You guys ever heard of this method?
This is off topic and not about Crappie, but its a question about catfish.
My paw-paw swears that when he was a kid, there was an old man that lived down the road from him in Mississippi, and this man caught catfish to earn his living. According to my paw-paw, he cleaned about 200 catfish a day and sold them to local restaurants and grocery stores.
Now heres where I have my question. He said that this guy used hot water to skin the catfish. He got the water really hot, almost boiling, but not quite, and he would dip the catfish in the water and then pull em out. He claims that he would then take his hand with a leather glove on it, and grasp the skin at the catfish's head and shuck it right off.
Now according to my paw-paw he could clean 200 catfish in 1.5 hours. My question is, Lie or truth?
If truth can anyone give details on the proper method of doing this, and wouldnt this cook the fish?