Carp Pie - anyone try it?

[Curtis Haden]

Well, after reading through all the posts here, I kind of hate to admit that I've not only eaten carp "pie" but even liked it.  A buddy of mine canned some and made fried patties out of it as well.  As good as any salmon patty you ever had.

...I know, I know... what's a salmon patty, right?  Ask your grandma.  She can explain it better than me.

[Jason R. Wesbrock]

Originally posted by mikecc:
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?

Do they look like this? If so, they're a type of what's called a mirror carp, which is basically a genetic "fluke" of the common carp.

[Hamish]

There,s a shop in New Zealand where they sell possum pie's. Never tried them myself but my motto is dont knock it until you have tried it. They are using carp here in Austraila by gridding them up to make fertilizer for farm's.

[Leo L.]

Just read that article today.  Can't wait to try it.  I'll try anything once.  I agree that it looks horrible, but I'll never know until I taste it.

[2fletch]

As a kid I tried carp from the Green river in Kentucky. That's been a long time ago but it didn't taste any different from some other fish (that I can remember).

Later, as a teenager,I noticed that the hot spot for catching carp in Evansville, In. was at the waterworks plant on the Ohio River. The carp were feeding on the sewege that flowed into the river and people lined up to catch them. Since then I have not eaten carp, nor have I had any desire to.

Carp are survivors. They may be a good food fish in the right environment, but they can thrive in some pretty nasty water.

[toddster]

Seriously, Carp is good eating, have had it several times, the trick is to cook it right to get rid of the bones.  Anyone know how to cook it right to get rid of the bones?  Have heard of smoking them, frying them, pressure cooking them, would like to know how in detail so I can start using what I shoot.  And by the way Gar is almost as great of eating as crappie.

[Curtis Haden]

Here's another carp recipe for ya...

*NOTE:  Only do this on a grill, over an open fire.  Won't work in the oven, or on a burner.

1.  Filet carp just like any other fish.  Electric filet knife with heavy blades recommended!

2.  Carefully sandwich filets between two pieces of cardboard, and place on grill.

3.  Turn often.  DO NOT OVERCOOK!  If the juices quit flowing, your cardboard will dry out and a fire will result!!!

4.  When meat is just done, throw carp filets back in river and eat cardboard... It'll taste better!!!

How's that for an old Missouri River recipe???    

[Two Arrows]

LOL!!!!!!      

[hill boy]

Curtis I just wrap the carp in bacon and grill it,then throw the carp away and eat the bacon.Someone said earlier that carp was better than bass  :confused:  I need to invite him over for fish.If I could get a filet out of a carp I would probably  try carp pie.Notice a glass of wine is instructed to serve with this meal.If i do try this recipe there wont be a glass of wine left for the meal.I'll drink the bottle while preparing to eat the meal.  :cool:

[fireman_3311]

I've eaten fried carp, but I guess I'll have to borrow YOUR blender, to try carp pie...the wife said, "NO WAY"...LOL!!!!!

[BowHuntingFool]

Originally posted by T-Bell:
Give it a go and let us know -  seems to me it's got to be better than a "Cow Pie"

Good one!                  

[centaur]

Carp would stink a dog off a gut wagon. Even coyotes have better taste than to eat them if there is anything else available. Barf!

[finger lakes bowhunter]

Be very careful, bottom feeders tend to absorb lots of the toxins in the water body that you are fishing in. Mercury and PCBs are in most fish but if it is around a duck hunting spot you got lead to worry about as well. I used to eat lots of fish from my area until talking with a wildlife biologist from Cornell. Stick to eating varmints... squirrel burritos, yum.

[Widowbender]

Now I may be a country boy...my wife even calls me a redneck, sometimes... but carp pie?... not no, but H#@LL NO!!...I've probably eaten worse.....just not on purpose!!

David

[Barry Wensel]

We've all seen the TV shows and videos recently of the carp jumping out of the water slapping people up side the head. I'm told those are a subspecie of Bighead carp called "silvers". The silvers get plenty big to wake you up, but the true Bigheads get huge. Thankfully they don't jump because they get over 100 lbs. I shot a half dozen of them last week all about the same size, but all over 20 lbs. The biggest went 28 1/2 lbs. Last year I fileted a 20 lber out for the first time. The lower half of the main filet is darker meat whereas the upper is white meat. I cut/threw away the dark stuff and fried up the white meat. The result was a little surprising. Not only was it not bad, it was not bad at all. No bones and no strong fishy taste either. It was better than some  store-bought fish I've had in the past. No lie. bw

[Ray Hammond]

In Europe carp fishing is a big-time pursuit. they have special rods/reels and baits for them,but they are caught in clean rivers mostly.

A carp is like a vacuum cleaner bag...it catches most of the junk outofthe bottom of whatever body of water it lives in.

If its a clean,closed body of water with no industrial flow, or sewage, or septic tanks draining into it I can imagine it is fine fish to eat.

I won't eat them out of Lake Lanier though,with 5,000,000 gallons of treated sewage spewing into it each day!!!!

[Lashbow]

Utah Lake has 7.5 million of them, I have killed hundreds but never eaten one, I can only eat a 8oz. fillet every month because of PCB pollution if I wanted to. Even if they were full of omega 3, lycopene and other antioxidents, and promise to remove wrinkles I would have to have someone else clean em. I cant stand to touch em. A Good Elk Gut pile is a walk in the park compared to those ugly things. It could be a swimming rideye and still I dont think I can clean one.

[Lashbow]

Meant to say Ribeye

[carparcher]

Sewer rat might taste like pumpkin pie, but I am going to take somebody's word for it...  I have eaten carp in the past out of deep, cold, clear lakes in Wisconsin.  It wasn't that bad, but it wasn't that good either.  Crappie, bluegills, bass, and catfish find their way into my freezer.  Those carp get donated to the turtle-preservation-society.