Christmas Carp

In North America the carp gets no love, but in Europe carp are considered a delicacy. It’s true. Supermarkets even carry carp and sell them alive in the weeks before Christmas. The carp are often taken home and kept in a bath tub until Christmas morning when they are killed and prepared for the Christmas feast. Some markets will even kill and clean the carp for you!

Christmas carp

Markets in Canada are even starting to carry carp!

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4 Responses to “Christmas Carp”

chris

YM friend in Germany thought it was weird of me to have turkey and ham for Christmas dinner. Carp eater!

chris on December 3rd, 2008 @ 10:58 pm
chris

My. not YM…

chris on December 3rd, 2008 @ 10:58 pm
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Fishing Fury - A fishing blog about fishing, the great outdoors, crazy adventures, and heart-pounding entertainment. on December 4th, 2008 @ 7:21 pm
Adam

You need to keep them for a week or so in clean water so that the carp are nice and clean, externally and internally, for when they “graduate from piscine university”. Here in Japan carp is most commonly eaten stewed in white miso, also the more adventurous types eat it as sashimi.
I’ve never eaten it raw but the stewed carp is surprisingly tasty.

Adam on December 4th, 2008 @ 9:13 pm

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