Keflapod Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 (edited) Hey Raiders, Well I'm ashamed to say that I had to visit the fishmarkets to buy fish as my supply has run out. I decided I would at least buy a species that I can't catch myself, just to ease the burden of the guilt I'll be carrying until I finish my renovations and haul my backside back into the bay. I bought some nice pink ling fillets - but they ain't cheap - still, they will have to do until I can put some real fish on the table - - Anyways, I was looking through the shops and low and behold, I saw something that made me look twice. No it wasn't some babe tourist with a 20 carat diamond around her neck....I meant fish... Have a look for yourself....I didn't think any cmmercial fisherman would ever put them on the fishmarkets floor for auction, let alone someone actually buying them. I guess this is the beginning of an experiment to see if there is a commercial market for them ? Edited September 19, 2010 by Keflapod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gje Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 This is not uncommon & I have seen them for sale before, mainly in asian shops.I also know that some europeans like to eat them. I guess you have to know how to prepare them. Lots of herbs & spices I guess. Cheers, Scoop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebehy Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 This is not uncommon & I have seen them for sale before, mainly in asian shops.I also know that some europeans like to eat them. I guess you have to know how to prepare them. Lots of herbs & spices I guess. Cheers, Scoop I used to catch European Carp as a child in Lake Burley Griffin (Canberra). I used to have a ball with the bigger ones (I was around 13 at the time). Coming from a modest family, we actually tried these a few times and yes you are right...a lot of herbs and spices. Cummun used to drown out a lot of the muddy taste. I wouldn't recommend them and would never pay for them but hey, they are edible and actually quite good if you are REALY hungry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finin Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 M8 youll find it always on sale there, have seen it plenty of times in other fishmongers as well! Someone likes it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oz_brett Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 (edited) Being from inland NSW myself I have heard that people are starting to eat them although I have been told they keep them alive for a couple of days in a tub continuously changing the water with fresh tap water making them clean there insides out. By changing the water prevents them from eating what they bring up. Still I have not tried it! Edited September 19, 2010 by oz_brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marfoir Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Chances are that those Carp are farmed fish and lived in some pretty filthy water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funnierthanu Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 I fished a carp comp at wyangla dam a few years ago and a crowd member from the weigh in got his family station wagon and put in over 50 carp weighing up to 5kg on the carpet in the back .There were over 100 people watching and even some were dry heaving at the sight of this on a 35 degree day with no ice ............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongie555 Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 20 yrs ago baby octopus werent sold or eaten in this country either,now you can even find sea urchin (which i think is yummy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Charlie carp is yummy, my plants love it cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHARK Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 They must be selling them if they are in the window .......Dont ask me how but they are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Hey Raiders, Well I'm ashamed to say that I had to visit the fishmarkets to buy fish as my supply has run out. I decided I would at least buy a species that I can't catch myself, just to ease the burden of the guilt I'll be carrying until I finish my renovations and haul my backside back into the bay. I bought some nice pink ling fillets - but they ain't cheap - still, they will have to do until I can put some real fish on the table - - Anyways, I was looking through the shops and low and behold, I saw something that made me look twice. No it wasn't some babe tourist with a 20 carat diamond around her neck....I meant fish... Have a look for yourself....I didn't think any cmmercial fisherman would ever put them on the fishmarkets floor for auction, let alone someone actually buying them. I guess this is the beginning of an experiment to see if there is a commercial market for them ? Mate in England they eat them for Christmas dinner like we eat Turkey. They have to put their orders in beforehand....Weird aye. I used to do Carp fishing years ago up at the Nepean River at a place called Yarramundi. The Carps up there are 1m plus models. Best fun on light gear. At the same time I would bag out on Mullett which are also huge up there in the Summer months. Haven't tried Carp myself but I know where you are coming from.....they look horrible and they stink! pongrass18ft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StunnedMullet Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 I have eaten them before, if you smoke them with chilli and other spices for 48 hours, it dries the flesh out and makes it like a fish jerky. Not bad at all. A lot of work keeping the smoke going for 2 days though!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonardgid Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Hello chaps, i must have heard the same reactions dozens of times , but you know what , carp are really not as bad as most of as think they are, there are thousands if not billions of people that think they are okay , the chinese love them , so do allot of middle eastern countries, indians, pakistanies, bangladesies, slavs they all eat them, sure they will never be good enough for the local fish and chip shops that we are used to ,But if you caught them from a clean system, bled and iced them , then made them into a fish curry like i have had a couple of times from a friend that owned a curry restaurant, you would think differently, no i havent lost my mind , and no i am not doing it hard, we used to say the same thing about wirrah cod, and salmon,sweep, and even travelly in the 70s , look at us now, and yes they have been for sale at the markets and lots of other fish shops for over 10 years, trust me curried carp is not bad at all , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keflapod Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 Hello chaps, i must have heard the same reactions dozens of times , but you know what , carp are really not as bad as most of as think they are, there are thousands if not billions of people that think they are okay , the chinese love them , so do allot of middle eastern countries, indians, pakistanies, bangladesies, slavs they all eat them, sure they will never be good enough for the local fish and chip shops that we are used to ,But if you caught them from a clean system, bled and iced them , then made them into a fish curry like i have had a couple of times from a friend that owned a curry restaurant, you would think differently, no i havent lost my mind , and no i am not doing it hard, we used to say the same thing about wirrah cod, and salmon,sweep, and even travelly in the 70s , look at us now, and yes they have been for sale at the markets and lots of other fish shops for over 10 years, trust me curried carp is not bad at all , Hi Leonardgid, I agree with your philosophy that you can make almost anything taste good if you know how or are prepared to experiment. I was under the impression that they were not a saleable fish and that they have never been for sale before. That's why I was so surprised to see them on sale. I also thought our carp was a somewhat different species to that of the European carp... Perhaps they are the same.... Point taken though, and if I ever catch one, I will certainly conduct some culinary experiments of my own Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebehy Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 (edited) Hi Leonardgid, I agree with your philosophy that you can make almost anything taste good if you know how or are prepared to experiment. I was under the impression that they were not a saleable fish and that they have never been for sale before. That's why I was so surprised to see them on sale. I also thought our carp was a somewhat different species to that of the European carp... Perhaps they are the same.... Point taken though, and if I ever catch one, I will certainly conduct some culinary experiments of my own Tony Hi Tony, I'm not too certain but I think that our carp is in fact European carp that was introduced into our waterways some time ago. (someones biggest mistake disguised as a brilliant idea)Incidentally, I have seen them on sale in several places and as low as $99c/Kg. Cheaper than cat food! Eddie Edited September 21, 2010 by eddie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevsta Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Carp have been around the fish markets for years. I worked at the fish markets some 25 years ago as a teenager and am glad I didn't have to clean them, because they actually give off a pungent stench. Staff would walk into the cleaning/gutting room and have to hold their breath - I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonardgid Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Hi Leonardgid, I agree with your philosophy that you can make almost anything taste good if you know how or are prepared to experiment. I was under the impression that they were not a saleable fish and that they have never been for sale before. That's why I was so surprised to see them on sale. I also thought our carp was a somewhat different species to that of the European carp... Perhaps they are the same.... Point taken though, and if I ever catch one, I will certainly conduct some culinary experiments of my own Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaners Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Mate in England they eat them for Christmas dinner like we eat Turkey. They have to put their orders in beforehand....Weird aye. I used to do Carp fishing years ago up at the Nepean River at a place called Yarramundi. The Carps up there are 1m plus models. Best fun on light gear. At the same time I would bag out on Mullett which are also huge up there in the Summer months. Haven't tried Carp myself but I know where you are coming from.....they look horrible and they stink! pongrass18ft Mate, I grew up Carp fishing in the UK and I do not know of one person who has eaten them.Other than Salmon and Trout all fish are put back from lakes and rivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheers Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Can you buy Dusky Flathead over 70cm at the fish markets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mannyk Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 $4.99 a kilo what the ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpark8310 Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 yeah mate, I dont know about eating them... but i do know that in some asian countries they boil it, and drink the soup as chinese medicine... lets all just stick to the nice tasty edible fish aye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huckfinn Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Yeh in china i ate carp twice, wasnthat that bad i think its a slightly different species though. They served them whole in sweet and sour sauce and apart from the bones it was pretty nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryboy Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Hi Tony, I'm not too certain but I think that our carp is in fact European carp that was introduced into our waterways some time ago. (someones biggest mistake disguised as a brilliant idea)Incidentally, I have seen them on sale in several places and as low as $99c/Kg. Cheaper than cat food! Eddie Maybe it is for cat food?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 I own KOI CARP as pets for the last 22 years, .... I have put these fish under and removed tumers, bacterial skin sores and some other diseases which i have never seen in saltwater fish... so yeh definately will not eat them if they were the last fish on earth, anyway here are some pictures of koi carp that i saw on google and to my surprise there is one that is a lure. Cheers cg. you Bored George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I think less in our waterways & more in the gardenbeds is best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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