got this and I’m going to try it thought Id share it since it seems nice and easy.

Have you ever been in the mood for lobster, but cant afford it? DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT! I have a tasty alternative to cooking your fish in the deep fryer… All you need is fish fillets, a pot of water, and some fixin’s! Best enjoyed with a freshly cracked beer, or a nice glass of red wine.

Just follow these quick simple steps, and your well on your way to enjoying dinner!

1. Take your fillet (of whatever your fish of choice might be), and cut it into cubes about 1 inch in size each.

2. In a pot, bring a generous amount of water to a boil.

3. Add a half cup of sugar and quarter cup of lemon juice to the boiling water, let boil for a few moments.

4. Drop your cubes of fish into the boiling water. The cubes will sink to the bottom of the pot.

5. Once the cubes begin to rise, use a slotted spoon, and remove them from the boiling water.

6. Melt some butter or margarine in a sauce pan, adding garlic (I also add Cajun spices), and pour the mixture into a small dish for dipping.

7. Take some tooth picks, and DIG IN!

Its simple, and tastes great!

Prep time - 5 minutes
Cook time - 10 minutes

This probably is going to sound funny coming from a Mainer (lobster is pretty cheap here) but I have also heard of this recipe and I can add a little to this by saying that “Poor mans Lobster” in Maine is cooked using cusk.  They are found in some lakes here and also are part of the groundfishing off the coast of Maine.  They have the consistency of scallops when cooked, and if cooked properly, taste like lobster.  I just came back from an ice fishing trip and we caught several cusk.  I fileted them and we ate them while playing cards back in camp.  Here is the video of one of my buddies catching one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMRQ90vKT-w&feature=youtu.be

Yea I moved down south about 10 years ago and the seafood is very different here then back up north.  Good lobster is hard to come by down here but crabs (blue crab that took some getting used to) is great as long as the harvest is good.

Now that we are talking about cooking fish….......was talking to a fisherman I never met before and he told me that he uses sour cream and chive instant potato mix for frying fish.  Says he dips the fish in egg and then rolls the filets in the instant potato powder.  I never heard of that before but I am going to try it next time.

We always called a Gasper gou the poor mans lobster. Boil it in crawfish boil and make a little buuter sauce for dipping.