Southern oven-fried catfish with tarter sauce & buttermilk coleslaw

Ingredients

Buttermilk Slaw:

• 1 large cabbage, shredded
• 1 carrot, shredded
• 1 tablespoon grated onion
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 1/2 tablespoons white vinegar
• Sea salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste

Homemade Tarter Sauce:

• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 2 teaspoons minced white onions
• 1/2 cup chopped bread & butter pickles, sweet or dill relish, whatever you fancy
• Lemon juice to taste
• Salt, pepper and garlic powder to taste

Buttermilk Battered Fish Fillets :

• for each pound of fish fillets
• good for catfish, brim, perch - any lake fish or fillets of choice
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 teaspoon cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon brown mustard
• 1/2 cup plain cornmeal
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper