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re: 'Eat the problem!' Chef wants Louisiana to cook more carp, nutria and invasive species

Posted on 10/3/23 at 1:09 pm to
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
97104 posts
Posted on 10/3/23 at 1:09 pm to
Chinese group bought an old catfish processing plant here few years back and revamped it to process Asian carp. They wanted to do 100,000 lbs a day but there were few commercial fishermen willing to work with them because they paid hardly nothing for the fish. Then a couple employees got injured in the plant and osha found several safety issues and they shut down

Typical Chinese
Posted by OBTIGER 1
Member since Mar 2020
158 posts
Posted on 10/3/23 at 3:02 pm to
Put it in Bucee's with all the other 100 jerkys.
Posted by White Bear
Yonnygo
Member since Jul 2014
16420 posts
Posted on 10/3/23 at 3:17 pm to
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Problem is technically its illegal to have them in captivity.
How so? They’re not a game animal if that’s your reasoning.
Posted by Purple Spoon
Hoth
Member since Feb 2005
19356 posts
Posted on 10/3/23 at 3:24 pm to
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Holding Feral Hogs It is illegal to hold live feral hogs unless you have proof of registration as a feral swine-authorized holding facility from the Louisiana Board of Animal Health within the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry. Completed applications should be sent to the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry



From LDWF Like I said, I’m sure it’s just a technicality, but they should change that.
This post was edited on 10/3/23 at 3:25 pm
Posted by HuskyPanda
Philly
Member since Feb 2018
2075 posts
Posted on 10/3/23 at 3:41 pm to
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Chef Parola, ol Primos steakhouse living legend circa 2000


Backed when I worked in the cellular industry he was a customer of mine, and he was the biggest dick I ever met in my life at first. Used to try and hide when he came in my store.
After a while he warmed up to me and I eventually took a liking to the dude.
Posted by Snipe
Member since Nov 2015
14094 posts
Posted on 10/3/23 at 3:46 pm to
Louisiana & The PBRC gave Paul Prudhomme (RIP) a few million dollars 20 or so years ago to research recipes for Nutria Rats.

Notice they're still a problem?

Not even a coon-arse will eat that garbage.

The carp I bet would be ok if you could tolerate all the bones I guess.
Posted by White Bear
Yonnygo
Member since Jul 2014
16420 posts
Posted on 10/3/23 at 4:02 pm to
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From LDWF Like I said, I’m sure it’s just a technicality, but they should change that.
thanks. I know one goal is to stop people from spreading them.
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
20150 posts
Posted on 10/3/23 at 6:17 pm to
People should put mosquito sprinkles on salads.
Posted by sabbertooth
A Distant Planet
Member since Sep 2006
5698 posts
Posted on 10/3/23 at 6:30 pm to
We need to start eating coons and coyotes then.
Posted by Auburn1968
NYC
Member since Mar 2019
23258 posts
Posted on 10/3/23 at 7:08 pm to
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I’m sure nutria tastes just like chicken.


Probably more like squirrel or rabbit.

Used to be a French place down in Soho that served a very tasty rabbit dish. Also have venison with juniper sauce. Yum..
This post was edited on 10/3/23 at 7:10 pm
Posted by Auburn1968
NYC
Member since Mar 2019
23258 posts
Posted on 10/3/23 at 7:17 pm to
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And Asian Carp would make great cat food.


There are machines that can debone carp.

I suspect that Nutria are as good as rabbit presuming a good chef.

There was a time when only the very poor would eat catfish. Auburn did the research way back when I was in school. Tried it way out in the countryside at a little hole in the wall test restaurant. It was good. Trick was feeding them corn pop like food that had them eating on the surface rather than ingesting mud on the bottom.
This post was edited on 10/3/23 at 7:26 pm
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
71009 posts
Posted on 10/4/23 at 12:06 am to
I tried lionfish recently and it's pretty good. I don't think I would like carp though.
Posted by This GUN for HIRE
Member since May 2022
4587 posts
Posted on 10/4/23 at 12:21 am to
Carp has a good flavor. Clean, white meat. My pops would put filets in his food processor, roll in corn meal & flour, and make carp puppies. Real good & tasty.
Posted by HooDooWitch
TD Bronze member
Member since Sep 2009
10848 posts
Posted on 10/4/23 at 12:28 am to
They should add Vagrants Living Under Overpass’ to the menus. We can feed them to the tourists!
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
28613 posts
Posted on 10/4/23 at 12:49 am to
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I don't think I would like carp though.


You might be surprised, carp is the most common game fish in the world. I have had it several places in Europe and it was always good. In Southern Germany, they have a dish called Christmas Carp (obviously with the standard long very descriptive German word attached to it). It is heavily breaded fried filets with lots of lemon and served with potato salad and remoulade.

I am one of those people who has a block about eating "trash" fish or "trash" mammals but my wife generally tricks me into trying them (perfectly fine with me) and I often really enjoy them.
Posted by TheChicotKid
Member since Sep 2023
282 posts
Posted on 10/4/23 at 12:51 am to
I know a guy that does that with buffalo. Makes a pattie out of it.
Posted by stelly1025
Lafayette
Member since May 2012
9552 posts
Posted on 10/4/23 at 12:58 am to
They cook Carp in Germany, it is not good.
Posted by gizmothepug
Louisiana
Member since Apr 2015
8108 posts
Posted on 10/4/23 at 2:05 am to
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It’s a simple idea: eat invasive species into oblivion or at least somewhere close to submission.


If it tasted good enough to do that, without worrying about Game Wardens or spending money that a lot of people in South Louisiana don’t have to spend at a restaurant, this wouldn’t even be a conversation. Yeah, it’s food but that’s not the way it works.

Take the Game Wardens/ the State of Louisiana out of it and maybe he has an argument.
This post was edited on 10/4/23 at 2:08 am
Posted by davyjones
NELA
Member since Feb 2019
33227 posts
Posted on 10/4/23 at 2:06 am to
Nope.

Was with some yahoos down in Leeville one time……they filleted some meat off a stingray and fried it up. Everybody had to get a piece. Glad I waited to see their reaction before trying mine, which I didn’t.
This post was edited on 10/4/23 at 2:10 am
Posted by cypresstiger
The South
Member since Aug 2008
12509 posts
Posted on 10/4/23 at 6:19 am to
Nutria is greasy. Gave me the runs.

In the 60s, LDWF promoted trapping nutria for its fur, but that didn’t catch on.
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