Anybody ever try carp?

[catfish-logic]

Seriously.
It would be a nice way to get gorceries! Ooops! I spelled groceries the way a Utahn would say the word.
I've been looking on the web for carp recipes.
They eat them in Europe, so why couldn't there be a recipe for them.

Well?

Please no jokes about the carp being beaten on the fillet board then tossing the carp in the trash and eating the fillet board. I've heard that one too many times.
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[mactuna]

Haven't had it but I hear it is good if prepared correctly.
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[mme1]

i have it had a little stronger taste / not bad the worste part is all the bones!!!!! golden bonefish is an appropriate title
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[BEARCLAW]

I've never tried it but evidently it's not all that bad. Check out some of the recipes that TubeN2 has on the recipe board. [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/forum/gforum.cgi?post=118153;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;page=unread#unread"]http://www.bigfishtackle.com/forum/gforum.cgi?post=118153;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;page=unread#unread[/url]
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[ocean]

Carp meat is good just cut out all the red meat. You wont get much out of a 5lb carp but you would not be able to tell the difference between that and trout.
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[kochanut]

i eat it here in germany. its good in the summer, but amazing in the winter when the germans smoke it.
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[dubob]

[quote catfish-logic]Seriously. It would be a nice way to get gorceries! Ooops! I spelled groceries the way a Utahn would say the word. I've been looking on the web for carp recipes. They eat them in Europe, so why couldn't there be a recipe for them.[/quote][font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000][size 4]Seriously; you couldn’t find anything on the web? I did a Google search on 'carp recipes' and it came back with 347,000 results. I clicked on the 1st link ([/size][/#800000][/font][url "http://www.bassonhook.com/fishforfood/carprecipes.html"][font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000][size 4]http://www.bassonhook.com/fishforfood/carprecipes.html[/size][/#800000][/font][/url][size 4][font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000]) and it showed 21 recipes involving carp. There are thousands upon thousands of carp recipes out there. They are considered prime fare in both Europe and Asia.[/#800000][/font][/size]
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[Vivid-Dawn]

I've heard, from all the locals, that it's only good as bait meat.
Though as stated here, it is very popular in European countries.
I've also heard (locally), that it's the best when it comes from cold "clean" water... clean being something like a river, where the water is continually flowing, rather than sitting around 'stagnant' like a lake, reservoir, or pond (in fact, I hear the ponds get the worst tasting ones)

I have only caught one, and that was before I even knew what the heck carp was, and my husband made me throw it back. Next time I catch one, I'm going to keep it, just to try it out at least once!
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[submoa]

I've eaten a lot of it when I was very young. My Grandfather used to smoke it with cherry wood. I still remember that it was very good. I was young and remember my mom wouldn't try smoked fish, she hated it so her dad my grandpa, told her it was buffalo, didn't lie just left out the rest of the name, buffalo carp. My mom didn't think it was nearly as funny as her 10 year old son.
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[REPETER]

My experience was that it was way too much work filleting off a little piece of meat off a huge carp, but the taste was not bad...just the smell on my hands and those huge scales everywhere it touched.
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[lurtch]

i was told that carp have a mud vain and if you cut it out they are prety good...i wouldnt eat any fish that has a mud vain myself...there to many other clean fish i can catch and eat..
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