Yarrkarping!

Carp of the week IV

// July 3rd, 2009 // Carp of the week

In many countries the carp is a common dish and apparently it can be quite tasty if cooked right, but maybe you shouldn’t catch and eat your neighbour’s prize winning koi carps like farmer Ellen Jones did…

“A 75-year-old woman who was accused of making a meal of her neighbours’ valuable koi carp as part of a campaign of harassment was yesterday ordered to pay more than £10,000 in damages. Farmer Ellen Jones allegedly raided Mark and Jane Fowler’s garden pond, fried several of the fish and ate them al fresco in full view of the horrified couple…”

Read the full article here.

And on that note, here’s a recepie for carp for those of you who might want to try it:

Baked carp stuffed with mushrooms and onions

One Carp
1/2cup vinegar
1 tsp. sugar
1/2cup minced mushrooms
1/2cup minced onions 1 egg
1/2cup bread crumbs 1 stick of butter
1/2cup chopped onions 1 chopped carrot Juice of 1 lemon
salt and pepper

Directions Wash the flesh with vinegar and let it stand for fifteen minutes. Mix bread crumbs, sugar, onions mushrooms and carrots together with a cup of water or white wine and stuff the fish. Brush the fish all over with a stirred egg, cover it thickly with bread crumbs and a few lumps of butter. Then bake for an hour in a moderate oven, basting occasionally.

When the fish is done, place it on a heated platter and garnish with slices of lemon. Add enough water to the gravy in the pan to make a half pint. Thicken with a tablespoonful of flour rubbed into
1 tablespoon of butter. Cook for a moment to thicken, strain, add the juice of a lemon, and pepper and
salt to taste and pour over the fish.

Enjoy!