Illinois to feed Asian Carp to the Poor

Feuer Frei! · 08-18-11, 11:48 PM

What do you do with a bony, ugly, jumpy, fat, fugitive fish that's taken over the Mississippi and Illinois rivers and threatens the ecology of the Great Lakes? Grind them into fish sticks and feed them to the poor.
That's the latest strategy from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources in its tussle with the Asian carp. The department plans to process tons of the fish and donate it to food banks, including the St. Louis Area Food Bank.

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Yea, give them to the poor because they won't know any different.

All the while meeting your moral obligations to your fellow human beings!

yubba · 08-19-11, 07:09 AM

the way to cook carp, place on pine plank, place in pre heated oven at 350 degrees for 1 hour, remove and scrape fish off into trash, eat plank.

the_tyrant · 08-19-11, 07:17 AM

Its really odd how something that people consider to be "inedible" in the US is considered a gourmet dish in China

Growler · 08-19-11, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by yubba

...eat plank.

MMmm! Yummy fiber!

Feuer Frei! · 08-19-11, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by yubba

the way to cook carp, place on pine plank, place in pre heated oven at 350 degrees for 1 hour, remove and scrape fish off into trash, eat plank.

08-19-11, 08:41 AM

Probably one of the best ideas to come out of Illinois for a while.
I am surprised they didn't try to expand the export market more, but then again why would people import frozen when they can get it fresh in any fishmonger cheaper. And I suppose you must weigh the problems the industry will have with America trying to export a common foodfish to a big market while at the same time trying to block that markets exports of a common foodfish to America which would make business deals quite interesting.

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the way to cook carp, place on pine plank, place in pre heated oven at 350 degrees for 1 hour, remove and scrape fish off into trash, eat plank.

Obviously yubba hasn't eaten much real food.

Rockstar · 08-19-11, 09:25 AM

You would be surprised at the number of species of fish people once looked upon as they do carp but now consider them as sought after delicacies.

Take soft shell crab for instance. Vile and dirty bottom feeders a species that even smell like what they eat, poop. Never a market for it really until after civil war when the economy tanked and food was scarce. It made for a cheap and easily attainable food source which people could make money off. Today a savory delicacy sold for big bucks.

A federaly imposed moratorium on Red Snapper licenses? Big whoop! just go find a new and unregulated species nobody ever heard of before like Talapia. Another poo eater which good advertising now tells us is a delicacy at $12.00 or more a pound, served at only the finest restaurants.

I can almost gaurantee, you'll be hearing in the news soon how great the nutritional value and tastiness of carp is. Carp are everywhere and better yet an unregulated species so it's only a matter of time before someone discovers a market for them. And wa-la we have new delicacy!

Osmium Steele · 08-19-11, 01:03 PM

Smoked carp isnt bad eating if you don't mind all the bones.

Really is kinda like having a mouth full of splinters.

AVGWarhawk · 08-19-11, 01:29 PM

Crap, carp can be considered good country crock pot cook'in considering the crap the carp eats.

gimpy117 · 08-19-11, 02:11 PM

I'm sure it's better than nothing and it's probably okay if it's processed right. Pollack isn't any high class fish and that's what they normally use.

Betonov · 08-19-11, 02:44 PM

We eat carp quite often. Not as often as a trout, but if we catch one young one it's grilled before you say carpe diem. Old carps, like eating a tire with bones

Jimbuna · 08-19-11, 02:51 PM

I tried Carp once, it had been cooked in a pressure cooker to make it easy to separate the bones from the fish....I didn't rate it though, much prefer trout.

08-19-11, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by the_tyrant

Its really odd how something that people consider to be "inedible" in the US is considered a gourmet dish in China

OK.
Let's catch and sell them to China.
Then we can have Steak!

Some big squichy bugs are considered a treat in some areas.
That does not mean you force feed them to poor poeple!

The Human body is a good source of food also.
Should we take all unclaimed Bodies and grind them into Solant Green?

Oberon · 08-19-11, 06:33 PM

Got to be better than Snook hasn't it?

08-19-11, 06:46 PM

I don't know what Snook is.
Given a survival situation?
I would eat anything that did not eat me first.
And I have done that.

We, as a Nation trash so much good food to keep prices high.
Now they want to feed trash food sources to the poor?
This is wrong in so many ways that I'm just beside myself as to what to think!

08-18-11, 11:48 PM	#1
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	Illinois to feed Asian Carp to the Poor What do you do with a bony, ugly, jumpy, fat, fugitive fish that's taken over the Mississippi and Illinois rivers and threatens the ecology of the Great Lakes? Grind them into fish sticks and feed them to the poor. That's the latest strategy from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources in its tussle with the Asian carp. The department plans to process tons of the fish and donate it to food banks, including the St. Louis Area Food Bank. SOURCE Yea, give them to the poor because they won't know any different. All the while meeting your moral obligations to your fellow human beings! __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS

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the_tyrant Admiral Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 2,272 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	Its really odd how something that people consider to be "inedible" in the US is considered a gourmet dish in China __________________ My own open source project on Sourceforge OTP.net KGB grade encryption for the rest of us

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Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	You would be surprised at the number of species of fish people once looked upon as they do carp but now consider them as sought after delicacies. Take soft shell crab for instance. Vile and dirty bottom feeders a species that even smell like what they eat, poop. Never a market for it really until after civil war when the economy tanked and food was scarce. It made for a cheap and easily attainable food source which people could make money off. Today a savory delicacy sold for big bucks. A federaly imposed moratorium on Red Snapper licenses? Big whoop! just go find a new and unregulated species nobody ever heard of before like Talapia. Another poo eater which good advertising now tells us is a delicacy at $12.00 or more a pound, served at only the finest restaurants. I can almost gaurantee, you'll be hearing in the news soon how great the nutritional value and tastiness of carp is. Carp are everywhere and better yet an unregulated species so it's only a matter of time before someone discovers a market for them. And wa-la we have new delicacy! Last edited by Rockstar; 08-19-11 at 03:54 PM.

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Crap, carp can be considered good country crock pot cook'in considering the crap the carp eats. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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yubba Admiral Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: in a neighborhood near you Posts: 2,478 Downloads: 293 Uploads: 2	the way to cook carp, place on pine plank, place in pre heated oven at 350 degrees for 1 hour, remove and scrape fish off into trash, eat plank.

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gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	I'm sure it's better than nothing and it's probably okay if it's processed right. Pollack isn't any high class fish and that's what they normally use. __________________ Member of the Subsim Zombie Army

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Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	We eat carp quite often. Not as often as a trout, but if we catch one young one it's grilled before you say carpe diem. Old carps, like eating a tire with bones

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I tried Carp once, it had been cooked in a pressure cooker to make it easy to separate the bones from the fish....I didn't rate it though, much prefer trout. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Got to be better than Snook hasn't it?

08-19-11, 06:46 PM	#15
Madox58 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I don't know what Snook is. Given a survival situation? I would eat anything that did not eat me first. And I have done that. We, as a Nation trash so much good food to keep prices high. Now they want to feed trash food sources to the poor? This is wrong in so many ways that I'm just beside myself as to what to think!