The best perch “batter” is flour and salt.
Best if caught ice fishing on Saginaw Bay with your father in the 70’s.
I understand the nostalgia factor, but the mercury levels must’ve been through the roof. I love lake Huron whitefish myself, but keep it intermittent for that reason.
CC
There's a bar here in Mt. Clemens that has perch dinners every Friday night, best perch around.
A bunch of years ago a friend of mine's sister in law who lives in Arizona, was here visiting and they went to the bar one Friday night for the perch. She got a copy of the recipe from the bar owner and took it back to Arizona where she gave it to the owner of her favorite bar and convinced him to try offering perch dinners on Fridays.
As word got out, it wasn't long before he was packing the bar with people waiting outside to get in........As a side note, he had to order the perch from suppliers here in Michigan.