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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more photos at santacla.us
Czech Christmas Carp recipes at expats.cz

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December 3, 2008 by Clive Mathias

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  • avatar chris
    3 years, 2 months ago #

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

  • avatar chris
    3 years, 2 months ago #

    My. not YM…

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    3 years, 2 months ago #

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  • avatar Adam
    3 years, 2 months ago #

    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.

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