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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:02:27 PM EDT
Came home from a relativley peaceful patrol shift, had some boiled crabs and shrimp and then me and my two step brothers finally caught the gars that had been eluding us for so long.
Filled some buckets with dog food and put some holes in them so they'd sink and the fight was on. 4 total landed Not me, but #1 close to 45lbs 
#2 All of 75lbs 
#3 close to 25lbs 
#4 Mine, the smallest, bout 8lbs 
Listened to my bros and cleaned it, boiled the meat, seasoned and tossed it on the George Foreman. Very tasty. 
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:03:42 PM EDT
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They're good eating op. fry some up in gar balls.
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:04:35 PM EDT
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I had to gag.
Id rather eat and clean a softshell turtle. |
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:05:05 PM EDT
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Pretty hard to beat fresh grilled garfish patties.
12/10 ,would devour. Eta I usually boil the meat or cook it down in a pan, toss it in a food processor with some green onion, minced garlic, egg, and celery. Make into patties, mustard and milk wash then coat in Italian bread crumbs and pan fry in olive oil. Top with a heavy cream/crabmeat/minced crawfish tail/butter sauce. |
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:05:14 PM EDT
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They're good eating op. fry some up in gar balls. Oh, definitely going to try for more, we caught those 4 and missed probably a dozen more. |
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:05:58 PM EDT
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I need a dried gar skull for my collection.
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:06:51 PM EDT
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In light of all the gay threads in GD lately, I hope you understand why I thought the title of the post was that you caught some gay today.
 Very cool. I would love to catch some of those toothy critters. |
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:06:52 PM EDT
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Nice OP. Real nice.
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:07:41 PM EDT
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Wow. That is one big ass fish. I've never had the pleasure of eating one. |
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:10:37 PM EDT
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Buckets of dog food?
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:11:03 PM EDT
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I grew up in MO, we used to catch boat loads. Most people threw them on the bank but they are excellent. Their tenderloins rival crappie filets
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:12:00 PM EDT
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Good catch! I don't remember ever trying gar.
Why boil? I would try it barbecued. |
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:12:02 PM EDT
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Holy shit! WTF. Good shoot! 
West coaster here. Never seen those outside of a book. |
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:12:57 PM EDT
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Do you eat Buffalo as well?
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:13:38 PM EDT
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Buckets of dog food? Yep, kept them right by our bridge. Used cut up bait fish from Walmart on a treble hook about a foot under a cork. Hell of a fight! |
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:14:39 PM EDT
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Good catch! I don't remember ever trying gar. Why boil? I would try it barbecued. Meat is very "stringy" |
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:15:27 PM EDT
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we either bow fish for them or try to catch them on Top Waters with frayed nylon rope for trailers. I know people who cook Gar Balls, but I'll just keep eating Crappie.
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:21:18 PM EDT
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I don't care for it, myself, but a lot of my family and neighbors like it. I know one thing, you can fuck up a good knife cleaning them.
I do enjoy catching them , though. Dead shrimp under a cork or on a weight has always worked for me. |
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:24:09 PM EDT
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we either bow fish for them or try to catch them on Top Waters with frayed nylon rope for trailers. I know people who cook Gar Balls, but I'll just keep eating Crappie. Same here, but we call them Sac Au Lait. |
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:25:52 PM EDT
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I don't care for it, myself, but a lot of my family and neighbors like it. I know one thing, you can fuck up a good knife cleaning them. I do enjoy catching them , though. Dead shrimp under a cork or on a weight has always worked for me. Battery operated sawzall with a 10" blade. Take a flapper wheel on a 3" grinder and grind the teeth to an edge. You're welcome.
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:27:47 PM EDT
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Battery operated sawzall with a 10" blade. Take a flapper wheel on a 3" grinder and grind the teeth to an edge. You're welcome. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I don't care for it, myself, but a lot of my family and neighbors like it. I know one thing, you can fuck up a good knife cleaning them. I do enjoy catching them , though. Dead shrimp under a cork or on a weight has always worked for me. Battery operated sawzall with a 10" blade. Take a flapper wheel on a 3" grinder and grind the teeth to an edge. You're welcome. Cut from the rear dorsal fin forward with a fresh hacksaw blade, fillet down the sides then down the middle. |
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:30:56 PM EDT
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Cut from the rear dorsal fin forward with a fresh hacksaw blade, fillet down the sides then down the middle. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I don't care for it, myself, but a lot of my family and neighbors like it. I know one thing, you can fuck up a good knife cleaning them. I do enjoy catching them , though. Dead shrimp under a cork or on a weight has always worked for me. Battery operated sawzall with a 10" blade. Take a flapper wheel on a 3" grinder and grind the teeth to an edge. You're welcome. Cut from the rear dorsal fin forward with a fresh hacksaw blade, fillet down the sides then down the middle. I can see that working good too! Power tools are fun tho. haha ETA...what area did you catch them? I am a fellow NOLA ditch dweller, just sayin. 
Wish I could move back, stupid work. |
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:33:20 PM EDT
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Battery operated sawzall with a 10" blade. Take a flapper wheel on a 3" grinder and grind the teeth to an edge. You're welcome. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I don't care for it, myself, but a lot of my family and neighbors like it. I know one thing, you can fuck up a good knife cleaning them. I do enjoy catching them , though. Dead shrimp under a cork or on a weight has always worked for me. Battery operated sawzall with a 10" blade. Take a flapper wheel on a 3" grinder and grind the teeth to an edge. You're welcome. Dude, I fucked up a brand new Glock knife trying to clean some once for the old widow bitch that lives next door. I don't even eat the fuckers. I was just being nice and decided to offer to clean a couple of Gars that I had caught because she said she ate them. Bam. 30 dollar knife fucked up just like that. I'll show her ass that tip so the next time she can clean those bastards. |
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:35:28 PM EDT
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Same here, but we call them Sac Au Lait. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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we either bow fish for them or try to catch them on Top Waters with frayed nylon rope for trailers. I know people who cook Gar Balls, but I'll just keep eating Crappie. Same here, but we call them Sac Au Lait. LOL, milk bags. 
I used to catch gar in the St-Lawrence River in Canada growing up, but ours were longnose gar. Yours look like shortnose. From this map distribution, it looks like that's what you have down there. 
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:38:08 PM EDT
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Nice! I got some gar down there a long time ago, but we used sticks. They came at us like torpedoes and we beat them out of the water. Never dreamed of eating one!
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:39:05 PM EDT
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I can see that working good too! Power tools are fun tho. haha ETA...what area did you catch them? I am a fellow NOLA ditch dweller, just sayin.
Wish I could move back, stupid work. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I don't care for it, myself, but a lot of my family and neighbors like it. I know one thing, you can fuck up a good knife cleaning them. I do enjoy catching them , though. Dead shrimp under a cork or on a weight has always worked for me. Battery operated sawzall with a 10" blade. Take a flapper wheel on a 3" grinder and grind the teeth to an edge. You're welcome. Cut from the rear dorsal fin forward with a fresh hacksaw blade, fillet down the sides then down the middle. I can see that working good too! Power tools are fun tho. haha ETA...what area did you catch them? I am a fellow NOLA ditch dweller, just sayin.
Wish I could move back, stupid work. I'm down in Lafourche, we have a canal thats about 30' wide and maybe 4' deep that runs in front of out property. |
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:43:24 PM EDT
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I'm down in Lafourche, we have a canal thats about 30' wide and maybe 4' deep that runs in front of out property. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I don't care for it, myself, but a lot of my family and neighbors like it. I know one thing, you can fuck up a good knife cleaning them. I do enjoy catching them , though. Dead shrimp under a cork or on a weight has always worked for me. Battery operated sawzall with a 10" blade. Take a flapper wheel on a 3" grinder and grind the teeth to an edge. You're welcome. Cut from the rear dorsal fin forward with a fresh hacksaw blade, fillet down the sides then down the middle. I can see that working good too! Power tools are fun tho. haha ETA...what area did you catch them? I am a fellow NOLA ditch dweller, just sayin.
Wish I could move back, stupid work. I'm down in Lafourche, we have a canal thats about 30' wide and maybe 4' deep that runs in front of out property. You're in Lafourche? Dude, Im in Lafitte. Howdy Neighbor ! |
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:44:11 PM EDT
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Ya'll catching any Speckled Trout down there? It's been sucking in Lafitte.
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:46:10 PM EDT
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You're in Lafourche? Dude, Im in Lafitte. Howdy Neighbor ! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Cut from the rear dorsal fin forward with a fresh hacksaw blade, fillet down the sides then down the middle. I can see that working good too! Power tools are fun tho. haha ETA...what area did you catch them? I am a fellow NOLA ditch dweller, just sayin.
Wish I could move back, stupid work. I'm down in Lafourche, we have a canal thats about 30' wide and maybe 4' deep that runs in front of out property. You're in Lafourche? Dude, Im in Lafitte. Howdy Neighbor ! I know probably 3/4 of the people in Lafitte.
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:46:24 PM EDT
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A buddy says his brother in S. Texas has gar barbecues and uses a chainsaw to cross section big gator gars, like cutting Halibut steaks.
I have my doubts because that saw would stink to high heaven the next day, specially in the S. Texas heat. |
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:47:02 PM EDT
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Love your mansion bro.
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:49:15 PM EDT
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You can use a piece of nylon rope to catch them. Sight fish them, then start slapping at them with the nylon rope. Their teeth will get caught in it and they can't get loose.
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:54:20 PM EDT
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Nice, some big ones! I've never cleaned one yet, I read somewhere to use tin snips. I can see a saw being useful on those biggins though.
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Posted: 7/3/2015 11:54:37 PM EDT
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You can use a piece of nylon rope to catch them. Sight fish them, then start slapping at them with the nylon rope. Their teeth will get caught in it and they can't get loose. I always heard the frayed nylon clothesline technique was how some caught them but figured it was a lot of work casting for a strike. Gar aren't the voracious attackers as their appearance would seem but more like picky feeders of carrion and take patience and quite. |
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Posted: 7/4/2015 12:05:43 AM EDT
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During my senior year in HS (1983), "catching gar" meant nailing skanky chicks.
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Posted: 7/4/2015 1:14:21 AM EDT
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Pretty hard to beat fresh grilled garfish patties.
12/10 ,would devour. Eta I usually boil the meat or cook it down in a pan, toss it in a food processor with some green onion, minced garlic, egg, and celery. Make into patties, mustard and milk wash then coat in Italian bread crumbs and pan fry in olive oil. Top with a heavy cream/crabmeat/minced crawfish tail/butter sauce. Can you even taste the fish with all that shit mixed together? |
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Posted: 7/4/2015 1:17:01 AM EDT
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I never heard of anyone eating gar. I used to use them for shark bait lol.
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Posted: 7/4/2015 1:20:16 AM EDT
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Nice.
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Posted: 7/4/2015 1:28:21 AM EDT
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Used to catch 10-15 lb gar. We would chop them up with a hatchet and bait trot lines.
To, you know.. catch edible fish. 
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Posted: 7/4/2015 1:31:07 AM EDT
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Cool. Was the first one an alligator gar? |
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Posted: 7/4/2015 1:33:29 AM EDT
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During my senior year in HS (1983), "catching gar" meant nailing skanky chicks. Awesome. That's pretty close to a perfect analogy. |
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Posted: 7/4/2015 1:38:04 AM EDT
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recipe...
prepare and filet one medium gar place filets on cypress board season with salt and black pepper, oregano, and a little cayenne Place in oven on 350 for 45 minutes throw away gar and eat the board. Franklin parish born here, I would rather eat rattlesnake. BUT good fishing there guys looks like a fun day. Should have got some crawfish out of that ditch. |
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Posted: 7/4/2015 1:42:57 AM EDT
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During my senior year in HS (1983), "catching gar" meant nailing skanky chicks. I've never caught gar in either sense of the term. 
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Posted: 7/4/2015 12:59:30 PM EDT
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I know probably 3/4 of the people in Lafitte.
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Cut from the rear dorsal fin forward with a fresh hacksaw blade, fillet down the sides then down the middle. I can see that working good too! Power tools are fun tho. haha ETA...what area did you catch them? I am a fellow NOLA ditch dweller, just sayin.
Wish I could move back, stupid work. I'm down in Lafourche, we have a canal thats about 30' wide and maybe 4' deep that runs in front of out property. You're in Lafourche? Dude, Im in Lafitte. Howdy Neighbor ! I know probably 3/4 of the people in Lafitte.
Oh so you're a parole officer then? Cool !!!!
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Posted: 7/4/2015 1:08:01 PM EDT
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You can use a piece of nylon rope to catch them. Sight fish them, then start slapping at them with the nylon rope. Their teeth will get caught in it and they can't get loose. That's how I used to catch them, was fun times 
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Posted: 7/4/2015 1:18:09 PM EDT
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Oh so you're a parole officer then? Cool !!!! Quote HistoryQuoted:
[span style='font-weight: bold;']Originally Posted By smokiexd45
I know probably 3/4 of the people in Lafitte.
Oh so you're a parole officer then? Cool !!!! Lmao, nah, just a lowly oilfield worker. 
I need to make a trip down there and get my boat. |
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Posted: 7/4/2015 1:29:10 PM EDT
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Good job!
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Posted: 7/4/2015 1:34:05 PM EDT
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Try some gar balls (no not the testicles) smothered in gravy serve over rice.
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Posted: 7/4/2015 1:39:54 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/4/2015 1:48:54 PM EDT
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Now I'm Hungry again.
Mmmmmmm . . . GAR . . . |
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Posted: 7/4/2015 1:49:00 PM EDT
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Do you eat Buffalo as well? Buffalo ribs are damn fine eats ! |
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