janie- gar are a fish that strangely resemble alligators. They have very sharp teeth so when one catches one you usually have to cut your line so as not to even get near them! They are small her in IL. but they can grow to HUGE lengths. Very pre-historic and freaky looking. I don't know who'd wanna even try to eat one- let alone harvest their eggs! Ick.

as Kevin rounds up the Gars for a big bash tonight...................
gar on GARlic toast for appetizers
chilled gar soup with GARlic croutons
bbq'd GARlic studded gar fillets.................and the list goes on.........

I will pass on any type of roe. I've had caviar once in Chicago and it tasted like spoiled fish each time one of those little bubbles would pop. Yuk.

Yuck! Thanks for clearing that up for me Kev. Now Im going to have to Google them so I can see a pic lol.

Down in the Florida Everglades Gar grow to enormous proportions, and the are really called Alligator Gar. The Miccosukee and Seminole Indians catch them by a gig tied to the end of a long pole that has a rope attached to it, once they spear a Gar and pull it in they prepare the meat by drying it. In all the Indian Villages you can see Gar meat haning from the front porches of their homes, or their Chickees (what their traditional huts are called). I never got up the nerve to taste it.