[Eye of Unk]

From what I gather carp is a trash fish as far as flavor goes, I used to raise koi fish which are basically carp.

Europeans will eat carp, and if you get people hungry enough I guess Americans will eat it as well.

Question is, who will use it politically for crony capitalism?

[cripplecreek]

Question is, who will use it politically for crony capitalism?

Obama has already waded into the issue and sided with his hometown against 5 other states and Canada, not to mention appointing two czars to do nothing.

Michigan alone has a $10 billion sportfishing industry and anyone who believes it will be replaced by carp fishing is either a liar or an idiot.

[Rifleman]

This is a different species. Asian (Big Head and Silver) are pretty good tasting. The problem is, it takes about 20 minutes for a skilled man to fillet 2 pounds of usable meat off a 20 pound fish. Zillions of tiny bones make the rest unusable. If you cook it long enough to soften the little bones, it reduces the quality of the flesh considerably.

It would probably make good cat food though.

If the damned things would take a hook, they would make a great sport fish.

[Ellendra]

In several cultures carp is a delicacy. I have a friend on another forum who decided to investigate why carp tasted like mud here when they tasted so good when he had it elsewhere. IIRC, he found that if you’re careful how you clean the fish, only take the light-colored meat, stay away from the spinal cord, and cook it quickly, it tasted like other whitefish. But the darker meat and the meat around the spine tasted gross, and when cooked all together it made the rest of the meat taste like mud. It’s been a while since I read his findings, though.