I was watching an episode of “Zatoichi, The Blind Swordsman” a few days ago. Ichi was at some town in Japan and mentioned that the carp were really good there.
I guess they can be prepared to be OK.
Thay’re very good. Asian carp have very tasty flesh compared to the common carp.
What they have is a bad name...because it brings to mind old “trash fish” common carp.
I have koi. They are a form of carp.
I bought them on clearance at PetSmart for about $4 each.
A person knowledgeable in koi came over and looked at them once. I knew that there are many different subclasses of koi; the Japanese are very specific about them.
Thus I was excited to have an expert look at them. Were they of the Kawarimono strain, or were they perhaps GinRin Kohaku?
The guy looked them and said “I think they’re just carp”.
As an aside, the hurricane did not mess them up. If anything, it enervated them. Maybe because all their water was replaced by new water.