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Another Fish Tale

  Tonight was fishken for dinner. I call it fishken night because as I once before mentioned I love fish, while my children would never even consider a fish stick. No, my children are spoiled when it comes to dinner and the thought that I would make them eat fish never crosses their minds. They do eat chicken though, and since it is very easy to prepare chicken and fish the same way, we have fishken.   Tonight I switched it up a little though. I dredged the fishken in panko bread crumbs instead of just the usual flour. The panko bread crumbs give the fish and chicken a little extra crunch. I like to mix the panko bread crumbs with some all-purpose whole wheat flour and spices because it makes a nice crust.   As a child I ate fish from as early as I could remember. I was born and spent the better part of my childhood in New Orleans, so of course I ate fish. I all kinds of fish; mudbugs (that's crawfish), fresh water fish like trout and my favorite, catfish. I ate salt water fis