How to Cook Carp
Carp has a reputation for having an unpleasant, muddy taste. This selection from Andy Clark and His Neighbourly News (circa 1940) explains how to prepare it correctly:
In the video below, Keith Bell of K&C Fisheries shows a more conventional method of carp preparation. Bonus: at around 3:40 he reveals that Carp Gonad Soup is considered a Christmas Day treat in Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic and Slovakia).
The editor of the Paisley Advocate doesn't go for carp. He counted seventeen of them, ranging from ten to twenty pounds lying sluggishly like a bunch of pigs in the Saugeen River. Somebody had told him that they weren't very good to eat, so he didn't bother getting a gun to shoot them. He is rather sorry now, for Ross Laidlaw claims that he has a recipe for the proper preparation of carp for the table. He advises: "Clean the fish carefully, soaking it in salt overnight. Then secure a clean pine plank, and place the cleaned carp on it with the skin side down. Sprinkle the fish with salt and pepper, butter it and bake it in a hot oven forty-five minutes. Remove from the oven, throw away the carp and eat the plank."
In the video below, Keith Bell of K&C Fisheries shows a more conventional method of carp preparation. Bonus: at around 3:40 he reveals that Carp Gonad Soup is considered a Christmas Day treat in Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic and Slovakia).
Comments
Carp are junk fish, period! Growing up along the banks of the Mississippi you couldn't find a restaurant that served carp! In fact, most of the fisheries along the river would just chop them up for catfish bait. And, in reference to Mr. Laidlaw's recipe, most wood yard owners would be up in arms over a waste of good wood!
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 08/18/13 at 10:10 AM
I grew up along the Missouri. I liked catching carp because they put up a decent fight. 20lb fish on 3lb test was always good fun.
In the early spring, we caught carp for fertilizing corn (nothing else works as well!).
In the fall, we always put some in the smokehouse. Absolutely delicious!
Can't say I ever knew anyone who ate it unless it was smoked.
In the early spring, we caught carp for fertilizing corn (nothing else works as well!).
In the fall, we always put some in the smokehouse. Absolutely delicious!
Can't say I ever knew anyone who ate it unless it was smoked.
Posted by Phideaux on 08/18/13 at 03:08 PM
My wife can cook carp if you reverse the "a" and the "r" ... 🐛 :cheese:
(She has actually burnt boiling water once)
(She has actually burnt boiling water once)
Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 08/18/13 at 05:54 PM
They say carp is good eating if you know how to clean out the mud strip. I have hear that for years around here.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 08/18/13 at 06:52 PM
@BD: No great feat! I have created several recipes for burning water.
@Patty: Grammar F! Patty should know better by this time. I'd suggest more home study.
@Patty: Grammar F! Patty should know better by this time. I'd suggest more home study.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 08/18/13 at 11:41 PM
More like a typo.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 08/19/13 at 12:07 PM
Me and my family like carps..they just must be prepared in the right way!
Posted by Griffel, Dorshow & Johnson on 08/23/13 at 02:12 PM
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