Anyone here eat European carp?

[Quaker]

I've eatem them on numerous occasions & have to say there is absolutely nothing wrong with them.....As long as they're a decent size. All the ones I've cooked have been ~ 24" long.
Take a carp, scale it, gut, behead & de-tail it, then soak the cleaned carcas in salt water overnight. Rinse it & wrap it in foil with some butter, tomatoes, lemon slices, salt & pepper.(& onions if you like) Bake it in the oven, & when it's cooked, you should be able to pull the whole skeleton out with the backbone leaving nothing but juicy flesh.
Anyone else tried them?

[Sparkesy2]

That sounds delicious but I've never tried European Carp.

If you lived closer, I would certainly come around for dinner one evening!

Keep those recipes coming.

[Studley]

good recipe
I think salting it is the secret to getting a good feed from a Carp.

That recipe would work with any fish. Might be best with bigger fish as it would be a lot of mucking around to do gar that way but would be beaut on anyones favourite

Studley

[Adam Bosley]

I have never tried carp before and can't say I am going to anytime soon.

But the way I got told to cook them is to get a big pot. Fill with water and bring to boil. Then you get your carp and throw it in with a big rock. Let boil for 1/2 an hour and then eat the rock! LOL

[Quaker]

Originally posted by Adam Bosley;22872
I have never tried carp before and can't say I am going to anytime soon.
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But the way I got told to cook them is to get a big pot. Fill with water and bring to boil. Then you get your carp and throw it in with a big rock. Let boil for 1/2 an hour and then eat the rock! LOL

, very funny.

[Cliff]

If you do a google search for Carp Recipies there is heeps of them. But I still would not eat them.

[Quaker]

Originally posted by Cliff;22949
If you do a google search for Carp Recipies there is heeps of them. Â*But I still would not eat them.

Why not?

[Cliff]

@Quaker
Because most of the carp I have ever caught, I would not eat anything that comes out of those waters. Eg. Torrens. I supose if I caught one in nice clean waters then I may give it a try.

[Quaker]

That's the idea of soaking it in salt water. It cleans the flesh & adds a bit of flavour. I find most freshwater fish bland if they are not given the salt treatment.

[Fullboar]

Originally posted by Adam Bosley;22872
I have never tried carp before and can't say I am going to anytime soon.

But the way I got told to cook them is to get a big pot. Fill with water and bring to boil. Then you get your carp and throw it in with a big rock. Let boil for 1/2 an hour and then eat the rock! LOL

1/2 an hour is way to long