catfish!
58ford
07-17-2007, 03:20 PM
It's Mississippi fish, right? I don't want any of that foreign crap.I've never asked, but their other seafood: blue crabs, ground mullet, flounders, etc. all seems to come from the coast, and I see them cleaning the fish right there behind the counter.
TheKing
07-17-2007, 04:03 PM
And either LT's in Purvis or Cuevas toward Lumberton can feed you catfish!
I eat both of those places on a fairly regular basis but I have made a discovery out in Moselle called the Catfish Grill.
I think that place is my fav now.
Fish-Bait
07-17-2007, 04:05 PM
I eat both of those places on a fairly regular basis but I have made a discovery out in Moselle called the Catfish Grill.
I think that place is my fav now.
Where is that, I haven't heard of it before..you ain't talkin' bout the old watermill are you?
TheKing
07-17-2007, 04:14 PM
Where is that, I haven't heard of it before..you ain't talkin' bout the old watermill are you?
i dont know if its the old watermill or not...its a small place...almost like one of those catfish one joints in the regard that you order at the window...but its got a screen porch all the way around it for people to sit down and eat.
its on 11 in moselle...if you get off on the moselle exit go up to 11 and take a left...should be about a quarter to a half mile and youll see the place on the left...
im not thoroughly familiar with moselle though
58ford
07-17-2007, 04:17 PM
Now, y'all got me thinkin' seafood. I'm gonna have to swing by Southern Seafood on the way home for a flounder. Broil 'im up with some butter & onions.
The King knows his Sweet Tea, even if he don't know shit from Shinola about homebrewed beer.
I can hook you up with a case of Mississippi Delta Pride Catfish, whole, or different size filets @ my cost if you give me your order on a Sunday and pick up on the following Tues afternoon. We order on Monday mornings and take delivery on Tuesdays. All are IQF (individually quick frozen).
I can PM you a price on the size filets we use in the restaurant (5-7oz) if interested, and it will be next Monday before I can quote prices on other sizes or cuts. The filet we use is the most expensive and desired size. Over-size filets and mis-cuts are cheaper. For a family fish fry, there ain't a damn thing wrong with mis-cuts. We have to use the sized filets for portion cost-control.
You can get the mis-cuts too?
TheKing
07-17-2007, 04:22 PM
Broil 'im up with some butter & onions.
What the hell is with you and the onions?
What the hell is with you and the onions?
He likes to fart. Actually takes pleasure in doing it.
58ford
07-17-2007, 04:27 PM
What the hell is with you and the onions?
Wha?? What's wrong with onions?
We're gonna be dropping them into a giant pot of peanut oil. If they're frozen, the oil will fight back. I guess I could get them completely thawed between Tuesday and Saturday.
TheKing
07-17-2007, 04:41 PM
it doesnt take long at all
when i worked at lumberjacks back when i was like 17, thats what we did with the catfish..we took the individually frozen stuff and put it on a big sink full of water the night before and strained it before we started cooking the next day.
amanda
07-17-2007, 04:41 PM
Mac, a neat trick I use when frying catfish is to coat the fish with mustard before you put them in the fish fry. This will help keep the fry on and gives it a very good flavor. Don't use a lot, just a light coating.
Okay Hawk. There may be as few of us as 9 and as many as 15. Depends on if my side of the family comes down. Lemme find out how much we need. I'll PM you in a day or two.
ynotme297
07-17-2007, 10:49 PM
i still make tea the old fashioned way. 2 qt pot full of water, bring to a rolling boil, 5 heaping tablespoons of loose lipton tea. stir for 1 minute, remove from heat, cover and let steam for 15 minutes. add 1 1/2 cups of sugar into a 1 gallon container. pour through a tea strainer into the container and fill to brim with hot water. be sure to stir the sugar until it completely melts. it is really hard to find boxes of loose tea now days.
Fish-Bait
07-17-2007, 11:22 PM
i still make tea the old fashioned way. 2 qt pot full of water, bring to a rolling boil, 5 heaping tablespoons of loose lipton tea. stir for 1 minute, remove from heat, cover and let steam for 15 minutes. add 1 1/2 cups of sugar into a 1 gallon container. pour through a tea strainer into the container and fill to brim with hot water. be sure to stir the sugar until it completely melts. it is really hard to find boxes of loose tea now days.
Kaint' you jus' cut them packits of packed up tea open with yer' buck nife? Seems to me that wen I runs outta skoal and hafta raid grannies kitchun I alwayz end up cuttin' inta' one them tea packits.
P.S. Yaw' aw' jus jellus that I kin' spell my naim.
Fish-Bate. heheheheheeeeee:p
Hermione
07-17-2007, 11:23 PM
ynot, that is some sweet tea!!
I know I'm a traitor, but I gave up sweetened tea when I went to college Up Nawth. It's too hard to get the durn sugar to dissolve in a glass of cold tea. Then one day I discovered that I like it better unsweetened. Shhh!
fuzzis
07-17-2007, 11:26 PM
ynot, that is some sweet tea!!
I know I'm a traitor, but I gave up sweetened tea when I went to college Up Nawth. It's too hard to get the durn sugar to dissolve in a glass of cold tea. Then one day I discovered that I like it better unsweetened. Shhh!
My daddy liked it with a cup of sugar and that always made my teeth hurt. When I go places like McAllister's, I go about half and half sweet and unsweet. Anything else tastes about like syrup to me. I like to be able to taste the sugar AND the tea. :-D
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