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Lunch: Chicken of the River?

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Charlie the Carp? Check Out These Vids

Speaking of bounties on fish, saw an article the other day about these Asian carp and how some scientists – I want to say, in Arkansas? – were studying whether canned Asian carp could take over for canned tuna some day.

From our own USDA, quoting food technologist (how do those two words go together?) Donald Freeman: “Early market studies indicate that a particular Chinese carp called the bighead carp is readily accepted for its taste, but it’s too bony to eat fresh. Canning softens those bones, just as it does for salmon.”

“Readily accepted?” Is that science-speak for “tastes good?”

Canned mudfish could be interesting and maybe even possible. Back in the day the idea of eating canned tuna (or “tuna fish”) was so new, so sorta repulsive, that one company called it…yep, you guessed it: “Chicken of the Sea.”

So maybe canned carp will be called “Chicken of the River” and have its own catchy jingle?

And have a spokes-fish called Charlie? (I was going to put some Asian version of the name Charlie in there but didn’t want to be insensitive….)

This is hilarious:

Couple More Oldies

Most famous fishin’ commercial ever:

No fishin’ but awesome: “Ballsy balls”

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  1. Jeff Hahn

    November 17, 2011 at 7:26 am

    You take a pine board and pre-heat the oven to…

    OK, we’ve all heard that joke. But, seriously, a number of years ago, I had dinner with a friend who was a doctoral student in Auburn’s fisheries program. Of course, he served fish. He did not tell me until the meal was over that the pickled fish we had for an appetizer and the fish patties (fixed like salmon patties) we had for the main course were both CARP! These were not the old brown carp, but silver grass carp. And, it was good. Maybe not as good a fried perch, walleye, or crappie, but still good and much tastier than some salt water fish I have eaten.

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