I just found this video. I’ve eaten carp all my life. My dad’s parents are from Czech. He taught me how they cooked it back in the old country. My favorite way is get about a 5-10 pounder. Fillet n cut out mud vein. Leave in big chunks. Roast w whole tomatoes cabbage garlic onion n some basic other Italian seasoning. Cook on low for several hours. Bones become like canned salmon soft n easily eaten. Meat tastes like mild beef. Great w mashed potatoes or homemade black bread.
I knew a old guy years ago that would catch carp and he had a flowing well with a big steel tank to collect the water. He would put the carp in it and feed them canned corn for about a week, then clean and cook them. They tasted as mild as bluegill or perch, the corn cleaned the mud taste out of them.
Good point!! In Asia where grass carp are very popular they flush them for a week before frying them up with chilli, ginger and garlic. Personally I don't like it and always go for sea fish.
Monasteries practiced aquaculture during the Medieval period and had ponds in which they raised eels, carp and pike. Their aquaculture techniques became quite sophisticated with river water channeled through the ponds to maintain water quality.
I’ve grown up eating carp, it doesn’t taste bad at all, I honestly think it tastes better then trout. The only problem with carp is the amount of bones in it. Carp is an awesome fish for like soups and if you are able to fillet the fish then it’s super flaky and delicous
Carp was a traditional christmas dish in my family in germany in the 70s. I remember watching them in the bathtub were they had to stay for some time in fresh water, before being cooked.
Carp were farmed for food by monks during the middle ages, and in some countries in Eastern Europe they eat carp for Christmas dinner. Top tip - You can make any unpaletable fish taste better if you smoke it.
My Mama loves fried catfish, I cant stand it..... but I will eat a mess of smoked catfish. Skin it, gut it, and throw it on a slow wet smoke and it is AMAZING.
@@daddyosink4413 Catfish are a lot like carp in that they will taste like the body of water they lived in. Both can be bottom feeders or opportunistic feeders which is why neither are my favorite fish. Catfish being worse tasting IMO, the larger they get. Fiddlers or smaller channel cats below 5-6 pounds are great, when filleted, soaked in mustard or salt water brined, then fried. Just remove any of the brown flesh and don't eat any of the fat belly meat, because that is where the toxins are stored.
I'm Romanian, and carp is the most popular fish here. It is commonly found on the menu at most seafood restaurants, usually served fried with a garlic sauce and polenta. You can also find it in most Eastern European countries.
common food in asia as well, I've had it while in china and it was pretty good, but the ones here in north america are a different species from the ones that are commonly eaten i think
Carp is eaten quite a bit in Europe during the holidays. Very traditional meal for many. Over in Wisconsin they make lots of smoked or dried Carp and even jerky. Great vid!
His younger sister, especially, was amazing, having such an open mind. Kinds that age are often so picky. His brother and his other sister were really cool, too.
Never been a fan of eating carp but catching em is sooooo much fun! They put up such a good fight on lighter line. Biggest carp I've caught was 25 pounds on 12 pound mono line. That big momma took me 1 hour and 30 min to bring in.
Honesty in discussions over food reduce false expectations. It also gives people the tools for remedying issues. The chickens in the yard also made me smile.
Ate carp a ton when in Vietnam. Dish fish hold up well to a longer cook time. Especially coated and doubled fried like chicken. Some of the best dishes I have has was a guy who would just cook tons of this every money with the first fry. Come back with the 2nd fry when it was ordered. Then would use a wok to cover in the sauces he had. The best was a singapore crab chili sauce, a coconut curry, and one that tasted just like general tsos
Carp is probably the most eaten fish here in Bulgaria and in pretty much the whole Balkans. I think it's very good, you can cook it however you want, fried, baked, even stuffed.
It 100% matters where you got the carp from. If they feed by filtering through silt and mud, they aren't going to taste very good. Carp that mostly feed easily in gravely, rocky areas taste much better.
same for most fish, ive caught quite a few cods and perch in harbors but would never eat them due to the muddy water cuz of dredging and spilled gasolin and trash from the city and so on forth. Would absoulty devour a cod caught 300 meters outside of the harbour tho
Even mediaeval monks would remove their carp (and tench) from their stew ponds and keep them in flowing water for a few days prior to harvesting them to get rid of that taste. .
The best part of this video is where your sister says she likes it. It's even better when she finishes the plate. You should definitely find some more fish for her. Make sure they're safe to eat. Great video!
In Hungary, that carp (especially the variant with very few scales) is THE fish, for traditional fish meals, most importantly fish soup. It's the only fish most supermarkets offer live from a tank (now they must kill it before selling) and most people cook soup from it during the holdiay season.
Your comment and other eastern European comments and encouraging me to try it , as someone from northern Algeria we consume predominantly salt water fish and fresh water fish isn't even sold , carp is all around our fresh bodies of water and i saw a lot of guys catching big ones especially in reservoirs, so i might actually try it .
Carp is one of those fish that taste like their habitat imo. If you fishing in a muddy lake, it's gonna taste like mud. If it's caught in a clean lake or stream it's gonna be a lovely fish.
wouldn't that apply to all fish? for e.g. i'ver had barramundi that tastes a bit chemically and unpleasant but i think it's the soil-y/muddy water they swim in.
Last night we had deep fried walleye, morel mushrooms,fresh lettuce salad and tomatoes from the garden, along withhomemade bread and butter.For desert we had strawberry shortcake with homemade vanilla ice cream.Enjoy your carp.😊
If coming from a muddy river or lake, I like to let the carp sit in fresh clear in a bucket. Odds are anyways where I fish, it's going to still be alive and I can put it in my big trough at home and let it swim in the clear water. Clear water carp is amazing
I grew up eating Carp in Iowa from the Mississippi river. My Father would always bring home Smoked Carp that was smoked by the fish shop by the river. He would bring the Carp home in the butcher paper and we would always eat the smoked carp cold. I miss those days.
Love Carp! I grew up in Tarboro NC and fished from the Tar River. Caught my first carp near Shiloh Farm Rd where I use to live, right on the river. Caught it, cleaned and ate every last bite. I have No problems with carp at all. I cleaned it much different than you or probably anyone here, but I loved it. I don't take anyone's words for any type of fish or seafood. I try it out for myself. Thank you for sharing your ways of preparing and cooking carp. I enjoyed the video and I agree with your little sis about carp, Love It. Hope you and everyone here and your family has a Safe Blessed and Wonderful day. Will also share your video to let everyone know, at least give it a try.... Thank you again....😊
Carp is held in high esteem in eastern Europe. As a Hungarian, I've been eating halászlé, aka Hungarian fish soup, especially as a Christmas dish, of which carp along with catfish is the main component. Look it up guys! Only a fraction of people live by the sea, eating local fish is the best you can do to practice sustainability.
I searched the carp thing, stumbled on your video and enjoyed the segment with your family. You all seem like very nice folks. Carp is the everyday protein for those that can afford it. Season it with garlic, chili, oil, soy sauce, and vinegar and it’s okay. Serve over rice and a plate of veggies. Nothing really gourmet about it. Respects from Los Angeles.
My grandma tells me, that cooking carp is simple if you want it to taste good. They threw the meat in a pressure cooker, which separates the bones, and she compares it to the taste of salmon. So this is not a trashy fish in anyway by far.
Had a nice old man on my paper route way back when. Instead of dropping off the paper I'd just walk it in to him. He had some smoked carp. Never in a million years would I thought I'd have carp. I enjoyed it. Always loved fishing for them and yes, the corn is the magic bait
Really enjoyed this episode. It was a little different, with the cooking aspect as well as involving your awesome siblings. It would be nice to see more like this.
Interesting and informative. I've eaten carp done as whole crispy fish Chinese style, and had it smoked (sable fish) from a deli. In the middle ages, Carp was a common species in farmed fish ponds.
In Germany they are used for Thanksgiving. My grand mother was German and we used carp from the Missouri River caught by commercial fishermen. Bleed it while its heart is still beating.
As someone who regularly eats carp from a stock tank the flavor you're tasting that's different is best compared to liver. The inner part of the filet that is reddish has much more of that flavor which is great if you're expecting a fatty liver flavor and could be better enjoyed as a paté, but it's definitely off-putting if you don't know what it is. The water absolutely effects the flavor of the meat and I've found that carp harvested from moving water tends to have a more familiar flavor. Because it's a very fatty fish, I've found it tastes better when that fat is diluted with other oils, e.g. fried in coconut, peanut, olive, and even rendered beef or pork fat. It also works very well as a substitute for pork in dumplings and egg rolls. However you make it, it's important to understand that carp is higher in mercury than a lot of fish and shouldn't be eaten as often. Compare it to tuna with regard to mercury.
I remember growing up near a PCB contaminated, no contact river. No fishing or swimming. After 25 years, the state EPA lowered its danger rating with specific consumption levels. Many fish like carp were 1 meal per month. A few smaller fish were one meal per week.
There's an old Iraqi carp dish called Semeç Masgûf, where a carp is butterflied and slow broiled over a low wood or charcoal fire, and it is repeatedly basted with a very flavorful tomato based sauce. The carp is dense and fatty, and holds up to the extended cook time extraordinarily well. It's kind of similar to barbecue, just with fish instead.
When I can limit out on walleye every trip to Lake Erie or pompano in south west Florida I don’t see myself ever trying carp. Used to shoot them with bows as a kid. Turned them into fish oil for trapping bait.
@@geodude6244 This is my first video seen of this channel. I wished he showed how he bled out his carp after killing it first. Does he ever show that step on another video?
Ball head jig hook, can of corn, chum the water, rig your hook with a few pieces of 🌽 and cast your hook out in the general vicinity of where you threw your corn and you will have a carp.. thank me later
In my youth I was a big Carp Fishermen. Loved catching and releasing these beastly fish. Cooked and ate a few of the larger ones and they tasted fine, but the terrible smell of cleaning them prior to cooking them is hard to forget.
before you eat carp, make sure you check your state's fish consumption advisory website first. Carp have a tendency to hold onto certain nasty pollutants like PCB's more than other species of fish. PCB's are stored in the fattier areas, so you're at least limiting your exposure by trimming the reddish fatty parts off. Also super important to kill/bleed them quick as you pointed out since they can stay alive for hours out of water, which is a crap way to die AND makes the meat taste horrible. ALSO, the best way I've found to eat carp so far is pretty involved, but it's honestly one of the best preparations of fish I've tried. Can the fish in a pressure canner, then when you're ready to cook, open the can and dump into a bowl with egg and seasoning, mix it up and press into a patty. Fry it in a pan with butter and enjoy as a burger. The pressure canning process leaches the collagen from the bones, basically disintegrating them and making them edible. Seriously, it's the best. I've done it with common and grass carp, both were delicious.
Here, in my city in RJ, Brazil, people answer the problem of the spikes in carp meat by making a bunch of parallel cuts before frying (yeah, they only make it deep fried). The heat from oil cook better the chunks of spikes and then it can be ate without fear (almost). Other solution is cook the fish in water, steam, or roast in he oven and then take off the spikes easily. Then mix the meat with smashed potatos or cassava or bread crumbs to make kind of crockets.
Carp is eaten in the US. It's sometimes cooked in WV, but they ALWAYS tell you to cut the "mud line" out. It's just as he described and it's just cooked like any other fish after that.
This is how I cook carp. I cut it diagonally into carp steak. I do not debone it at all even though carp is known to be bony. I fry it and once it's crispy, I will put them inside jars. Soak it in olive oil and then I will add tomato paste, pepper, and other herbs and spices of your choice. Usually I add bay leaf, garlic, onion, and peppercorns, and lemon juice. And I put lids on the jars and I will tightly close the jars with lids and cook them in pressure cooker for 2 hours. After that, the bones melt and the texture is so meaty.
Carp is a very good fish to eat. Its according to where the fish comes from. Rivers and streams are the better choice for eating. When you go to bleed the carp pop the gills while the fish is alive to bleed it out for best results. After you fillet the fish put the fillets in a bowl and add a small amount of salt water and vinegar. Let soak for several hours. Blackened is very good, but also beer batter is great too. Love from the ole hillbilly Kenny, peace!
Bravo for you for doing this. I've caught a lot of carp, or suckers as we call them up north. Normally we just throw them onto the road and let cars drive over them so that coyotes or owls can pick them up later.
In europe we have larger walleye than in USA and the carp is still considered a tasty fish, close to walleye and more expensive than farmed rainbow trout. The only carp thats cheaper than rainbow trout is the chinese silver carp, but thats a fish the americans would like more than euro carp because its less fat and doesnt have a strong taste.
Forgive me guys but I always thought that the Carp was an invasive species in the US. Mostly introduced as pets in various aquaria. I personally have never tried it but it looks like an awesome fish.
We ate a lot of carp when I was a kid. Dad would filet the fish and score the filets, making parallel cuts about a quarter inch apart down to the skin. Carp is a bony fish and scoring the filets gets rid of the bones in the flesh. Mom would then bread the filets and fry them. I thought it was pretty good. Carp is a bottom feeding fish and if you get it from dirty water it will have eaten all the dirt that settles to the bottom. Catch it from clean water and it tastes better.
Honestly, I've never even caught a carp before! I guess that tells you how much I fish. But the joke about the carp at the beginning I had heard about eating a possum. Great Video!
Carp fishing is pretty much the be all end all of high end fishing here in Europe. Give it a shot. Just rig up a bottom rig and have some corn on hand.
A fun fact for carp fishing: some states here in the United States have made it illegal to chum the water. They consider it littering, even if it's just corn. A good loophole around this would be pack bait or dough bait. Once you add your bait to whatever device you choose for your hair rig, you just simply add your hook to the ball of bait. Technically, that would consider your bait added to your hook and is not legally considered chumming the water. It slowly releases bait for the fish to eat. Most of the time, it only takes about 30 to 40 minutes for the fish to eat all of the bait. Always check your states' Game & Wildlife or DNR to see if chumming is legal in your state.
Uhh, we ate carp all the time when I was a kid. The old timers put them into horse trough s with circulating fresh water for like two weeks and fed feed corn. After two weeks it was time for a community fish fry. It was good but boney.
I've done a lot of aid work in Iraq, and carp is considered the "national food" of Iraq (called "masgouf"). It's absolutely incredible...I think it comes down to how it's cooked. There, they gut it, then cut the fish in half lengthwise and cook it around an open fire (scale side away from fire, propped up with sticks). I wasn't convinced before trying it, but it probably my favorite type of fish to eat.
I have relatives that used to can carp back in the day. The canning process softened the bones to where they were completely edible. They said the canned carp tasted similar to canned salmon or other canned fish.
@@martingingerich8830 depends, smaller the carp the more delicious and especially the cleanness of water will make a difference on how carp taste, but if the water is clean and the carp is 10 lb less and u keep it in ice fresh, it’s delicious, my favourite is baked carp, but perch and walleye are tastier but imo carp are more enjoyable, but definitely try a small carp if you haven’t but if you do make sure to keep it fresh and I recommend you baking it,
Brendan Miller, the best way to eat carp is butter fly the small carp about 6/8 inch or 12 inch max and add lemon and salt and air dry to get all the moisture out than fry them in oil and eat it with crispy bones and all, amazing.
In Alsace they eat "Carpe frites", which is basically just fish and chips, but much nicer, because rather than British soggy chips they're French fries. The carp are kept in purging tanks for a few days so they don't taste muddy, then they're filleted, battered and deep fried. Served with a beautiful Alsace Muscat it's divine.
I live in Indonesia and this fish is one of the staple foods in my country. It is probably also one of the most commonly farmed fish alongside catfish. We usually deep fry them or grill them with sweet soy sauce. I think the water and the type of feeds play huge part on how the fish tastes, because I've tasted both wild caught and farmed ones and I can notice some differences.
Good analysis of the taste. In Southeast Asia, carp is a highly prized fish, especially the river variety. The reason for this, as you correctly state, is that you can taste the water the carp has come from in their flesh. Although they are omnivorous column feeders, they are normally caught by legering. Their mouths have a downward slant that make them ideal for sucking feed off the bottom. Hence, the flavour of the lake bed.
I live in a river town and there use to be fish markets here. They sold tons of carp, They would scour them then when deep fried the bones would disappear. Carp fish fries were common. A carp sandwich on a hot day with a cold beer was a delight.
I guess if you didn’t like the flavour/texture- whacking it in the food processor, and seasoning like a crazy man to make something like a Thai fish cake- that’s gunna make an awesome fish cake. I remember having it when my brother in law caught it when I was a kid, and thought nothing of it- just fish. That was from a clear lake though. They are a very prolific invasive species in SE Australia, they are very common.
Sweet and sour carp from yellow river is one of the famous dish of China, covered with thick paste and dip fried to crispy then covered with sweet and sour sauce…. It is a mouthwatering dish all the time.
I'm planning to pressure can carp this year--the fat tends to cook out of meat, floating on the surface of the water in which it was canned. Bones should cook into easily chewed and digested food--like canned sardines--very edible...
I only watched the 2nd part. We used to catch these all the time. I never kept, or wanted to eat them anyway--but there were people who did eat them. They would keep them in clean water a few days before eating.
Carp is a traditional German Holiday meal. Generally, I was informed that Germans keep a Carp for week in fresh water for it to clean itself, before cooking. Very similar to snails (Escargot) which are also kept isolated for several days before eating, in order for them to clean themselves out.
While deployed in Iraq, the Iraqis would prepare Masgoof on special occasions. It’s split and skewered carp roasted over/near a fire served over a bed of pilaf and it is quite good actually.
The common carp was brought to North America for food purposes. I've eaten small crucian carp from a spring-fed pond, cooked over an open fire. It wasn't bad. I've eaten smoked carp and it wasn't bad. If a fish has a strong flavor that you would like to do away with, try ginger. I met an angler from Korea once on a bank somewhere and he suggested ginger to me. I found it makes a huge difference. As far as eating carp goes, I prefer bass, walleye, and trout. And bluegill, perch, and crappie. And salmon, pike and even rock bass.
Well here in the uk most if not all canals and freshwater are catch and release we really dont like people removing fish from our fisheries that being daid i love how you guys can catch tropical fish in the canals and streams like oscars and stuff
I've experienced that same flavor when the water's dirty with catfish. Great video. I've also heard of people steaming carp, meat just falls off the bone supposedly good so they say. the same thing happened
I spent a lot of time in Europe in my 30 year Army career. Carp is very common in European Rivers. The Czechs, Hungarians, Poles, Ukrainians, and Jews, just to name the ones I ate carp with, have national dishes made with carp, catfish, and sturgeon. Hungarian fish soup is my favorite. My Mother was from Poland and would bring every carp I caught home. She would grind the meat, mix it with bread crumbs, and seasoning and fry it. WOW, is that good.
in our region we cooking carp common use hole fish ：first salted in ginger、onion、chives，crash it then added rice wine ，soak it 30min，then clean up all excess water give it nice Beatiful knife partten，next we heat the wok to 150℃，deep fry it until it's sealed，and the stir fry useing homemade colza oil with rough choped ginger+garlic，add meat&bone soup about 1/3 wok，then fish、sweet fermented flour sause 3tsp+dark aged soy sauce 2tsp，low heat till the water equal to fish's high take out the fish plating，added fine choped carrot marbled meat and green beans，till it's reduce when u can see the sauce a little stick on spatula，seasoning，Dizzle over the fish，serve🎉
Drum and carp are two fish people wouldn't normally eat and cook, but they're both very good. You can eat everything except the guts on carp, it's a bit gamey though but delicious. Drum aren't as gamey, it's like perch. Catfish is a lot like carp with how they feed and people still eat them, they're a delicacy.
Carp caught early in the spring before the spawn are actually pretty good. I'd definitely say that carp shines when battered and deep fried. The batter goes a long way in counteracting the swamp flavor.
😂 Feeds each member of his family pieces of a fish and then proudly exclaims how he fished it out of the dirtiest lake in the entire region! Someone please give this man a medal for his dedication to science!
I just found this video. I’ve eaten carp all my life. My dad’s parents are from Czech. He taught me how they cooked it back in the old country. My favorite way is get about a 5-10 pounder. Fillet n cut out mud vein. Leave in big chunks. Roast w whole tomatoes cabbage garlic onion n some basic other Italian seasoning. Cook on low for several hours. Bones become like canned salmon soft n easily eaten. Meat tastes like mild beef. Great w mashed potatoes or homemade black bread.
That sounds good!
Sounds delicious, appreciate the recipe brother!
never had car a day in my life, but that sounds really good actually.
My dad was from Germany and they did the same. Always ate carp and they really enjoyed it.
Sounds good. What temp do you set the oven and for how long?
I knew a old guy years ago that would catch carp and he had a flowing well with a big steel tank to collect the water. He would put the carp in it and feed them canned corn for about a week, then clean and cook them. They tasted as mild as bluegill or perch, the corn cleaned the mud taste out of them.
Good point!! In Asia where grass carp are very popular they flush them for a week before frying them up with chilli, ginger and garlic. Personally I don't like it and always go for sea fish.
Best not to feed them ,as they purge themselves out .
The flushing of the fish seems to be the thing seen a couple of times.
Monasteries practiced aquaculture during the Medieval period and had ponds in which they raised eels, carp and pike. Their aquaculture techniques became quite sophisticated with river water channeled through the ponds to maintain water quality.
Flushing with clean water should be a good idea.
I’ve grown up eating carp, it doesn’t taste bad at all, I honestly think it tastes better then trout. The only problem with carp is the amount of bones in it. Carp is an awesome fish for like soups and if you are able to fillet the fish then it’s super flaky and delicous
I agree
Not bad but better than trout is definitely a stretch lol
@@uwijsmssmsms9925 funny thing is, trout is a trash fish in many parts of Asia and Carp is more liked, really it’s what people are comfortable eating.
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Yup its very underated where Im from.
Carp was a traditional christmas dish in my family in germany in the 70s. I remember watching them in the bathtub were they had to stay for some time in fresh water, before being cooked.
Carp were farmed for food by monks during the middle ages, and in some countries in Eastern Europe they eat carp for Christmas dinner. Top tip - You can make any unpaletable fish taste better if you smoke it.
My Mama loves fried catfish, I cant stand it..... but I will eat a mess of smoked catfish. Skin it, gut it, and throw it on a slow wet smoke and it is AMAZING.
High end restaurants sell "silver fin" which is nothing but the invasive Asian grass carp.
@@daddyosink4413 how can’t you stand fried catfish? It tastes fine.
Today I fried carp , threw it in soup didn't taste well so I threw it on the grill - delicious
@@daddyosink4413 Catfish are a lot like carp in that they will taste like the body of water they lived in. Both can be bottom feeders or opportunistic feeders which is why neither are my favorite fish. Catfish being worse tasting IMO, the larger they get. Fiddlers or smaller channel cats below 5-6 pounds are great, when filleted, soaked in mustard or salt water brined, then fried. Just remove any of the brown flesh and don't eat any of the fat belly meat, because that is where the toxins are stored.
I'm Romanian, and carp is the most popular fish here. It is commonly found on the menu at most seafood restaurants, usually served fried with a garlic sauce and polenta. You can also find it in most Eastern European countries.
My friend and I tried carp filet it in the Czech Republic. It tasted fine, but each bite included bones
The American version of carp taste a whole lot different (worse), than the carp in Europe.
@@ferenc-x7pi doubt that since europe is known for lack of seasoning
common food in asia as well, I've had it while in china and it was pretty good, but the ones here in north america are a different species from the ones that are commonly eaten i think
@@Jfhejjdshxhsthere is no way you just said that without joking
Carp is eaten quite a bit in Europe during the holidays. Very traditional meal for many. Over in Wisconsin they make lots of smoked or dried Carp and even jerky. Great vid!
I too was thinking that smoking it may be a better way of preparing it
I'm pretty sure all fish taste better smoked.
carp jerky?? do you have a recipe? i wanna try this next time i catch one
Maybe cook it polish Christmas dinner style stuffed carp what's they stuff it with god only knows
Where is Wisconsin
Best part of this video is how close this family is. All sat around and ate this sus fish
Yeah it's nice to see.
His younger sister, especially, was amazing, having such an open mind. Kinds that age are often so picky. His brother and his other sister were really cool, too.
Never been a fan of eating carp but catching em is sooooo much fun! They put up such a good fight on lighter line. Biggest carp I've caught was 25 pounds on 12 pound mono line. That big momma took me 1 hour and 30 min to bring in.
Bullcrap
@@IdahoMan007 Bull Carp?
Caught a 23lb carp on 12lb line
Not bullcrap. My pb is 20lb on 12lb mono. My local lake has a rule of 10lb mono minimum line, and it stocks carp upto 35lb.
@@MrHarryMonkthat's because they aren't dragged in and clubbed on the head. 👍
Honesty in discussions over food reduce false expectations. It also gives people the tools for remedying issues.
The chickens in the yard also made me smile.
Ate carp a ton when in Vietnam. Dish fish hold up well to a longer cook time. Especially coated and doubled fried like chicken. Some of the best dishes I have has was a guy who would just cook tons of this every money with the first fry. Come back with the 2nd fry when it was ordered. Then would use a wok to cover in the sauces he had. The best was a singapore crab chili sauce, a coconut curry, and one that tasted just like general tsos
Carp is probably the most eaten fish here in Bulgaria and in pretty much the whole Balkans. I think it's very good, you can cook it however you want, fried, baked, even stuffed.
It 100% matters where you got the carp from. If they feed by filtering through silt and mud, they aren't going to taste very good. Carp that mostly feed easily in gravely, rocky areas taste much better.
same for most fish, ive caught quite a few cods and perch in harbors but would never eat them due to the muddy water cuz of dredging and spilled gasolin and trash from the city and so on forth. Would absoulty devour a cod caught 300 meters outside of the harbour tho
Smaller carp
Even mediaeval monks would remove their carp (and tench) from their stew ponds and keep them in flowing water for a few days prior to harvesting them to get rid of that taste. .
How did we get here … all of us from this week on a 3 year old video
Exactly ..if it grows in fresh water it is going to give you good taste
The best part of this video is where your sister says she likes it. It's even better when she finishes the plate. You should definitely find some more fish for her. Make sure they're safe to eat. Great video!
In Hungary, that carp (especially the variant with very few scales) is THE fish, for traditional fish meals, most importantly fish soup. It's the only fish most supermarkets offer live from a tank (now they must kill it before selling) and most people cook soup from it during the holdiay season.
Your comment and other eastern European comments and encouraging me to try it , as someone from northern Algeria we consume predominantly salt water fish and fresh water fish isn't even sold , carp is all around our fresh bodies of water and i saw a lot of guys catching big ones especially in reservoirs, so i might actually try it .
44 y/o and grew up eating carp regularly in Oklahoma. Usually pressure cooked them, and "caught" them with bowfishing. Always enjoyed the taste.
Carp is one of those fish that taste like their habitat imo. If you fishing in a muddy lake, it's gonna taste like mud. If it's caught in a clean lake or stream it's gonna be a lovely fish.
wouldn't that apply to all fish? for e.g. i'ver had barramundi that tastes a bit chemically and unpleasant but i think it's the soil-y/muddy water they swim in.
@@lowkeyconvert8971 Most bottom feeders & omnivores yes. Predatory fish less so but still a bit.
Old German guy told me years ago to only eat carp from streams and rivers, those from lakes taste "muddy" he was right!
I bet if you marinate em
well with Catalina dressing a couple of Wood Rats would be tasty on the grill.
you are what you eat.
Last night we had deep fried walleye, morel mushrooms,fresh lettuce salad and tomatoes from the garden, along withhomemade bread and butter.For desert we had strawberry shortcake with homemade vanilla ice cream.Enjoy your carp.😊
If coming from a muddy river or lake, I like to let the carp sit in fresh clear in a bucket. Odds are anyways where I fish, it's going to still be alive and I can put it in my big trough at home and let it swim in the clear water. Clear water carp is amazing
I heard of a German woman who put carp in the bathtub overnight to flush out the water
I grew up eating Carp in Iowa from the Mississippi river. My Father would always bring home Smoked Carp that was smoked by the fish shop by the river. He would bring the Carp home in the butcher paper and we would always eat the smoked carp cold. I miss those days.
Blackened or Cajun seasoned with malted vinegar is the way I like my carp.
I'm hungarian, and carp is (one of the things) what you buy for Christmas. It's... fine. :)
My girlfriend gave birth today and seeing brenden Miller post made my day even better
Shouldn't you be married before having a baby?
@@Deacon... nope
@@snakeheaddefenders2417 my dad's a pastor and I thought I remember him saying that
@@Deacon... why should he be married? Plenty of people have children before being married?
Congratulations
Love Carp! I grew up in Tarboro NC and fished from the Tar River. Caught my first carp near Shiloh Farm Rd where I use to live, right on the river. Caught it, cleaned and ate every last bite. I have No problems with carp at all. I cleaned it much different than you or probably anyone here, but I loved it. I don't take anyone's words for any type of fish or seafood. I try it out for myself. Thank you for sharing your ways of preparing and cooking carp. I enjoyed the video and I agree with your little sis about carp, Love It. Hope you and everyone here and your family has a Safe Blessed and Wonderful day. Will also share your video to let everyone know, at least give it a try.... Thank you again....😊
Carp is held in high esteem in eastern Europe. As a Hungarian, I've been eating halászlé, aka Hungarian fish soup, especially as a Christmas dish, of which carp along with catfish is the main component.
Look it up guys! Only a fraction of people live by the sea, eating local fish is the best you can do to practice sustainability.
I searched the carp thing, stumbled on your video and enjoyed the segment with your family. You all seem like very nice folks. Carp is the everyday protein for those that can afford it. Season it with garlic, chili, oil, soy sauce, and vinegar and it’s okay. Serve over rice and a plate of veggies. Nothing really gourmet about it. Respects from Los Angeles.
Your little sister, she made me smile how she liked the carp. Hehehe, God bless her!
when i was fishing a lot i kept the carp in running water for a week and then smoked them. amazing! i recommend STRONGLY!
My grandma tells me, that cooking carp is simple if you want it to taste good. They threw the meat in a pressure cooker, which separates the bones, and she compares it to the taste of salmon. So this is not a trashy fish in anyway by far.
After you cook the carp in the pressure cooker, do you throw out the carp then eat the pressure cooker?
Sounds like the start of a gefilte fish recipe.
afterwards do you make patties out of them?
@@kathrynmcmorrow7170 at Passover I use to call them gafilty fish.
@@graftedin3 I think I recall that fish dumpling as gefilte fish but have never had it.
Had a nice old man on my paper route way back when. Instead of dropping off the paper I'd just walk it in to him. He had some smoked carp. Never in a million years would I thought I'd have carp. I enjoyed it. Always loved fishing for them and yes, the corn is the magic bait
Really enjoyed this episode. It was a little different, with the cooking aspect as well as involving your awesome siblings. It would be nice to see more like this.
Genuine question, since the problem is too many bones can you make fish sticks by grounding it ?
Interesting and informative. I've eaten carp done as whole crispy fish Chinese style, and had it smoked (sable fish) from a deli. In the middle ages, Carp was a common species in farmed fish ponds.
In Germany they are used for Thanksgiving. My grand mother was German and we used carp from the Missouri River caught by commercial fishermen.
Bleed it while its heart is still beating.
As someone who regularly eats carp from a stock tank the flavor you're tasting that's different is best compared to liver. The inner part of the filet that is reddish has much more of that flavor which is great if you're expecting a fatty liver flavor and could be better enjoyed as a paté, but it's definitely off-putting if you don't know what it is. The water absolutely effects the flavor of the meat and I've found that carp harvested from moving water tends to have a more familiar flavor. Because it's a very fatty fish, I've found it tastes better when that fat is diluted with other oils, e.g. fried in coconut, peanut, olive, and even rendered beef or pork fat. It also works very well as a substitute for pork in dumplings and egg rolls. However you make it, it's important to understand that carp is higher in mercury than a lot of fish and shouldn't be eaten as often. Compare it to tuna with regard to mercury.
Great comment.
I remember growing up near a PCB contaminated, no contact river. No fishing or swimming. After 25 years, the state EPA lowered its danger rating with specific consumption levels. Many fish like carp were 1 meal per month. A few smaller fish were one meal per week.
@@woodstream6137 still like that in midwest.
There's an old Iraqi carp dish called Semeç Masgûf, where a carp is butterflied and slow broiled over a low wood or charcoal fire, and it is repeatedly basted with a very flavorful tomato based sauce. The carp is dense and fatty, and holds up to the extended cook time extraordinarily well. It's kind of similar to barbecue, just with fish instead.
"I've had catfish that taste worse than that." That's a sin to say in my family buddy. 🤣
Catfish is good
ive only had 1 catfish that actually tasted bad, thats probably because i caught it in a spillway from a water treatment/waste management plant.
Catfish is one of.my favorite to catch and cook
@@Jonathan-sv6ur Yeah that's probably why.Lake catfish is great never caught one but have eaten one
Waste management plant?, did you get sick
Such an adorable family. They are the best part of the video.
You should definitely make more catch and cooks, they are really interesting!
When I can limit out on walleye every trip to Lake Erie or pompano in south west Florida I don’t see myself ever trying carp. Used to shoot them with bows as a kid. Turned them into fish oil for trapping bait.
I’ve actually never caught a carp, and Isaiah has grown up.
Brooooo that’s crazy
Do you live in the United States and fish lakes and rivers? I have only targeted carp 1 time and I have caught a ton of carp.
Then you haven't really tried go at sunset and sink corn covered hook with a sinker. Caught a 26 pounder today going back tomorrow for more hopefully.
@@geodude6244 This is my first video seen of this channel. I wished he showed how he bled out his carp after killing it first. Does he ever show that step on another video?
Ball head jig hook, can of corn, chum the water, rig your hook with a few pieces of 🌽 and cast your hook out in the general vicinity of where you threw your corn and you will have a carp.. thank me later
In my youth I was a big Carp Fishermen. Loved catching and releasing these beastly fish. Cooked and ate a few of the larger ones and they tasted fine, but the terrible smell of cleaning them prior to cooking them is hard to forget.
before you eat carp, make sure you check your state's fish consumption advisory website first. Carp have a tendency to hold onto certain nasty pollutants like PCB's more than other species of fish. PCB's are stored in the fattier areas, so you're at least limiting your exposure by trimming the reddish fatty parts off. Also super important to kill/bleed them quick as you pointed out since they can stay alive for hours out of water, which is a crap way to die AND makes the meat taste horrible.
ALSO, the best way I've found to eat carp so far is pretty involved, but it's honestly one of the best preparations of fish I've tried. Can the fish in a pressure canner, then when you're ready to cook, open the can and dump into a bowl with egg and seasoning, mix it up and press into a patty. Fry it in a pan with butter and enjoy as a burger. The pressure canning process leaches the collagen from the bones, basically disintegrating them and making them edible. Seriously, it's the best. I've done it with common and grass carp, both were delicious.
Here, in my city in RJ, Brazil, people answer the problem of the spikes in carp meat by making a bunch of parallel cuts before frying (yeah, they only make it deep fried). The heat from oil cook better the chunks of spikes and then it can be ate without fear (almost). Other solution is cook the fish in water, steam, or roast in he oven and then take off the spikes easily. Then mix the meat with smashed potatos or cassava or bread crumbs to make kind of crockets.
Wild caught fish can vary in taste widely depending on it's conidiations of course. Cooking techniques can change that.
Carp is eaten in the US. It's sometimes cooked in WV, but they ALWAYS tell you to cut the "mud line" out. It's just as he described and it's just cooked like any other fish after that.
Chef Miller in the house lol
This is how I cook carp. I cut it diagonally into carp steak. I do not debone it at all even though carp is known to be bony. I fry it and once it's crispy, I will put them inside jars. Soak it in olive oil and then I will add tomato paste, pepper, and other herbs and spices of your choice. Usually I add bay leaf, garlic, onion, and peppercorns, and lemon juice. And I put lids on the jars and I will tightly close the jars with lids and cook them in pressure cooker for 2 hours. After that, the bones melt and the texture is so meaty.
Carp is a very good fish to eat. Its according to where the fish comes from. Rivers and streams are the better choice for eating. When you go to bleed the carp pop the gills while the fish is alive to bleed it out for best results. After you fillet the fish put the fillets in a bowl and add a small amount of salt water and vinegar. Let soak for several hours. Blackened is very good, but also beer batter is great too. Love from the ole hillbilly Kenny, peace!
“A Devine culinary experience”... 😂👌🏻
Ah yes, very Devine
Bravo for you for doing this. I've caught a lot of carp, or suckers as we call them up north. Normally we just throw them onto the road and let cars drive over them so that coyotes or owls can pick them up later.
Carp was originally brought over from Europe to be an abundant food source. Then we discovered walleye lol
In europe we have larger walleye than in USA and the carp is still considered a tasty fish, close to walleye and more expensive than farmed rainbow trout.
The only carp thats cheaper than rainbow trout is the chinese silver carp, but thats a fish the americans would like more than euro carp because its less fat and doesnt have a strong taste.
Forgive me guys but I always thought that the Carp was an invasive species in the US. Mostly introduced as pets in various aquaria. I personally have never tried it but it looks like an awesome fish.
@@cg2566the common carp is naturalized at this point and thus plays a large part in the ecosystem, especially as a forage fish for predators.
@@nicks2581 Thank you.
We ate a lot of carp when I was a kid. Dad would filet the fish and score the filets, making parallel cuts about a quarter inch apart down to the skin. Carp is a bony fish and scoring the filets gets rid of the bones in the flesh. Mom would then bread the filets and fry them. I thought it was pretty good.
Carp is a bottom feeding fish and if you get it from dirty water it will have eaten all the dirt that settles to the bottom. Catch it from clean water and it tastes better.
Honestly, I've never even caught a carp before! I guess that tells you how much I fish. But the joke about the carp at the beginning I had heard about eating a possum. Great Video!
Possum is possibly the best tasting wild meat, those who avoid it because of its eating habits should also avoid free range chicken and crabs. 😃
Carp fishing is pretty much the be all end all of high end fishing here in Europe. Give it a shot. Just rig up a bottom rig and have some corn on hand.
@@charliesommers9599What do you mean by wild, though? Like are you saying I can go .22 the ugly thing in my backyard that annoys my cat and eat it?!
A fun fact for carp fishing: some states here in the United States have made it illegal to chum the water. They consider it littering, even if it's just corn. A good loophole around this would be pack bait or dough bait. Once you add your bait to whatever device you choose for your hair rig, you just simply add your hook to the ball of bait. Technically, that would consider your bait added to your hook and is not legally considered chumming the water. It slowly releases bait for the fish to eat. Most of the time, it only takes about 30 to 40 minutes for the fish to eat all of the bait. Always check your states' Game & Wildlife or DNR to see if chumming is legal in your state.
Please, rod and reel arsenal!!!
Been eating carp all my life, it tasted amazing each time.
Uhh, we ate carp all the time when I was a kid. The old timers put them into horse trough s with circulating fresh water for like two weeks and fed feed corn. After two weeks it was time for a community fish fry. It was good but boney.
I've done a lot of aid work in Iraq, and carp is considered the "national food" of Iraq (called "masgouf"). It's absolutely incredible...I think it comes down to how it's cooked. There, they gut it, then cut the fish in half lengthwise and cook it around an open fire (scale side away from fire, propped up with sticks). I wasn't convinced before trying it, but it probably my favorite type of fish to eat.
I wonder if purging the fish in clean water for a few hours would help any
I have relatives that used to can carp back in the day. The canning process softened the bones to where they were completely edible. They said the canned carp tasted similar to canned salmon or other canned fish.
Wow! Thank you.
Carp are so delicious out of every freshwater fish I have eaten carp was the best even better than trout in my opinion 👍👍👍
That might be a stretch...Perch and Walleye are better.no?
@@martingingerich8830 depends, smaller the carp the more delicious and especially the cleanness of water will make a difference on how carp taste, but if the water is clean and the carp is 10 lb less and u keep it in ice fresh, it’s delicious, my favourite is baked carp, but perch and walleye are tastier but imo carp are more enjoyable, but definitely try a small carp if you haven’t but if you do make sure to keep it fresh and I recommend you baking it,
@@martingingerich8830if you're ever eaten asp, carp just tastes like a more mild asp with a boney consistency
Dude this is such a coincidence I just caught my first carp in a while
Brendan Miller, the best way to eat carp is butter fly the small carp about 6/8 inch or 12 inch max and add lemon and salt and air dry to get all the moisture out than fry them in oil and eat it with crispy bones and all, amazing.
Isaiah is really looking like Rob since he’s growing up.
This is outside what i usually watch on here but I was invested the whole time. Even cracked some genuine smiles. Take care.
I was very curious about this one. Great video idea....still not eating carp. But great idea! Thanks for taking one for the team, sir.
There actaully really good.
In Alsace they eat "Carpe frites", which is basically just fish and chips, but much nicer, because rather than British soggy chips they're French fries. The carp are kept in purging tanks for a few days so they don't taste muddy, then they're filleted, battered and deep fried. Served with a beautiful Alsace Muscat it's divine.
Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple carp, lemon carp, coconut carp, pepper carp, carp soup, carp stew, carp salad, carp and potatoes, carp burger, carp sandwich. That- that's about it.
Sashimi
Grill carp
And carp curry!!!
Carp, carp
Carp over easy
I live in Indonesia and this fish is one of the staple foods in my country. It is probably also one of the most commonly farmed fish alongside catfish. We usually deep fry them or grill them with sweet soy sauce. I think the water and the type of feeds play huge part on how the fish tastes, because I've tasted both wild caught and farmed ones and I can notice some differences.
The real question... how do you know what that body of water tastes like? 😅
Taste the water
My family love buffalo carp. We make em into fried fishballs with herbs and spices. Amazing.
The monks used to construct special carp ponds in monasteries in UK to provide a food source, so they must have enjoyed them?
Good analysis of the taste. In Southeast Asia, carp is a highly prized fish, especially the river variety. The reason for this, as you correctly state, is that you can taste the water the carp has come from in their flesh. Although they are omnivorous column feeders, they are normally caught by legering. Their mouths have a downward slant that make them ideal for sucking feed off the bottom. Hence, the flavour of the lake bed.
I live in a river town and there use to be fish markets here. They sold tons of carp, They would scour them then when deep fried the bones would disappear. Carp fish fries were common. A carp sandwich on a hot day with a cold beer was a delight.
My old neighbor would marinate carp overnight in Sprite or any lemon lime type soda then lightly batter & fry. It was great.
I guess if you didn’t like the flavour/texture- whacking it in the food processor, and seasoning like a crazy man to make something like a Thai fish cake- that’s gunna make an awesome fish cake. I remember having it when my brother in law caught it when I was a kid, and thought nothing of it- just fish. That was from a clear lake though. They are a very prolific invasive species in SE Australia, they are very common.
One of the best videos about carp meat flavor. Very well made.
Sweet and sour carp from yellow river is one of the famous dish of China, covered with thick paste and dip fried to crispy then covered with sweet and sour sauce…. It is a mouthwatering dish all the time.
Great presentation, even more beautiful family, u definitely have to like Carp ,we in Europe love Carp ! Great video mate 😊
I'm planning to pressure can carp this year--the fat tends to cook out of meat, floating on the surface of the water in which it was canned. Bones should cook into easily chewed and digested food--like canned sardines--very edible...
Most of Eastern and Central Europe eat carp, and it is sold in most large supermarkets.
I only watched the 2nd part. We used to catch these all the time. I never kept, or wanted to eat them anyway--but there were people who did eat them. They would keep them in clean water a few days before eating.
It really depends where you catch it and the time of year. Of course knowing how to properly clean and cook it makes a huge difference as well.
Carp is a traditional German Holiday meal. Generally, I was informed that Germans keep a Carp for week in fresh water for it to clean itself, before cooking. Very similar to snails (Escargot) which are also kept isolated for several days before eating, in order for them to clean themselves out.
Havent ate carp in a long time but i remember in Mexico we used to cook it as a caldo de pescado it was very good with all the veggies and ingredients
While deployed in Iraq, the Iraqis would prepare Masgoof on special occasions. It’s split and skewered carp roasted over/near a fire served over a bed of pilaf and it is quite good actually.
The common carp was brought to North America for food purposes. I've eaten small crucian carp from a spring-fed pond, cooked over an open fire. It wasn't bad. I've eaten smoked carp and it wasn't bad. If a fish has a strong flavor that you would like to do away with, try ginger. I met an angler from Korea once on a bank somewhere and he suggested ginger to me. I found it makes a huge difference.
As far as eating carp goes, I prefer bass, walleye, and trout. And bluegill, perch, and crappie. And salmon, pike and even rock bass.
But the crucian carp isn't that bad? They eat that in Europe and Russia, correct? Grass carp/ American carp is nasty huh?
carp cooked up crispy chinese style is WONDERFUL.
We have canals out here in the Coachella/ Imperial valleys, with carp 20- 30 lbs and 3 to 4 foot long
Well here in the uk most if not all canals and freshwater are catch and release we really dont like people removing fish from our fisheries that being daid i love how you guys can catch tropical fish in the canals and streams like oscars and stuff
Kipper snacks are pretty oily and have a firm texture. What do you think of those?
I've experienced that same flavor when the water's dirty with catfish. Great video.
I've also heard of people steaming carp, meat just falls off the bone supposedly good so they say.
the same thing happened
I spent a lot of time in Europe in my 30 year Army career. Carp is very common in European Rivers. The Czechs, Hungarians, Poles, Ukrainians, and Jews, just to name the ones I ate carp with, have national dishes made with carp, catfish, and sturgeon. Hungarian fish soup is my favorite. My Mother was from Poland and would bring every carp I caught home. She would grind the meat, mix it with bread crumbs, and seasoning and fry it. WOW, is that good.
Love Carp. Curried and/or seasoned with tumeric, garlic then pan fried with onions, peppers, chillies, tomatoes. Its a staple.
Good eating everyone!
In Germany it is eaten by many for Christmas, it's called Weihnachtskarpfen (Christmas carp)
in our region we cooking carp common use hole fish ：first salted in ginger、onion、chives，crash it then added rice wine ，soak it 30min，then clean up all excess water give it nice Beatiful knife partten，next we heat the wok to 150℃，deep fry it until it's sealed，and the stir fry useing homemade colza oil with rough choped ginger+garlic，add meat&bone soup about 1/3 wok，then fish、sweet fermented flour sause 3tsp+dark aged soy sauce 2tsp，low heat till the water equal to fish's high take out the fish plating，added fine choped carrot marbled meat and green beans，till it's reduce when u can see the sauce a little stick on spatula，seasoning，Dizzle over the fish，serve🎉
Drum and carp are two fish people wouldn't normally eat and cook, but they're both very good. You can eat everything except the guts on carp, it's a bit gamey though but delicious. Drum aren't as gamey, it's like perch. Catfish is a lot like carp with how they feed and people still eat them, they're a delicacy.
Carp caught early in the spring before the spawn are actually pretty good. I'd definitely say that carp shines when battered and deep fried. The batter goes a long way in counteracting the swamp flavor.
😂 Feeds each member of his family pieces of a fish and then proudly exclaims how he fished it out of the dirtiest lake in the entire region! Someone please give this man a medal for his dedication to science!