In a message dated 5/23/05 3:08:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu writes:
>
> But, I have not found common carp to be much to my liking, though I
> have tried to force it. I know that it is a preferred food fish among
> many, and surely I ate it many times in various commercial preparations
> when I was younger. But I've not been able to prepare it so that it
> was as tasty as most other fish. Or, better said, it was too tasty
> (that is, it had too much taste). Euel Gibbons claimed it was
> delictable. I just found it strong tasting.
>
>
Having eaten many carp in the five to ten pound range I can say that carp can
be very tasty. You do have to skin them instead of just scaling them and
along the side where the lateral line is you will find a strip of darker meat that
follows where the lateral line was. Cut this dark meant out and cook the meat
according your favorite recipe and you will have a tasty fish. Pond raised
carp are better than river carp but both can be quite good. Best one I ever ate
was caught out of a trout stream. As an adult I am a little bit hesitant to
eat carp due to all the heavy metal I have been warned about but I don't know
how much of a real problem that is. Many fish that are considered trash fish are
often labeled as bad to eat or somehow strong or oily. I have found this not
to be true in many cases. Maybe eat a carp for the ecology isn't a bad idea, I
eat shark whenever I can catch one, many people turn their noses up-in-shark
because everyone seems to think they are not good to eat but many of them are
very good to eat and, have no tiny bones, and are often easy to catch. I often
catch squids on gold hooks-in-night from the local fishing piers and people
are often amazed to find out I don't plan to use them as bait but really are
going to eat them. For some reason the only fish supposed to be good to eat are
the so-called sport fish which can vary greatly in palatability. Large mouth
bass for instance are bland and not very tasty in my view but little bullheads
skinned and cooked in corm meal are great. I guess it's sometimes just what
you are used to.
Moon
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In a message dated 5/23/05 3:08:45=20=
PM Eastern Daylight Time, dlmcneely-in-lunet.edu writes:
But, I have not found common carp to be much to my liking, though I
have tried to force it. I know that it is a preferred food fish among=20=
many, and surely I ate it many times in various commercial preparations
when I was younger. But I've not been able to prepare it so that it
delictable. I just found it strong tasting.
Having eaten many carp in the five to ten pound range I can say that carp ca=
n be very tasty. You do have to skin them instead of just scaling them and a=
long the side where the lateral line is you will find a strip of darker meat=
that follows where the lateral line was. Cut this dark meant out and cook t=
he meat according your favorite recipe and you will have a tasty fish. Pond=20=
raised carp are better than river carp but both can be quite good. Best one=20=
I ever ate was caught out of a trout stream. As an adult I am a little bit h=
esitant to eat carp due to all the heavy metal I have been warned about but=20=
I don't know how much of a real problem that is. Many fish that are consider=
ed trash fish are often labeled as bad to eat or somehow strong or oily. I h=
ave found this not to be true in many cases. Maybe eat a carp for the ecolog=
y isn't a bad idea, I eat shark whenever I can catch one, many people turn t=
heir noses up-in-shark because everyone seems to think they are not good to=20=
eat but many of them are very good to eat and, have no tiny bones, and are o=
ften easy to catch. I often catch squids on gold hooks-in-night from the loc=
al fishing piers and people are often amazed to find out I don't plan to use=
them as bait but really are going to eat them. For some reason the only fis=
h supposed to be good to eat are the so-called sport fish which can vary gre=
atly in palatability. Large mouth bass for instance are bland and not very t=
asty in my view but little bullheads skinned and cooked in corm meal are gre=
at. I guess it's sometimes just what you are used to.
Moon
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