France (carp in carrefore)

**bhamoggy** · 03-12-2006, 11:45

whilst in france yesterday on a booze-cruise, i popped into carrefore.
on the fish counter was a 20lb mirror carp.

surely they don't eat these???

**fyshermen1001** · 03-12-2006, 12:19

they eat a lot of carp in France and many of the euro countries its classed as a delicacy matey

tightlines......................daz

**Pugs** · 03-12-2006, 15:01

and gudgeon....

**richierobins** · 03-12-2006, 15:09

Carp were introduced to Britain as a food fish. Every monastery had a carp pond to provide fish for Fridays when the consumption of meat was forbidden. It is eaten throughout Europe.

**slayer** · 03-12-2006, 16:10

ive seen carp for sale in waitrose a couple of times. both times mirrors of about 4lb.and thats in this country!!
i was a bit anoyed in seeing them for sale in a english supermarket, but they get brought as i saw 2 when i went in there last, i walked round done the shopping and thought ide take another look before going to the checkout and both had been sold!
harrods have them on there fish counter, but they evrything in there

**caster** · 03-12-2006, 16:45

Alot of carp is sold in Mercadona supermarket in Spain, like has been said a lot of Europeans eat them, in Poland they have them on christmas day with fried potatoes, that's why we have trouble with them netting ponds and lakes here, they don't understand why we put perfectly good food back in the water

**richierobins** · 03-12-2006, 19:15

Is there anywhere in Britain where one can keep coarse fish legally? I realise that the fish in artificially stocked fisheries are the property of the people paying for re-stocking, and keeping one's catch would be theft. Are there any canals or rivers where there are no restictions on taking fish?

**sallysludgebucket** · 03-12-2006, 19:18

Originally Posted by richierobins

Is there anywhere in Britain where one can keep coarse fish legally? I realise that the fish in artificially stocked fisheries are the property of the people paying for re-stocking, and keeping one's catch would be theft. Are there any canals or rivers where there are no restictions on taking fish?

Yes mate, plenty ! No law against taking fish to eat from waters with Riperian rights, town waters etc , unfortunatly its being somewhat abused currently and desperatly need changing.

Check this out then, Sainsburys helping homesick Poles ! ! ! Here.

**richierobins** · 03-12-2006, 19:35

Thanks for the info.

**octopus** · 03-12-2006, 20:17

Originally Posted by bhamoggy

whilst in france yesterday on a booze-cruise, i popped into carrefore.
on the fish counter was a 20lb mirror carp.

surely they don't eat these???

carp have been bred for food for about the last 4000years.

the mirror carp came about in roughly 16th/17th century from the monestaries, to aid house wives. so they didnt have to spend as much time de-scaling them as they did the common.