Posted on 01/19/2011 10:30:09 AM PST by JoeProBono
MUKWONAGO, Wash.- A Wisconsin restaurant chef is planning an "invasivore" dinner starring dishes made from invasive Asian carp taken from the Illinois River.
Chef Jimmy Wades of the Heaven City Restaurant in Mukwonago said the Asian carp menu for "invasivores" -- those who enjoy helping the environment by dining on invasive species -- will hit the restaurant in February as part of his Tapas Tuesday series, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Tuesday.
"Lots of people will try anything once," Wades said.
However, some conservationists warned creating demand for Asian carp could increase the threat to the Great Lakes and other bodies of water by slowing the eradication of the species from U.S. lakes.
"One of the great things about North Americans is when they're dealt lemons, they make lemonade," said Marc Gaden, spokesman for the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. "But very often, they forget that they weren't drinking lemonade in the first place, and don't even like it."
I’ve run into many more that don’t like carp than have tried it.
Sounds good to me! *burp*
Louisiana is already promoting them as silver fin claiming it’s a very tasty white meat. After watching a video on how to filet around all the bones, this Cajun is too lazy to go through that process. In fact, there is an article in Louisiana Agriculture that I haven’t read yet about them “seizing” Louisiana waters and there is a video titled “Flying Fish, Great Dish!” Anyone interested in the video can contact Jessica Schexnayder at jschel5@lsu.edu. Cost is $6 to cover postage and handling.
Flying Carp Wings anyone?
We pass through Mukwanago when we go visit my mom in Delafield. Nice little town.
"Mmmmmmmmmm, fried crap."
I got that recipe only you left out the cow poop and bake it on the highest heat you can for about 20 hrs lol.
I do.
We call carp one of two things:
1) Bugle mouth bass
2) Sewer bass
They aren't edible as far as I'm concerned. Taste like dirt. There is also a fish called a Buffalo that looks a lot like a carp, but is somewhat edible.
I heard about some fellers in Wisconsin who net ‘em, and sell ‘em to cat food factories.
Oooooo! Will he add Europen Starling Pie and Braised English Sparrow Breast in Aspic to the menu---PLEASE?
some say that if they’re caught in really cold water, they’re OK to eat....
It’s pretty good smoked.
I was telling that to a black guy who used to work here and he was ready to write that on paper to take home and use it to cook carp. When I got to the part about "throw the carp away and eat the board", he laughed so hard, I thought he was going to fall down.
Go "surf n' turf" - start off with a nice terrine of nutria.
Recipes for silver fin.
Smoke ‘em if ya got ‘em.
Carp ain’t half bad smoked,, same for suckers and other roughfish.. have a couple cans of beer handy ..
You gotta put them live in a sink to clean out a while
I think you can just bake the thing whole on a wet cedar board. In about 45 minutes at 475 degress, you can toss the fish and eat the board......
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