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> "Musashi" > wrote in message
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> "nut" > wrote in message
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> > i see people fishing for carp in some ponds.
> >
> > carp is a big fat uglyass fish. it doesn't look all that =
appetizing.
> >
> > can you eat that carp or crap?
> >
> > how do you prepare it? what's it taste like?
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> Yes Carp can and is eaten all over the world. Even farm raised for the
> purpose of eating.
> In Japan while "some" carp is eaten, most of the fish eaten are =
sal****er so
> you won't see it too often.
> In China, particularly inland, carp is a very important food fish. =
They fry
> up
> the whole fish crispy then pour a brown sauce over it.
> Israel has been farm raising Carp for decades. Hungarians make a baked =
carp
> with paprika.
> Anyone from Germany to the Eastern European countries knows Carp as a
> food fish. Carp is an important ingredient in the Jewish "Gefilite =
Fish".
> Once I was fishing and landed a carp..maybe 10 lbs. Some guy came up =
to me
> and asked
> me if he could have it. Naturally I gave it to him. I asked him where =
he was
> from as he
> had an accent and he said "Yugoslavia".
> Some delicatessens that carry a wide variety of smoked fish sometimes =
carry
> "sable". This is smoked carp.
> Carp tend to taste muddy.Some people keep a carp alive in a tub for a =
couple
> of days in the hopes of getting the "muddyness" out. Others,especially
> Europeans say to eat only Winter Carp cause
> they dont pick up the the muddy smell.
> I tried Carp once. Simply panfried. Tasted like a boring nondescript =
"fish".
> I suppose if I were starving it might taste good.
> If I ever try it again I think I will smoke it.
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> Try Funazushi of Oumi once. It's often an awful food for many =
Japanese, but
> the funny thing is, many Europeans seem to like it because they are =
used to
> the smell of cheese.
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Funazushi is famous for it's stinkiness. But funa (=1B$BJ+!K=1B(Bis =
Crucian Carp
while the poster I am sure is talking about Regular Carp =
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