Got me hungery...but then again, I've eaten skunk and coyote, so I may not be the right judge on what's edible...

I try just about anything once...which I am guessing in this case would be all that would be necessary..    

Possum Pudding is my favorite. I don't think I've ever had a bad one. Carp Casserole is a close second. I'd like to give the recipe, but it's a family secret.

QuoteOriginally posted by 2fletch:
Possum Pudding is my favorite. I don't think I've ever had a bad one. Carp Casserole is a close second. I'd like to give the recipe, but it's a family secret.

Amazing how stingy some guys can be   :rolleyes:  ...my mouth is waterin'.  Betcha Elly May is taking a dip in the cement pond and Granny is cookin' up that possum puddin' right now.

"...my mouth is waterin'.  Betcha Elly May is taking a dip in the cement pond and Granny is cookin' up that possum puddin' right now."
 

QuoteOriginally posted by mike g:
Foods on the tabel, Carp Pie and Boiled Okra....   :mad:      :eek:        

I love me some boiled Okra!!!!!!!

Yea, lets leave boiled okra out of this....I like boiled okra.

yuk

sounds a little bit like this:

 

I'd like to try it but all my Carp are arrowed and released. Come to think of it you can have my piece....

Arrowed and released?  Bowfishing isn't catch and release.

It is when carp is on the other end 8^).  Make sure you slit their bellies first so they sink to the bottom.  Great food for turtles, catfish and other bottom feeders.

I tried to fillet one once it was such a bloddy mess of mush that I didn,t bother.Many other critters eat them beside's using them for fertilzer and not to many don't swimm away when released.

Speaking of releasing here in NY there's laws about putting fish parts back into the water within 100 yrds of shore.Shot fish while still swimming are considered fish parts.DEC will issue tickets depending on where you are.Before that it was legal to throw the left overs from filleting a days catch off the end of the dock...bait fish would feed off it in turn bringing in bigger fish....somebody complained and now ya gotsta load it up and carry it out further

Wow! not even gonna' try that one.  I know I'm closed minded on this and I'm ok with that.    

-Charlie

OK, what's wrong with a pot of black-eyed peas with boiled okra???
Maybe a few jalapenos thrown in the pot a pan of hot cornbread...Huh?

Carp tastes pretty good, a lot better than bass.  And, deep-fried "gar-balls" are tasty...as long as you eat it hot.

Too many people lead sheltered lives!!!    

Gene

Back in highschool I worked a cattle ranch during the summers. The spread boss was a mexican that didn't speak English real well. Awesome dude.

Anyhow, his wife made us burritos everyday. Us high schoolers would always pitch in with the funds, and made sure she got a little extra money for her troubles. She always kept us fed wonderfully well. She made by far the best authentic burritos I ever had nor will ever have again. It would be very hard to find a better cook then that lady.

One day it was "fich brito" day. Man let me tell you,......We stuffed ourselves on those baby's. Best fish and buritos ever! Period.

I asked, "Hey, Cisco....What kind of fish is this? It's out of this world good!!!!"

He said, "UUmmmmmmm...Catchum down reever." (caught them in the river.)

I says, "Oh.... Catfish. Yes catfish is good fish."

His reply, "C, senior.....Some catfich....Mostly the beegger whans tho....." (Yes, some catfish. But mostly the bigger fish. 'meaning carp')

They were deliciouse burritos. For the next couple of summers I would go to the river and catch a cooler full of carp and take them to Cisco so his wife would fix us Carp burritos.

My mouth is watering just thinking about them!!!! I took her some bass once to try in her recipy, but they weren't nearly as good as the carp ones.


Todd

As one of six kids growing up in the post depression era we ate a lot of carp, and jack rabbit. Carp out of fresh water are very good flavored, just need a lot of time to pick the bones.. I think it is Joe Tesh (sp) in Omaha that sells tons of carp every year.. Pretty much standing room only every noon, or at least use to be..(he scores them and bakes them, a procedure I have never mastered) Oh by the way can you say Mrs. Paul's? I can guarantee you that isn't walleye in those patties, and some fish sticks are darn good.
Jack Rabbit,, I would give a weeks wages for a meal of grandma's hausenpferer (sp)

Ironically enough, carp were first stocked in this country as a food source. But as someone who was raised on walleye, perch, crappie and bass (yes, that was before everyone went C&R), I just can't bring myself to eat a carp.

Even with the fancy plate, fancy wine and garnishments it still looked like a slice of crap pie in the picture. Carp are found in the nastiest sewer laden creeks and ponds around here. There's no way I'd eat one. I don't even like to touch them when I mercilessly shoot them. I try to jerk the arrow out of them when there almost to shore(quick release). I've been shooting them a few times a week and I've noticed alot of the regular brown carp and some that look similar but don't have very many scales in this pond by my house are they a different variety of carp?

You forgot the last part of the recipe.After you puree the carp concoction you throw that part in the garbage and stuff the pie with some red and delicious apples,cinnimmon,sugar and honey.