Gar ball stew

[Carolyn]

This is a Facekook video by a Cajun musician whose feed I follow.
My Dad threw catfish back because he didn't want to mess with them much less keep an Alligator Gar and cook it.
Swamp folk fish to eat, and this is something you won't see on a typical new cajun menu.

Garfish Fricassee

https://www.facebook.com/reel/2054473435945583

[SheilaAnn]

Oh my……

[Carolyn]

Oh my, fricassee or oh my, hot cajun musician? 😉

[SheilaAnn]

Oh my all of it Carolyn

(Maybe the accent, I dunno 😛)

[Carolyn]

I like to listen to him. Many things he says sounds just like my Grandmother and Great Grandfather.

[texastweeter]

I've had fried garlic balls, and they are good, but never a stew.

[Carolyn]

Both of my brothers live on a river, and they catch gar now and then. I don't know how they cook it.
I don't think I have ever eaten gar. Never snagged one when out fishing.

[Carolyn]

I like how he has to chisel his way through that armored gar's skin.