King Mackeral

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Guys, I feel it necessary to report this on here in hopes of saving someone else the trouble. I don't care for smoked kings at all and have not tried to eat one in 20 years. Well, last week a guy in my office from the great state of Texas was telling me how good kings were if cleaned and cooked properly. I listened very well and even made notes since I wanted to try it since we catch them all the time while snapper fishing. Up until now, I thought of them just as "cut bait".

Sure enough, we catch a 30lber on Saturday so I was quick to ice it down in the box and looked forward to trying his reciepe out. I cleaned the fish as instructed, insuring all the "red" was removed. Got home and put a tube of Ritz crackers in the food processer, added a little Tony's, then soaked the filets in egg wash. Then battered the fish in the Ritz dust, and fried the filets until golden brown.

Not sure what this guy was thinking, but that was the worst fish I have ever eaten. It was horrible texture and tasted like an old catcher's mit. Dang, it even smelt bad!!! I will now resort to doing what I do best with them and use them for cut bait!