Re: Eating "trash" fish
Here's an old family carp recipe, passed down from when they had to eat what ever they had available. No being picky if you didn't want to starve! (It would probably work with tilapia too.)
- Fillet a nice 15-20# carp being careful to remove all dark colored (oily) meat and bones.
- Prepare a brine of 1 cup salt, 1 cup brown sugar, 2tsbp dill, 1/2 cup horseradish, 1 gallon cold water.
- Brine carp fillets in milk bucket overnight.
- Soak 1x12x24" cedar board in water overnight while carp is brining (board to cook fish on)
- Coarsely chop 2 onions, 12 carrots, entire celery bunch, 5# potatoes
- Brush carp fillets with oleo and season to taste with salt, pepper, dill (and a light sprinkle of brown sugar if available)
- Place fillet on cedar board and layer with vegetables, onions first, then celery, potatoes and carrots
- Bake at 350* until fillet flakes easily with a fork and vegetables are tender, about 90 minutes
- Carefully remove vegetables as to not disturb fillet and place them into a serving dish
- Grab large putty knife from garage and scrape carp fillet into garbage can
- Eat cedar board and vegetables
If I had to eat a carp or tilapia give me a plate of tilapias.
Here's an old family carp recipe, passed down from when they had to eat what ever they had available. No being picky if you didn't want to starve! (It would probably work with tilapia too.)
- Fillet a nice 15-20# carp being careful to remove all dark colored (oily) meat and bones.
- Prepare a brine of 1 cup salt, 1 cup brown sugar, 2tsbp dill, 1/2 cup horseradish, 1 gallon cold water.
- Brine carp fillets in milk bucket overnight.
- Soak 1x12x24" cedar board in water overnight while carp is brining (board to cook fish on)
- Coarsely chop 2 onions, 12 carrots, entire celery bunch, 5# potatoes
- Brush carp fillets with oleo and season to taste with salt, pepper, dill (and a light sprinkle of brown sugar if available)
- Place fillet on cedar board and layer with vegetables, onions first, then celery, potatoes and carrots
- Bake at 350* until fillet flakes easily with a fork and vegetables are tender, about 90 minutes
- Carefully remove vegetables as to not disturb fillet and place them into a serving dish
- Grab large putty knife from garage and scrape carp fillet into garbage can
- Eat cedar board and vegetables