Carps in US taste totally different from the same species farmed or wild caught in Asia. They have tried to process and export US carp to China and Vietnam but it did not work. One explanation I heard is that carps are bottom feeders and sediment along Mississippi water ways are often polluted with heavy metals, the taste of which accumulates in the fish.
I think another factor in getting people eat carp is the long presence of grass carp in the US. If you don’t prepare them properly they can taste very muddy, so that people may be reticent to eat any “carp”. Rebranding makes sense in this context. Patagonian Toothfish may not sound tasty, but call it Chilean Sea Bass 🤔
I also associate carp with the muddyboys. But I've also had carp that was worth 800$ a plate served to google network admins. It's all in the preparation. Personally, I'm excited to AI driven killbots practicing on carp for the big anti-human showdown of the 2050s.
Their skin tastes like mud, worst skin I ever ate, tbh but the meat is good, and I haven't really noticed then having a lot more bones than something like ide or asp.
These fish are perfectly good to eat. In fact Grass carp is one of my favorites. You can do a number of things to remove the bones - make boneless fillets (more difficult and wastes a fair bit of meat), pressure cook or can them - turns the bones soft, or grind them into carp burger - grinds up and screens out the bones. I have done all of the above. They are delicious fish and agree with the name change.
I didn't know that there were so many ways to get rid of the bone. If we get good at doing that we can replace some of the less sustainable industrial fishing with carp fishing - and it seems these fish are basically trying to get eaten by the way they jump into nets LOL. I'd assume between pressure cooking and grinding there's a way to get pretty good consistent product that's completely free of bones.
They could’ve been a bit more inventive about the name. Copi still sounds too much like carp or crappie. They should’ve used the Thai name, planai, or the Tamil one, kentai. Makes it sound foreign in a good way like barramundi or mahi mahi.
Ya the Minnesota dnr has over 250 small unnamed ponds. Some are extremely remote where no human really go. That the dnr have found zebra muscles and some have millfoil and some have Asian carp. Birds legs, feathers and even waist aka poop can transport species everywhere. That why small ponds middle of woods have minnows.
@@shadow8865y7 Minnows is used s live bait and some just let the rest of the bait loose into the water when they are done fishing. That is a well known way we got minnows into small lakes that used to only contain trout.
"If you see one tree, you've seen 'em all" -Gov. Ronald Reagan, in opposition to the 1968 creation by Congress of Redwood National Park. Reagan currently burns in Hell.
Reagan didn't import them they were first imported in 1872! Despite receiving government funding PBS terra seems to have omitted these details and visually represented that it happened during the Nixon presidency.
As someone who lives in the Great Lakes region, they should just completely cut off the Des Plaines River from the Chicago River. Backfill the locks and replace them with intermodal ports that will shift cargo from a barge on the canal to one on the river, instead of letting barges travel all the way through. If the carp get into the Great Lakes Basin it could destroy economies throughout the region that are already hurting from deindustrialization.
I call BS on the "muddy flavor" . I've personally salvaged carp from a drying up oxbow of the Willamette river in Oregon which were struggling in muddy brown water less than 10 inches deep. They were delicious, light flavored, and without even the slightest trace of "mud". I have no idea where that 'muddy flavor' came from, but I suspect bad cleaning and prep.
@@JilynnFurletI’m french and we eat carp here too but when caught from a muddy lake you can put them in a small pool or bathtub of clear water for 2 days and it washes out the muddy taste
@JilynnFurlet I'm glad you liked them. As the saying goes, "to each their colors and tastes." Now, let me ask you about your fish-eating background, culture, economics, studies, and professional background as well. Then I will take your word into consideration! Sorry, but they are horrible. I don't care how many lies are needed to avoid this ecological catastrophe. There should be other solutions, but I won't lie. I've eaten them, cooked by me (I'm a fairly good cook, especially with fish), and they are best on the grill or in the oven. They need to be over-spiced, at least for me. And I have eaten them cooked by some other cooks. They are too mushy, wet, and have an unappealing taste, not to mention the number of bones they have! Pass!
@@dcgo44r Perhaps we've been eating two different species? If you suspect my competence to comment on the quality of a food, be assured I have the same reservations about yours. I too am a fairly good cook. I have college degrees in both Anthropology and Botany, was raised by a Polish-American father who was an avid fisherman, have lived in or visited 16 countries (besides living in 5 US states). I've eaten fish in every one of them, as well as various crustaceans (including barnacles), molluscs (bivalves, limpets, squid, octopus), and a few other less attractive invertebrates. The carp I found good was Common European Carp from the Willamette River in Oregon. The ones I ate in Taiwan and SE Asia were also quite acceptable, although I didn't cook those myself. I haven't eaten any from other parts of the US. Where did the carp you've had come from? Do you know what species they were?
Because they are bottom feeders Not good to eat bottom feeders if you have certain medical conditions, but if not, eat them. We are all bioconcentrating toxins and plastics anyhow, in almost all of our food. Good news is we are getting better at detecting and treating cancers.
hell yeah, don’t forget giant hogweed knotweeds nutrias and giant asian hornets(which was for once an accidental introduction, they stowed away on cargo ships kind of like how zebra mussels stow away on recreational boats)
@bayouburner281 you only pick out bones if you are manually preparing the fish. McD's would certainly mechanized the process and make a puree patty like they do with their McChicken and current McFish.
I've been fishing for catfish and carp for years in Ontario. I haven't seen or heard of a single Asian/Silver/Big Head caught. These people are doing a good job!
Yes. I'm not sure how they got here in Kalamalka lake but I saw a lot of them in the creek that feeds Kal lake into Okanagan lake so they are 100% here in the Okanagan.
@@kananaskiscountry8191 Because people import live specimens and release them. Part of the story is in the video. They cannot survive at all in the ocean. They can not live at all in salt water. Like most fresh water fish. If they could live in salt water, they would have already existed in mississipi and it wouldnt be an introduced species issue. People did this and thats the whole point of the story.
I don't know why they don't try to sell fillets of Asian carp at major grocers like Walmart, Target, etc. I'd love to try them since they would be cheap but most importantly, are healthy, help control an invasive species and provide economic support for those businesses dealing with the situation.. 🤷♂️🤔
@@bobm3477 I agree. That is why I said we should use ALL of the possible ways to remove them, with the plus that fertilizer, pet food, and human food all produce income and improve economies.
@@JilynnFurlet Oh yes of course, I was just expanding on your comment for those that may not think of these examples, many more as well. We are all in this together 😄
Carp are considered delicious in a lot of Asian countries. I haven't personally eaten one yet but I'm looking forward to tasting it. A lot of fish we consider "trash fish" in the USA are actually delicious.
It's crazy. I live in Mozambique, we don't really have carp here other than some private dams. So I don't really know much of the opinion here. But go to Zimbabwe and South Africa and they see Carp as a low class fish for eating. I tried it once and had the same thing as eating catfish or Tilapia from a Dam. It tasted like Mud. I think the only thing you could do is to Purge them in clean water. But economically that is just a huge cost.
There's carp and there's carp. Grass carp has intramuscular bones which makes them pretty hard to eat (though plenty of people eat them anyway). The bighead doesn't even have that many bones.
What americans call fast food ,,we call it junk food ,,yeah it's known to be trash that ruins health . While stupid am/cans call a fish trash 😂 Which can be eaten by people with almost no issues .
For even more fun we have these three insects, the Emerald Ash Boror, the Longhorn Beetle and this noxious new fly - oh and also Murder Hornets. I think I will be relieved to see the cicada broods this year. At least they are OUR bugs..
Working the bones out of a full bite is definitely more work, but it becomes part of the experience of enjoying a fresh fish. Not to mention how healthy fish protein is, compared to others.
I live in Michigan and I feel that Michigan Andrews have a vital and special interest in maintaining the natural vibrancy of our great lakes and it's imperative that we keep invasive species out
My biggest concern with eating them is that I live near the green river in Kentucky. It of course dumps into the Mississippi. We've been told for years that the river is contaminated, the fish are not safe for human or animal consumption, using it as fertilizer is not recommended. I'm at the point where I won't eat fish if it isn't from a tank farm.
@@trleith fish and meat don't really make for good compost material. They don't just decompose, they putrify and the microbes and insects that are attracted to rotting flesh can do unholy things to the human body.
In Scouts we cooked "Planked Carp". Take a nice Carp fillet and tack it to a nice Cedar plank. Lean the plank up across a slow smoky fire. Cook for twenty minutes or so. Remove the Carp and eat the cedar plank...
Changing the name can work. In the UK the cheap alternative to cod and haddock is iridescent catfish. People did not goo for it. They changed the name to Bassa or Vietnamese Cobbler and it's becoming a staple for folks who are economically challenged.
Lobster used to be considered poor peoples' food many years ago. Once people find ways to prepare carp and use it in dishes it could become more common as a meal.
Actually, quite interestingly the opposite can occur. If you give them out for free, with their already bad reputation, people will just think "oh they're so bad they can't even give them away" and be even less likely to try it.
Carp is very popular in eastern Europe as well. Fried, baked, in a fish stew. It is a great fish, you just have to get used to bones 😄 But eventually it stops bothering you 😄
@@JilynnFurlet they are all invasive, the common carp is in every state in the lower 48 and in the great lakes, the silver and big heads haven’t made it into every state yet. the common carp which came from asia as well is the main biomass in most lakes currently.
Grass Carp are technically "invasive" but I currently hold the Virginia state record (71lbs) for Grass Carp. I've seen bigger Carp than my record in 3ft drainage canals, because these fish thrive in low-oxygen environments. If some 12 year old kid beats my record fishing a ditch in his backyard, I wouldn't be surprised, and I'm not mad at this fish for existing in American inland waterways. On the contrary - this fish gives kids who are new to fishing an incredible opportunity to catch an absolute monster in their neighborhood ponds. No other freshwater fish in America gets young people more interested in fishing than common Grass Carp, because they're huge for no reason, and fight like crazy
@@thequixoticangler3364 oh yeah for sure. The fact that you've gotta use small hooks and light line to catch them makes them extremely hard but fun to catch... it's like catching a tuna on a spinning rod
@@SiddharthaMaharjan-on5bu here in the u.s. They're easy to catch in golf course ponds, and other man-made lakes, but are much more difficult to catch in the wild. They usually like shallow swampy water with lots of snags, and they immediately run for any type of snag. The hooks also have to be tiny, so they often straighten out hooks or the hooks rip outta their mouths because they don't have bones in their mouth like catfish/bass do
There was a proposal to completely shut the water ways off from the Great Lakes when Obama was in the house, he shut it down because it would end the jobs for about 50 Union tugboat operators.
Carp have already broken through the barrier of the great lakes, in Ontario we are absolutely flooded with them. Most people I talk to about catch and release will refuse to let them go because of how invasive they already are. They effectively have the eastern continent
Asian here, i love to eat carps but only farmed one Because the farm one is put in fresh clean water for few days without food to get rid of the mud flavour
Boil it in pressure cooker for 90mins to soften the bone. Add in turmeric, ginger, sugar, salt, bay leaves, cinnamon, pepper, ginger leaves, galangal, cumin, cloves, lemongrass n asterian. Adjust the dose of each herb base on ur preference. Then u can deep fry the fish after straining.
Fertilizer = Fish fertilizer that is organic = $$$ Especially when Russia produce most of the material used around the world to make fertilizer. The shortage is coming the inflation is about skyrocket.
what you did not tell us, is what kind of contaiminants are in these bottom feeders? PFAS? heavy metals? other? I grew up eating smoked fish, carp and catflsh but now I question what has man added to the bottom of lakes and rivers and how does that compare to other food sources.
The same thing is happening in Bangladesh. Suckermouth fish was taken to Bangladesh from America, and now it is eating all the fish in Bangladeshi Rivers.
Is this the same as bangus or milkfish here in PH? Our bangus have a ton of bones but we still love it. It's delicious. Why not make spanish asian carp? It will melt the bones. Ang aarte niyo kasi!
Common carp, grass crap, black crap are good to eat with medium prepare works to cook them. Silver carp, bighead carp are really stinky and extremely hard to get rid of the fishy smell. Normally they require others equally strong flavors of spices and herbs to cook them. Even if you do everything by the book, it's not that good to eat. Eating too much and your sweat, pee also smell like fish for a few days.
I live in Asia and I can't tell you how much they love to eat carp here! It's the most popular fish to eat!
Are you making a joke or not? As Carp is sometimes a way to bypass censors when saying crap.
@@MaoRattolol there’s no censor for the word crap 😂
Ew keep them there
All the bones should give you some extra calcium
Carps in US taste totally different from the same species farmed or wild caught in Asia. They have tried to process and export US carp to China and Vietnam but it did not work. One explanation I heard is that carps are bottom feeders and sediment along Mississippi water ways are often polluted with heavy metals, the taste of which accumulates in the fish.
I think another factor in getting people eat carp is the long presence of grass carp in the US. If you don’t prepare them properly they can taste very muddy, so that people may be reticent to eat any “carp”. Rebranding makes sense in this context. Patagonian Toothfish may not sound tasty, but call it Chilean Sea Bass 🤔
I also associate carp with the muddyboys. But I've also had carp that was worth 800$ a plate served to google network admins. It's all in the preparation. Personally, I'm excited to AI driven killbots practicing on carp for the big anti-human showdown of the 2050s.
I like to mix some hot and sweet paprika into flour (just to make it pink and then a hair more) and then dip the carp in that mix before frying.
I’ve heard the muddy taste but also they’re impossible to clean with all those bones. It’s not worth the time but would make great dog food.
Their skin tastes like mud, worst skin I ever ate, tbh but the meat is good, and I haven't really noticed then having a lot more bones than something like ide or asp.
Interesting
These fish are perfectly good to eat. In fact Grass carp is one of my favorites. You can do a number of things to remove the bones - make boneless fillets (more difficult and wastes a fair bit of meat), pressure cook or can them - turns the bones soft, or grind them into carp burger - grinds up and screens out the bones. I have done all of the above. They are delicious fish and agree with the name change.
Illinois is promoting exactly that.
I didn't know that there were so many ways to get rid of the bone. If we get good at doing that we can replace some of the less sustainable industrial fishing with carp fishing - and it seems these fish are basically trying to get eaten by the way they jump into nets LOL. I'd assume between pressure cooking and grinding there's a way to get pretty good consistent product that's completely free of bones.
They could’ve been a bit more inventive about the name. Copi still sounds too much like carp or crappie. They should’ve used the Thai name, planai, or the Tamil one, kentai. Makes it sound foreign in a good way like barramundi or mahi mahi.
Yes, *Karpfen.* Supposedly commonly eaten in Europe.
@@lozoft9 crappie is a prized fish
I just learned a while ago how some fish eggs can survive being digested by birds. I can understnad how quickly things can get out of control.
Ya the Minnesota dnr has over 250 small unnamed ponds. Some are extremely remote where no human really go. That the dnr have found zebra muscles and some have millfoil and some have Asian carp. Birds legs, feathers and even waist aka poop can transport species everywhere. That why small ponds middle of woods have minnows.
@@shadow8865y7 Minnows is used s live bait and some just let the rest of the bait loose into the water when they are done fishing.
That is a well known way we got minnows into small lakes that used to only contain trout.
Yes this is how we managed to get landlocked trout this year in our pond which dried up years ago.
Turn em into fertilizer!
My thought exactly. Or cat/dog food?
It's been done already
There are to many of them
All three
Eat
Dog/cat food
And fertilizer
Caro taste pretty darn good if I'm remembering correctly
@@scorpionspets9832The secret is pepper, lemon, and cayenne, and plenty of butter.
"huh this video seems interesting, I wonder why this happ-"
*Ronald Reagan laughing uproariously from hell*
It's always Ronald Reagan
*Self-Reliance Thru Sheer Negligence Intensifies*
Every new thing I learn about Reagan just solidifies him as the overarching supervillain of the modern era o.O
10/10 fantastic way of describing the multitudes of terrible that Reagan's legacy is.
Reagan is a Republican GOD.
"If you see one tree, you've seen 'em all"
-Gov. Ronald Reagan, in opposition to the 1968 creation by Congress of Redwood National Park. Reagan currently burns in Hell.
What a cretin, it boggles my mind that anybody can be such a philistine
Thanks a lot Reagan
And Nixon
Reagan didn't import them they were first imported in 1872! Despite receiving government funding PBS terra seems to have omitted these details and visually represented that it happened during the Nixon presidency.
Thanks government for importing the fish to begin with. Waste of money and unintended consequences. Who could have guessed?
God damn republicans keep deregulating. Every time they do disaster strikes.
@@schnauzpig He eliminated the EPA's ability to regulate them.
I'm sure pet food companies can turn them into pet food...
They export to China.
@@Jeremyho439 yep, ready export market
Or seafood farms and fertilizer companies.
As someone who lives in the Great Lakes region, they should just completely cut off the Des Plaines River from the Chicago River. Backfill the locks and replace them with intermodal ports that will shift cargo from a barge on the canal to one on the river, instead of letting barges travel all the way through. If the carp get into the Great Lakes Basin it could destroy economies throughout the region that are already hurting from deindustrialization.
I call BS on the "muddy flavor" . I've personally salvaged carp from a drying up oxbow of the Willamette river in Oregon which were struggling in muddy brown water less than 10 inches deep. They were delicious, light flavored, and without even the slightest trace of "mud".
I have no idea where that 'muddy flavor' came from, but I suspect bad cleaning and prep.
@@JilynnFurletI’m french and we eat carp here too but when caught from a muddy lake you can put them in a small pool or bathtub of clear water for 2 days and it washes out the muddy taste
@JilynnFurlet I'm glad you liked them. As the saying goes, "to each their colors and tastes."
Now, let me ask you about your fish-eating background, culture, economics, studies, and professional background as well. Then I will take your word into consideration!
Sorry, but they are horrible. I don't care how many lies are needed to avoid this ecological catastrophe. There should be other solutions, but I won't lie. I've eaten them, cooked by me (I'm a fairly good cook, especially with fish), and they are best on the grill or in the oven. They need to be over-spiced, at least for me. And I have eaten them cooked by some other cooks. They are too mushy, wet, and have an unappealing taste, not to mention the number of bones they have! Pass!
Yeah just completely destroy the economy of the country because of some fish.
@@dcgo44r Perhaps we've been eating two different species?
If you suspect my competence to comment on the quality of a food, be assured I have the same reservations about yours.
I too am a fairly good cook. I have college degrees in both Anthropology and Botany, was raised by a Polish-American father who was an avid fisherman, have lived in or visited 16 countries (besides living in 5 US states). I've eaten fish in every one of them, as well as various crustaceans (including barnacles), molluscs (bivalves, limpets, squid, octopus), and a few other less attractive invertebrates.
The carp I found good was Common European Carp from the Willamette River in Oregon. The ones I ate in Taiwan and SE Asia were also quite acceptable, although I didn't cook those myself.
I haven't eaten any from other parts of the US.
Where did the carp you've had come from?
Do you know what species they were?
It always goes back to Reagan
You need to get educated
@@robertlee6338he is one of the worst presidents we have had
It goes back to viewing capitalism as king and greed being the motivator for unrestrained capitalism.
Wild caught carp aren't any dirtier than catfish and they eat the same diet. Not sure why people consider Asian and European carp to be trash fish.
They are trash fish in the sense that they are incredibly destructive to wild species, and the greater environment as a whole.
Because they are bottom feeders
Not good to eat bottom feeders if you have certain medical conditions, but if not, eat them.
We are all bioconcentrating toxins and plastics anyhow, in almost all of our food.
Good news is we are getting better at detecting and treating cancers.
Racism. Basically racism.
Just wait until famine and they'll change their minds 🤣
@@Ealsantealways crying racism 😂
Let’s do some European Starling and House Sparrow episodes
Maybe a little dash of Stinknet? Some Puncture Vine Salad? A little London Rocket Garnish?
The fact that one man is responsible for the starling population here in the states is insane
hell yeah, don’t forget giant hogweed knotweeds nutrias and giant asian hornets(which was for once an accidental introduction, they stowed away on cargo ships kind of like how zebra mussels stow away on recreational boats)
I think Australia has the best stories of introducing species to kill other species, only for it to go horribly wrong
Now we need to cook up a sales pitch to get McDonald's, Burger King et al to switch to Copi?
We need to do something about marketers attempting to change the name of a fish.
@@mikepotter5718gonna have to research trendy fish before eating it 🫠
If you like picking bones out, sure
@bayouburner281 you only pick out bones if you are manually preparing the fish. McD's would certainly mechanized the process and make a puree patty like they do with their McChicken and current McFish.
I've been fishing for catfish and carp for years in Ontario.
I haven't seen or heard of a single Asian/Silver/Big Head caught.
These people are doing a good job!
Carp is never a problem in Asia because they know how to cook it. Their cuisine makes anything look good and taste good.
Because carp don't live there . Asian rivers full of plastic trash and excrements
Carp is native to Asia. So by definition, it is not a foreign species.
the carp is so bad that they are in the South Saskatchewan river as well as parts of the British Columbia rivers now too
Yes. I'm not sure how they got here in Kalamalka lake but I saw a lot of them in the creek that feeds Kal lake into Okanagan lake so they are 100% here in the Okanagan.
@@davemeise2192 yep the came from the Pacific ocean and the south saskatchewan River comes through the Lethbridge area and BC rivers
@@kananaskiscountry8191 They dont come from the ocean.
@@jeil5676 if they are fresh water fish why are they in the water ways of around the world
@@kananaskiscountry8191 Because people import live specimens and release them. Part of the story is in the video. They cannot survive at all in the ocean. They can not live at all in salt water. Like most fresh water fish. If they could live in salt water, they would have already existed in mississipi and it wouldnt be an introduced species issue. People did this and thats the whole point of the story.
I don't know why they don't try to sell fillets of Asian carp at major grocers like Walmart, Target, etc. I'd love to try them since they would be cheap but most importantly, are healthy, help control an invasive species and provide economic support for those businesses dealing with the situation.. 🤷♂️🤔
Getting people to eat them seems a much more difficult task than simply using them for fertilizer and or pet food.
Yes, but all of those uses earn income, and both reduce the carp population and boost the local economies.
@@JilynnFurlet Unfortunately we have an emergency. We need to use as many as possible as soon as possible.
@@bobm3477 I agree. That is why I said we should use ALL of the possible ways to remove them, with the plus that fertilizer, pet food, and human food all produce income and improve economies.
@@JilynnFurlet Oh yes of course, I was just expanding on your comment for those that may not think of these examples, many more as well. We are all in this together 😄
They actually do all that.
Carp are considered delicious in a lot of Asian countries. I haven't personally eaten one yet but I'm looking forward to tasting it. A lot of fish we consider "trash fish" in the USA are actually delicious.
yes, there are ways to make it delicious
It's crazy. I live in Mozambique, we don't really have carp here other than some private dams. So I don't really know much of the opinion here. But go to Zimbabwe and South Africa and they see Carp as a low class fish for eating. I tried it once and had the same thing as eating catfish or Tilapia from a Dam. It tasted like Mud. I think the only thing you could do is to Purge them in clean water. But economically that is just a huge cost.
There's carp and there's carp. Grass carp has intramuscular bones which makes them pretty hard to eat (though plenty of people eat them anyway). The bighead doesn't even have that many bones.
It so True.... Indonesia eat that fish.
What americans call fast food ,,we call it junk food ,,yeah it's known to be trash that ruins health . While stupid am/cans call a fish trash 😂
Which can be eaten by people with almost no issues .
That two minute discussion about bones...
Yup
For even more fun we have these three insects, the Emerald Ash Boror, the Longhorn Beetle and this noxious new fly - oh and also Murder Hornets.
I think I will be relieved to see the cicada broods this year. At least they are OUR bugs..
Don't forget the Japanese beetles , spotted lanternfly, FIRE ants, and ALL the invasive PLANTS
Working the bones out of a full bite is definitely more work, but it becomes part of the experience of enjoying a fresh fish. Not to mention how healthy fish protein is, compared to others.
Grind them up and use them for crayfish feed
I live in Michigan and I feel that Michigan Andrews have a vital and special interest in maintaining the natural vibrancy of our great lakes and it's imperative that we keep invasive species out
They taste amazing!!!
Just filet like normal, fry up, break cooked filet in half longitude way , pull bones and eat
Amazing
My biggest concern with eating them is that I live near the green river in Kentucky. It of course dumps into the Mississippi. We've been told for years that the river is contaminated, the fish are not safe for human or animal consumption, using it as fertilizer is not recommended.
I'm at the point where I won't eat fish if it isn't from a tank farm.
Our Food source is now secured for the next 200 years. lol
The solution is cats. Cats on canoes.
😺😹
catch them to use as fish meal and fish fertilizer
Seems like a good candidate for more automated processing and use as animal feed
Well, using animals as animal feed has a spotty history. Maybe as crop fertilizer, you know, like lobster was in the 18th century.
They probably meant as pet food.
@@irenafarm That would reduce risk for sure.
That's how you engineer an industry with lobbying power to prevent change.
@@trleith fish and meat don't really make for good compost material. They don't just decompose, they putrify and the microbes and insects that are attracted to rotting flesh can do unholy things to the human body.
In Scouts we cooked "Planked Carp". Take a nice Carp fillet and tack it to a nice Cedar plank. Lean the plank up across a slow smoky fire. Cook for twenty minutes or so. Remove the Carp and eat the cedar plank...
LMAO
Changing the name can work. In the UK the cheap alternative to cod and haddock is iridescent catfish. People did not goo for it. They changed the name to Bassa or Vietnamese Cobbler and it's becoming a staple for folks who are economically challenged.
Changing the name does not change the mercury content. There is only so much fish humans can safely eat.
I've always liked steamed carp. The problem is you can get a walleye in the same restaurant. :).
Could they not be fed to pigs or used as fertilizer? There is an overwhelming number of them, This has never stopped us before
NOt sure if they know a way to catch them at scale.
That chef's dishes look ridiculously good...
Very good production thank you.
Make use of the invasive: Fertilizer, pet food, canning will soften and take care of the bones. Lots of ways
Ngl trying to catch the fish jumping out of the water sounds like a blast
Why now make them animal into feed? Seems like that would make a sizable dent.❤️🤗🐝
Of course it's Reagan. Of course. 😠😓😥
I love how the focal point of that B-roll of the biker was on a wild parsnip blossom.
Carp is very good, it just all depends on whos cooking it and how they cook it. They are just bottom feeders like catfish.
We've eaten carp in Kansas for well over a century. I'm sure Asian carp tastes pretty much like native carp.
The “native” carp are common carp, imported from europe as a food fish. Native suckers and buffalo aren’t carp.
people don't want to eat carp, but I bet if you give those fish out for free they definitely will eat them
The next government cheese should be government carp
Lobster used to be considered poor peoples' food many years ago. Once people find ways to prepare carp and use it in dishes it could become more common as a meal.
Actually, quite interestingly the opposite can occur. If you give them out for free, with their already bad reputation, people will just think "oh they're so bad they can't even give them away" and be even less likely to try it.
As someone who loves eating fish, I really hope this catches on in Europe.
Carp is very popular in eastern Europe as well. Fried, baked, in a fish stew. It is a great fish, you just have to get used to bones 😄 But eventually it stops bothering you 😄
Yep, carp has lots of bones and not many people like to eat it because of this. Steam carp with spring onion and ginger is a must try.
cant forget about the original invasive fish the common carp which we brought in and took over the entire lower 48 in less than 50 years!!
Those were the European Carp. Pretty invasive, but the Asian species seem to be even worse.
@@JilynnFurlet they are all invasive, the common carp is in every state in the lower 48 and in the great lakes, the silver and big heads haven’t made it into every state yet. the common carp which came from asia as well is the main biomass in most lakes currently.
Yes, they promised they can control the monsters, but their promise meant absolutely nothing!
Grass Carp are technically "invasive" but I currently hold the Virginia state record (71lbs) for Grass Carp. I've seen bigger Carp than my record in 3ft drainage canals, because these fish thrive in low-oxygen environments. If some 12 year old kid beats my record fishing a ditch in his backyard, I wouldn't be surprised, and I'm not mad at this fish for existing in American inland waterways. On the contrary - this fish gives kids who are new to fishing an incredible opportunity to catch an absolute monster in their neighborhood ponds. No other freshwater fish in America gets young people more interested in fishing than common Grass Carp, because they're huge for no reason, and fight like crazy
Just caught my first GC. Man, that is a mean fighter.
@@thequixoticangler3364 oh yeah for sure. The fact that you've gotta use small hooks and light line to catch them makes them extremely hard but fun to catch... it's like catching a tuna on a spinning rod
@@squillium3091I think catching carp is pretty easy, atleast here in Australia
@@SiddharthaMaharjan-on5bu here in the u.s. They're easy to catch in golf course ponds, and other man-made lakes, but are much more difficult to catch in the wild. They usually like shallow swampy water with lots of snags, and they immediately run for any type of snag. The hooks also have to be tiny, so they often straighten out hooks or the hooks rip outta their mouths because they don't have bones in their mouth like catfish/bass do
Shrimp and lobster are bottom feeders and eats waste as well. People pay lots of money in restaurants for them
Asian carp where introduced to South Dakota when a flood happens in Yankton in 2011
Wondering why they aren't desiccated and used as fertilizer in the fields?
Have you guys ever heard of the Hmong people. They love eating carp, get a hold of them and they'll get rid of all those carp with a month.
If the bones are a problem, why not grind them up into fish paste to make fish nuggets?
can them in such a way the bones are soft and chewable, like canned salmon
Not sure how well the grinder is but the bone is soft and it can pass through the grinder easily without being broken.
IDK...if I saw Carp nuggets at the store, I wouldnt buy them
There was a proposal to completely shut the water ways off from the Great Lakes when Obama was in the house, he shut it down because it would end the jobs for about 50 Union tugboat operators.
Theyre really singing rhe anthem at a fishing tournament lmaoo
This is the only country that sings a national anthem at random moments. Very creepy
These fish are great. They jump in your boats and catch themselves.
5:03 Zebra mussels just flipped a bird 🐦at us💀💀💀
You can turn this Asian carp into the new tuna fish I mean if you make it taste good humans will eat it and they will eat it till it's gone
America calls fish, clams and shrimp invasive. Some countries call that food delivery.
America eat prawn fish
Carp have already broken through the barrier of the great lakes, in Ontario we are absolutely flooded with them. Most people I talk to about catch and release will refuse to let them go because of how invasive they already are. They effectively have the eastern continent
Did they forget about Tilapia? That one was another big mistake.
I don't think tilapia is as cold tolerant as the carp. Tilapia Is a central African fish originally
I would think Carp make good fertilizer. 👍
Make them a protein source in animal feed as well.
It’s the silver carp that causes the most problems . Floods let em loose
They make great fertilizer too
Asian here, i love to eat carps but only farmed one
Because the farm one is put in fresh clean water for few days without food to get rid of the mud flavour
I doubt they can't get rid of it.
What happened to the dodo bird 😅
How to have a "forever job".😊
Boil it in pressure cooker for 90mins to soften the bone. Add in turmeric, ginger, sugar, salt, bay leaves, cinnamon, pepper, ginger leaves, galangal, cumin, cloves, lemongrass n asterian. Adjust the dose of each herb base on ur preference. Then u can deep fry the fish after straining.
Thank you.
Hello??? We have countries out there with a lot of starving people and USA has a invasive species that can feed them all!!!
Did the dude at the beginning say he 'was not expecting to get carp slapped on the face' ? 😊
🍚🌮🍉...love dem carps!
They may be a nuisance, but god damn do they fight hard when you catch them on a rod and reel
Nice going Reagan
Wat het julle gedink gaan gebeur. Selfde met Baars in SA se Vaalriviersisteem
Make a fish sauce out of it!!!!
Fertilizer = Fish fertilizer that is organic = $$$ Especially when Russia produce most of the material used around the world to make fertilizer. The shortage is coming the inflation is about skyrocket.
Best part is Reagan lifeguarded on a river that now has carp in it 😂
If they're already that close to the Great Lakes then I'd put money down that they're already there. Those better be some hungry students!!!
After he fried the fish, use some sweet and sour sauce on it. It bangs like William.
what you did not tell us, is what kind of contaiminants are in these bottom feeders? PFAS? heavy metals? other? I grew up eating smoked fish, carp and catflsh but now I question what has man added to the bottom of lakes and rivers and how does that compare to other food sources.
start eating carp for christmas like some europeans
great episode
Silver carb does not have the smelly mud smell that US carbs have. They sure are a little boney but those can be pick out easily.
And yes silver card does not need to put on deodorant daily.
This is bighead carp. It's literally one of the most prized food fishes in Asia. How were they allowed to get this out of control without being eaten?
....we have to talk about that lady at 6:02. Comments anyone?
This situation is unimaginable in Asia🤣. For many poor people in Asia who live a hard life, free fish? More！this is God's gift
Many places even need to specially breed these fish to ensure that there are sufficient quantities for consumption.
You can bet they are in the great lakes.
The same thing is happening in Bangladesh. Suckermouth fish was taken to Bangladesh from America, and now it is eating all the fish in Bangladeshi Rivers.
All are gangsta until carp ninja shows up.
In Eurasia that carp nearly extinct as well as all other fishes . America is the only country where fish still plenty
the consequences of COLONIZERS invading foreign lands & bringing along foreign species
Is this the same as bangus or milkfish here in PH? Our bangus have a ton of bones but we still love it. It's delicious. Why not make spanish asian carp? It will melt the bones. Ang aarte niyo kasi!
Common carp, grass crap, black crap are good to eat with medium prepare works to cook them.
Silver carp, bighead carp are really stinky and extremely hard to get rid of the fishy smell. Normally they require others equally strong flavors of spices and herbs to cook them. Even if you do everything by the book, it's not that good to eat. Eating too much and your sweat, pee also smell like fish for a few days.
Carp have a lot of bones but it’s actually really tasty 😋
The elites don't want you to know this, but the carp in the river are free, you can take them home whenever you like. I 487 carp at my home /j
I love fried fish. I can eat fried fish until the cows come home. ;)