Ok, will tell you.

I'm originally from Poland...grew up there....studied...etc

Carp in Poland is v. popular...but this is only during Christmas, it's traditional Christmas meal.....not only in Poland ( I pretty sure in Russia and Ukraine the same...they eat it), this is my fav. fish to eat ( I'm v. good cook.....btw)....there is a HUGE difference in taste between what is here in rivers/lakes ( I live in Canada)..and the farm carp.

Last year went to fishing with my friend....he couldnt catch any bass that day so he started fishing for a carp (used corn from a can as a bait)....took one to try how taste wild carp.....simply the worst fish a ate.

Farm Carp taste great ...if you interested go to local Polish Grocery store just before 24 of Dec,,,,and buy a farm Carp.

Wild Carp taste like....it's terrible.

Carp eat crap, and whatever else they can scavenge off the bottom, not yummy sounding to me.

Are not lobster, crab and shrimp scavengers? They are and are forbidden to eat according to kashrut law. No longer are they considered a poor mans food, quite the opposite is true today, and they taste great.

LOL, haddock is a bottom feeder. That's probably one the cleanest tasting fish meat on the planet.

Catfish.........

Jeff

The soul food establishment down the street from my office usually has fried common carp and buffalo on the menu during Lent. Both are pretty good, IMO.

Becareful what you harvest, some places it is illegal to possess grass carp. I know here in FL you are not allowed to harvest and up in VA too, they are/were stocked as weed control.

I am assuming the "asian" carp is one and the same as grass carp because most Wildelife Management districts only post grass carp as the one and only carp species in the waters?

There's an old recipe I'm surprised no else posted. Marinade a carp fillet in soy sauce and orange juice with some ground cayenne pepper and salt and brown sugar. Get some cedar and make a small board, something like a shingle, and bake that fillet, on the board in the overn at 400 degress for about 40 minutes. Take it out and throw away the fillet and eat the board.

Came here to post that. Classic.

Came here to post that. Classic.

Hahaha!!!! That is hillarious!!!