Asian carp taste good?

[kygorski]

Salmon and trout from the great lakes have advisorys also.I have had a lot of meals of those fish, its in the cleaning, Skinning removes toxina, red meat removal same thing, so you cut out a lot of the chemicals. BUT a smoked lake trout is worth the risk.I imagine that the asian carp would be a good food fish, if prepared properly. Any of you guys eat tilapia?,you dont want to know what they feed on.

[GreenRiverWildMan]

The only fish I eat are out of my family farm pond. It sits high on a ridge away from any neighboring runoff so I know it is safe.

Along the same lines as Tilapia, check out the video below. Next time you buy fish from Kroger or wherever you shop, check the country of origin. Lots of "Farm Raised Catfish" are from Vietnam or China and are likely coming from farms like this...

http://vimeo.com/11817894

[olgreenboat]

I guess i would treat it like a paddle fish because they eat the same thing but what i don't get is they say there fine to eat and the paddle fish are not....?

[olgreenboat]

The only fish I eat are out of my family farm pond. It sits high on a ridge away from any neighboring runoff so I know it is safe.

Along the same lines as Tilapia, check out the video below. Next time you buy fish from Kroger or wherever you shop, check the country of origin. Lots of "Farm Raised Catfish" are from Vietnam or China and are likely coming from farms like this...

http://vimeo.com/11817894

My wife buy's catfish from kroger about twice a year and gets frogg leggs from IGA that say;s china on them !!! Well that ended that. I know the video is from korea but what is the difference.

[coombro]

When I first moved to Louisiana I could not beleve what they would eat down there. I ate gar, sucked the head of a crawfish, love raw oysters and numerous other tastes i acquired while living down there. So an asian carp somebody cook it I'll try it.

[coombro]

You used to live in Louisiana? What the he!! are you doing here? OOPPS off topic there sorry. I'm with you man lets go catch some and give them a try.
I have eating crawfish and there good Oysters by the gallon Gar and gator I have never tried but i would imagine it would taste like snapping turtle I mean there both (gagtors and turtles) prehistoric. Theres not much I havent tried or eating except mountin oysters I will draw the line there. I don't pic my teeth with a coon stdick ( Tenn. Tooth pic) and i don't eat mountin oyters Oh another one i won't do is hog brains...
If i went to Louisiana and they wouldn't treet me like an outsider I dought I would ever leave but then they have soom big ol mosquitoes down there..

Yeah yer right, had to leave drinking to much beer! An elderly lady would tell me to bring her back my bait and she would put it in her gumbo. Would catch grass shrimp in a dip net. Food is killer down there. I never even put black pepper on anything til I moved down there. Now I have to put a spice called Tony Chacheres on everything. Brings out some killer flavor even on green beans. It'll really spice it up. Try it, sprinkle on a little or a lot. Get it at kroger less than $3 a can.

[Tom523]

Yeah yer right, had to leave drinking to much beer! An elderly lady would tell me to bring her back my bait and she would put it in her gumbo. Would catch grass shrimp in a dip net. Food is killer down there. I never even put black pepper on anything til I moved down there. Now I have to put a spice called Tony Chacheres on everything. Brings out some killer flavor even on green beans. It'll really spice it up. Try it, sprinkle on a little or a lot. Get it at kroger less than $3 a can.

It's great on grilled venison too!

[KYCatfish]

When I first moved to Louisiana I could not beleve what they would eat down there. I ate gar, sucked the head of a crawfish, love raw oysters and numerous other tastes i acquired while living down there. So an asian carp somebody cook it I'll try it.

I love trying new food but had to draw the line when it came to sucking the head of a crawfish at Mardi Gras. I watched them load the basket with live craws, put them in the boil, and pull them out. When that guy broke it in half and sucked the head CLEAN, I almost puked. "That's where all the flavor is" he says. Well I could do without all that yellow and green "flavor". After flicking off the yellow bits, I ate the tail and it was ok...not great..but ok. I love raw oysters, have tried gar, I absolutely love alligator and snapping turtle. I'm more than willing to try to an Asian carp if someone close by provides it.

[kygorski]

The four years we traveled the gulf, my favorite place was cajun country.Raw oysters sure, deep fried just as good. Cracklins great, A po boy with crawfish tails, yes, but what I loved most of all was community coffee,yeah ate gator,drum, both fresh and salt water, turtle I passed on, was full of red beahs and rice, and couldn't eat another mouth full.

[coombro]

The four years we traveled the gulf, my favorite place was cajun country.Raw oysters sure, deep fried just as good. Cracklins great, A po boy with crawfish tails, yes, but what I loved most of all was community coffee,yeah ate gator,drum, both fresh and salt water, turtle I passed on, was full of red beahs and rice, and couldn't eat another mouth full.

Coffee and chickory is where it's at local groceries at times. sometimes I have to call and have it shipped in . Nothing like a good black cup of community coffee.

[coombro]

I love trying new food but had to draw the line when it came to sucking the head of a crawfish at Mardi Gras. I watched them load the basket with live craws, put them in the boil, and pull them out. When that guy broke it in half and sucked the head CLEAN, I almost puked. "That's where all the flavor is" he says. Well I could do without all that yellow and green "flavor". After flicking off the yellow bits, I ate the tail and it was ok...not great..but ok. I love raw oysters, have tried gar, I absolutely love alligator and snapping turtle. I'm more than willing to try to an Asian carp if someone close by provides it.

I'm with you there man ! When I first moved down there and saw them dump that pot of crawfish out and people started eating them I thought they were freakin nuts. I'd eat the corn and taters ,but no way I was gonna eat a crawdad. Didn't take to long and I was popping them eyeballs like the rest. I was down there for 9 years so when in Rome. If you'd been down there longer you'd done the same. Kinda like that little poop vein runs down their tail just like a shrimp that's where the flavor is.

[olgreenboat]

I'm with you there man ! When I first moved down there and saw them dump that pot of crawfish out and people started eating them I thought they were freakin nuts. I'd eat the corn and taters ,but no way I was gonna eat a crawdad. Didn't take to long and I was popping them eyeballs like the rest. I was down there for 9 years so when in Rome. If you'd been down there longer you'd done the same. Kinda like that little poop vein runs down their tail just like a shrimp that's where the flavor is.

poop vain HAHAHAHA Your suposed to soak them in salt water to clean them out befor cooking that gets rid of the Poo. I do the same with turtles I put them in a barrel with some water and salt , Change the water every day because they will shzit like a goose. I do this until they stop pooping in the water then I use just clean water for a couple more days. It seems to settle them down and the meat is not as tough..
Makes me want to go set some jugs for turtles and take my ol 22 and shot some frogs..