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We grew up eating carp out of the Mississippi river. Certainly not great, but easy enough to put in a smoker. In fact, it's a relatively common dish in certain
by jhickok 4y ago
We grew up eating carp out of the Mississippi river. Certainly not great, but easy enough to put in a smoker. In fact, it's a relatively common dish in certain communities along the river, and you can find smoked carp in gas stations and grocery stores in the region.
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- RajT88 4y agoWhich region? I live a few hours from the Mississippi, but up north in northern IL, and it runs for quite a ways further north than even me. I will have to pick up some smoked carp if I make it to said area. I've never seen it for sale. The only time I've seen Carp for sale period is in Asian supermarkets.
- jhickok 4y agoI am not super familiar with anything south of Dubuque, but Highway 35 between Prairie du Chien and ending with Lacrosse Wi is full of a number of small river towns that sell it (or at least did when I was growing up there). De Soto and Genoa are the two that had a lot of river catfish and carp, both smoked and sitting in grocer's fridge units.
- jhickok 4y agoHere is a picture I found from a grocer in Prairie Du Chien: https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/11/fd/29/84/choices-choices.jpg?w=1200&h=-1&s=1 https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/11/f... Here is an article I found about it: https://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/cast-iron-chef/ritters-fish-market-bringing-top-dollar-bottom-feeders-smoked-carp/ https://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/cast-iron-chef/ritters-fis...