brin
Super Member
Look at where I live in my avatar! Hey, I know catfish and Vidalia onions!
In case some of you don't know, Mississippi is catfish country, and the Vidalia onion was developed in Vidalia, GA, where my ancestral roots are. These onions were developed by (university of GA? Can't remember) someone in Vidalia, GA, the soil type, etc. there is really the only place that can truly grow Vidalia onions. One of my best friends has a farm near Vidalia - mmmmm, can't wait to go see him!
Mississippi is big time catfish country...The Miss. Delta is where all the catfish farms are...I have toured them...My family is from West Point, Miss. and formerly a town that no longer exists..., Graceport, Miss...it was flooded with the resourvoir and dam..many years ago. When I toured one of the catfish farms they explained how they could lose a whole pond of catfish if the pond got off flavor...it would smell like seaweed and a real fishy smell...that would get in the flesh of the fish...quite an operation. We have raised catfish in cages in our farm pond on a much smaller scale but my Dad and FIL supplied a local catfish restaurant for quite some time.