LIFE BELOW THE LINE

Eat Or We Both Starve.

taken outside of Taylor Grocery by The Old Try

August is National Catfish month. Have you been to Catfish Heaven aka. Taylor Grocery? If not you MUST make the trip and pay tribute to the tasty little mudsuckers. I love them.

Note: Oxford MS is a Mecca of sorts for catfish. Other area restaurants with catfish dishes on the menu are:

• Ajax Diner – southern fried catfish, southern fried catfish po-boy (lunch/dinner), black eyed pea and catfish cakes (dinner)
• Bangkok Thai – Siam spicy catfish
• City Grocery – grilled ginger catfish (lunch)
• Foxfire Ranch – catfish sandwich (Sundays)
• Frank & Marlee’s – fried catfish po-boy, fried catfish filets
• Irie – fried catfish po-boy, fried catfish filet, 10 oz. ribeye with catfish filet
• Laws Hill Fish House – catfish combination plates
• McEwen’s – blackened catfish (lunch), sweet potato crusted catfish (dinner)
• Oby’s – catfish platter, cajun catfish po-boy
• Phillips Grocery – catfish sandwich, catfish basket
• Proud Larry’s – Creole catfish sandwich
• Red Onion – catfish buffet, catfish sandwich
• Rice & Spice – crispy catfish salad
• Rooster’s – catfish bites, fried catfish po-boy

(list source)

Catfish Heaven.

This is one of the many reasons I miss the charm of Mississippi. A great read about Taylor written by a professor at Ole Miss.

Thank You Garden & Gun.

http://gardenandgun.com/article/catfish-heaven?page=0%2C1