Okay, for all those of you who, as I so often have wonder what carp is good for [human foodchain-wise], perhaps couching your wonder in some phrase resembling "How do you eat carp?" or "Is carp good to eat?" and something like that, here is the answer to that question that goes beyond the "boil it in a pot of water" answer we got from Korea in 2004. This is from a news article about traditional [ethnic?] food once served in the waterfront districts of Baghdad [and, one presumes, more generally in the region we call "Iraq"] - this is a quote from the article , with HTML added: National dish Abu Ayyad’s masgouf recipe: Take large freshwater fish, preferably carp caught in Tigris or Euphrates Scale, gut and clean Cut along back and open up so that fish is flat and round Season with salt Place in barbecue grill Cook upright beside open wood fire Season with lemon Serve with bread and salads. Eat with fingers, ideally in...
grown from the page at earthside.org/Food & in support of the forth-coming cookbook of the same name by June Perg Floyd