Carp preparation
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Re: Carp preparation
Also, I guess water quality would play a big role. Carp from clear stony creeks/streams I would assume tastes a lot better from say a suburban silt filled pond.
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Re: Carp preparation
The only time I've eaten Carp is when I was fly fishing an Alpine stream way up in the high country away from any civilization in early spring. To my amazement I spotted a big carp in one of the runs. Crystal clear mountain water so I thought if ever I was going to eat one it would be this one.
Took it back to camp and a Polish bloke near by told me to soak the fillet in milk before frying it up.
Tasted great! Not muddy at all. A little bland but good.
I wouldn't eat one out of the Yarra though. Then again I wouldn't eat Bream out of there either. Too many heavy metals still in the mud.
Took it back to camp and a Polish bloke near by told me to soak the fillet in milk before frying it up.
Tasted great! Not muddy at all. A little bland but good.
I wouldn't eat one out of the Yarra though. Then again I wouldn't eat Bream out of there either. Too many heavy metals still in the mud.
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For some reason, I didn't think you'd get carp in the high country.Persistence wrote:The only time I've eaten Carp is when I was fly fishing an Alpine stream way up in the high country away from any civilization in early spring. To my amazement I spotted a big carp in one of the runs. Crystal clear mountain water so I thought if ever I was going to eat one it would be this one.
Took it back to camp and a Polish bloke near by told me to soak the fillet in milk before frying it up.
Tasted great! Not muddy at all. A little bland but good.
I wouldn't eat one out of the Yarra though. Then again I wouldn't eat Bream out of there either. Too many heavy metals still in the mud.
Too cold & fast running.
Thought they liked a slow moving muddier stream.
Gra
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Re: Carp preparation
When we used to go to Chinaman's lagoon at Cobrawonga (or anywhere else for that matter),
We always brought back 2 of the largest carp for a hungarian friend.
He would smoke them, pretty good I'm told (I never tried them).
Gra
We always brought back 2 of the largest carp for a hungarian friend.
He would smoke them, pretty good I'm told (I never tried them).
Gra
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Re: Carp preparation
Was it someone reputable ??ThomoT wrote:Did you learn it from someone reputable? I know they are eaten in many places, so there must be a way to do it. I had a guy take one I had caught once.
Keith Bell has another way to prepare them, see here: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/anima ... 33b99.html
Problem is you need to have an esky with ice ready to go. A bit hard if you are walking into your favourite fishing hole. And even with this method, most of the fillet is wasted. It is only a couple of pieces on the belly and back that are used.
Probably not, but,I'm not going to do it anyway.
Gra
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Texas wrote:For some reason, I didn't think you'd get carp in the high country.Persistence wrote:The only time I've eaten Carp is when I was fly fishing an Alpine stream way up in the high country away from any civilization in early spring. To my amazement I spotted a big carp in one of the runs. Crystal clear mountain water so I thought if ever I was going to eat one it would be this one.
Took it back to camp and a Polish bloke near by told me to soak the fillet in milk before frying it up.
Tasted great! Not muddy at all. A little bland but good.
I wouldn't eat one out of the Yarra though. Then again I wouldn't eat Bream out of there either. Too many heavy metals still in the mud.
Too cold & fast running.
Thought they liked a slow moving muddier stream.
Gra
Can confirm that there are carp in trout streams. Got absolutely bricked fishing worms a couple of weekends ago. coudnt be anything else. And saw some smaller carp swimming about during the day. Also , they have carp in lakes that have frozen over in Europe, i don't think they mind the cold all that much. But they do thrive in muddy , warm water for sure.
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Re: Carp preparation
They fight a shitload better than trout
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