Cooking Carp

[CatsEye]

Isn't there a mud seam on carp that has to be removed before cooking? I admit I am biased by my father who wouldn't even bring a carp home. They were catch and release. They do put up quite a fight on the line though. Nice to play with when you're catching them.

[dinosaur]

Most of the meat on a carp is sweet. The lateral line down the center of the fillet is going to be very dark meat. Depending upon what the particular carp has been eating, this area may be very "fishy" tasting (rather like drinkning cod liver oil). So....eat the white meat.

Oh, sometimes all the meat will be dark colored. This is going to be due to the carp eating mulberries which is great because they preseason themselves. Very yummy.

[Benny]

I have found that you can use Italian dressing as a marinade for just about anything. And fish cooked over a campfire is just delish, no matter how you cook it!!