Be Careful Cleaning Gar

Gar can be delicious or they can make you very sick! You guys taught me about the latter after my first attempt to eat one of these fish. Luckily, it wasn't a female loaded with eggs.  Females take around six years to mature to the point where they can make eggs, so my first gar wasn't necessarily a male. It could've been a young female. But, BOY was it tasty!
After I cooked the fish you see in this video, it was a lot chewier than the last one. Either I overcooked it, or this technique of removing the fillets leaves more of the white, stringy sinew, or the bigger gars just don't taste as good as the small ones. I would put money on the bigger ones not being as tender. I mean, it was good. Just not as amazing as the first gar I cooked.
If you ever get the chance to eat a gar, try one! I think you'll like it.
As always, thanks to everyone who leave me comments. You guys are some of the best teachers I've ever had.

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