Illinois DNR hires chef to show how tasty Asian carp can be

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ^ | Sept. 20, 2011 | By Dan Egan

[HiTech RedNeck]

Any stew potion containing acid will take care of the bones problem as well.

[WOBBLY BOB]

Typical Obamunism: pee on our legs and tell us it’s raining.

And 9%+ unemployment= “the new normal”.

Here’s a turd sandwich, they’re great...AND low fat!

[HiTech RedNeck]

Like they couldn’t afford to consult with chemists and engineers. Injecting the deposits with sulfur where they were would have helped lock up the mercury.

[pyx]

Ever tried carp? Even supposedly “well prepared” carp?

It’s nasty, oily, fishy, boney and tough as a shoe. These are bottom feeders, and particularly in the Great Lakes that is not such a good thing, since they are what they eat.

This fish is the marine equivalent of road kill. If it were such a frackin’ delicacy, there would be no need for any Gubmint agency to try and convince people of it...

I completely agree with you.

I truly enjoy eating freshwater rainbows and browns along with pickerel, bass and whitefish. I regularly feast on Alaska salmon, tuna and many other salt water fish. I even enjoy sushi.

And I've eaten Asian Carp prepared in different recipes prepared in different ways. In my opinion, its a trash fish because its oily, boney and smelly as well as poor tasting. It is not suitable for human food unless someone somewhere comes up with a fish recipe that makes it taste good.

[cripplecreek]

Personally I think they need to close the canal. It was created to get sewage to go down the mississippi instead of washing up on shore in the first place. Today its of pretty minimal economic value (Around a million dollars per yer)

Personally I think closing the canal could create an economic opportunity in the form of locks or something.

[SargeK]

It might come down to closing off the water and building a marine railway like the Big Chute.

Big Chute

I doubt though that the fish haven't already colonized Lake Michigan. Usually by the time the gubmint realizes there is a problem, let alone devises a solution and implements it past all of the bureaucratic rules, it is already a mile downstream of us. We are ruled by Vogons.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

I think you mean carp PER diem. :)

[JimSEA]

Yep. Steamed with Thai chili, garlic and lemon basil ad you won’t taste anything - for several days. ;-)

[HiTech RedNeck]

cat food? dog food?

[353FMG]

The guy is more of a menace to himself than the fish.

[50cal Smokepole]

You’re talking about native carp, not the invasive species. I’ve only eaten smoked carp (native, and kind of greasy).

Asian carp are a different animal and don’t belong here. But now we’re screwed because they decimate the start of the food chain.

[353FMG]

>Hg levels in Lake Michigan went through the roof.<

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Why are people so afraid of the Hg level in Lake Michigan and so ignorant of the Hg in the new lightbulbs?

I wonder what the reaction will be of our congress critters when one of the maintenance men in the Capitol building drops a dozen or so of the new bulbs on the floor.

[Charles Martel]

Cajuns will eat anything.

....or so the stereotype goes....

Some years ago, they got chef Paul Prudhomme to concoct a few recipes in connection with a program to cut the number of nutria in the New Orleans area. Mmmm, giant rat.

I don't think many cajuns would go for that (but they would cut up the critters and use 'em for crab and crawfish bait).

[struggle]

Soylent Brown?

[org.whodat]

Will take your word on what mud tastes like. But carp is not all that bad, better than yard bird.

[Blue Ink]

This is the New American Way. Don’t try to get rid of them; embrace them as they push out the native-born population.

I guess it’s just too hard to get rid of them. After all, they’re here. Many of them were just eggs when they were brought here. Lots of them were born here, which means they’re automatically citizens.

Any and all eradication efforts are downright racist and anti-Asian.

You provincial Americans need to have your cuisine and culture changed by immigrant carp for your own good.

In-state tuition for Asian carp NOW!

[cripplecreek]

It kills me that Obama is happily doing all he can to destroy a major economic driver in the great lakes states.

Sportfishermen aren’t unionized and don’t rely on unions much in any meaningful form.

[FatherofFive]

CARP = CRAP

[DouglasKC]

I’m betting the carp are already in Lake Michigan.

[Lady Heron]

TVA at one point tried a progran designed to get Tennesseans to eat carp which were taking over the lakes....needless to say it was a huge failure.