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		Has anyone ever eaten walleye cheeks? I have been taking them from most of the eyes i have caught this year and they are great if not over cooked. Just wondering if anyone else does this.[cool]
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		Probably like Tuna's the best part of the fish. I have not tryed it but I will.
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		fresh water scallop(cheek meat), don't over cook them.
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		Good part of the fish to eat. Make tasty little nuggets. Also, the "Wings" is a good little scrap. I cut the the belly, around the two pectoral fins, all the way up the fishes throat. You get the two fins, a piece of cartilage, and a piece of meat. Cut the skin off, fry it up, and eat the scrap of meat right off. Nice little finger food.
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		I had never heard of eating a fishes "Cheeks" until I did alot of traveling to the Atlantic Shores of Canada.  When I first got up to Newfoundland, a bunch of guys from Molson took me out to a Newfie Seafood restaurant.  The menu said their specialty was "Cod Cheeks".  I began to laugh, but quickly found out that the laugh was on me.  The guys insisted that I order it for dinner.  Once I had it, I ordered it quite often.  Seems "Cod Cheeks" are very popular up that way.  I'd think that Walleye Cheeks would be just as good.
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		Not really worth the hassle on the smaller "eaters".. @ 1.5lbs / 16".. but get up to that 20"+/3-4lb+ mark and they're worth the hassle. 
  
very good though [cool]
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		YUP IVE EATEN THEM. BUT ITS NOT WORTH THE TROUBLE OF CUTTING THEM OUT BREADING THEM AND FRYING THEM FOR A MILLASECOND.LOL I FILLET EYES NEVER COOK THE WHOLE FISH.
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		Yeah when I would catch them big enough to get some meat the old days at starvation when a 3lb 4lb fish was common and also would from stripers from powell I bet your nice size wipers would be good to.
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		[font "Lucida Console"][#ff4040][cool]All I can say is that they are pretty tasty!![/#ff4040][/font]
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