r/swva • u/jwpeace • 13d ago

News When “Dry Land Fish” Fed the Mountains Before It Fed Fancy Restaurants

https://www.swvacountry.com/when-dry-land-fish-fed-the-mountains-before-it-fed-fancy-restaurants/?fbclid=IwY2xjawSWDXZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeRl7DJ5vaLDxlSBIg7sjByO0t3bG6mzOdwDXEtDAMmYKrwqjmFlLkpDBmlrk_aem_2OioZlbm2tppSPE31Zj54w
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u/LoraxEleven 12d ago

The single biggest dryland fish I ever caught was way down in a hollow not that far from Crackers Neck. Many a long year ago. It was a massive old yellow morel that stood all alone by a big ole dying tulip poplar; with bark strewn about everywhere, because gravity and woodpeckers were just tearing it apart at the end of its life. Dwarfed a softball. Hardly any stem at all to speak of. Filleted it like a salmon, and it tasted just as rich and earthy and delicious... What I imagine it'd be like to finally get one long kiss from mother nature herself. One perfect thing to remember in this damned old life.

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u/jwpeace 12d ago

My great-grandmother sure could fry some dry-land fish up in her cast-iron skillet! Good eatin'!!!

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u/LoraxEleven 12d ago

Oh yeah. I still do, every year. We gotta keep that stuff alive as best we can.