Mulletheads
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.56 (510 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1575870843 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2013-01-10 |
Language | : | English |
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Virginia L. Branson said Fun Read. Michael Swindle's "Mulletheads" is an entertaining, yet comprehensive report on a fish. Having been raised in Alabama, I have always known that mullet is delicious seafood. Once I reached my twenties, I made the obligatory Alabama pilgrimage to the Florabama, the Gulf Coast bar made famous by Jimmy Buffet, for the annual Mullet Toss festival. So Swindle's extensive research on the topic, coupled with his . Truly a very entertaining book! This book is a very entertaining read. It has several delicious recipes also. If you've never been to the Gulf Coast, this is one of the best books to read. If you have been to the Gulf Coast, you will also enjoy this book. Mulletheads Unite!. Reynald C Feldt Jr said I must be a MULLETHEAD!. Well written with information I did not know. I grew up in the late thirties along the Pithlachascootie River in New Port Richey,wondering why there were so many mullet jumping in that river that you that it seemed you could almost walk across on them.Mullet was a regular diet then and during the war years. Except for Ted Peter's Smoked Mullet in St. Petersburg, smoked mullet isnot commonly found and rare
. Mullet Contest." Swindle also encounters a number of traditional mullet-throwing tournaments: An annual boozy f?te at the Florida-Alabama border, the Interstate Mullet Toss, typically draws 60,000 revelers over three days, and some 1200 of them compete in heaving mullet up to 178 feet (the record). As with Mark Kurlansky's Cod (LJ 7/97), here cultural history written around a fish makes surprisingly good reading; this unsung bottom-feeder inspires impressive loyalty as Swindle's lucidly deadpan book moves along the mullet trail, gathering quirky stories, wisdom, and recipes from the devoted. From Library Journal The mullet, a primarily saltwater fish known for its delightful yet mysterious jumping, initially "call
Mulletheads book has been released since 2013-01-10. Mulletheads are written by Michael Swindle and it has 128 of pages on paperback.