The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-19
DEFENSE OF CARP.
GOOD FOOD WHEN THEY ARE
PROPERLY COOKED.
Correspondent Who Gives Some VAL
liable Information on How to Cook
the Big Fellows.

Spanish Fork, April 17.-Your CORE
spondent at Provo in his spasm VS.. carp.
(Herald 18th insD says: UNLESS the carp
are killed off. it is only a matter of a
short time until they will be the sole
occupants of the waters of Utah lake and
adjoining ponds
Wonderful revelation to be sure, And
only few Dutch folk care anything for
German carp, Ell? How stupid and even
criminal the United States commission
to recommend this fish TO the people of
carDi
The sport is down on the carp They
are not gamey. nor are they as palatable
as the bass and trout. The sport Is get
ting his work in at every opening. The
poor man must look out. with sports ell
howing the powers that be and other in
fiuential fellow sports ever near to
prompt him; the poor mans fish and en-
ployment in catching, marketing and con-
Stunning the common fish will be taken
from him altogether Indeed this was
openly suggested through the papers last
year by one of the chief sports of Utah.
Let me cry aloud into the Jugs of I'll
the sports: Wait. oh wait, great and
mighty Nimrods and Waltons. and give
the bass in the lake which now number
two hundred and sixty millions (estt-
mated) = chance to decimate the carp,
to the great joy of your terribly bur
dened souls. by eating the carp fry and
large for the bass to wrestle with. catch
them. oh We sports, clean them thorough
ly. cut them down the back, lay them nat
on S1eir backs in IL tin pan previously
buttered over to prevent burning, then
after seasoning to suit your refined tastes
paint the other side with good butter.
over which s;ft 2 little flour. and then
bake till well done. and after the meal.
see If you can muster courage enough to
again turn I'D your ecicurien noses at
the German carp, which in time will be-
o-rf Of ~ m ma
value to the state. Other toothsome ways
TO serve carp is TO stuff them as fowl are
stuffed and baked: or boil or b-o1 them.
and eat with horse radish or other relish
palatable to the consumer, as they do in
Germany.
When you catch a carp weighing 10 or
20 pounds, cut ii croSSwayS into one-haf
inch stakes, and add little butter. -four
etc. and when fried TO a finish, no doubt
you'll lie It.
There are three kinds of German ca-p
ror," and Leather" carp. The Scale
by many persons is considered the best
of the three.
Suppose a vote of all the 2eople of
on the question of DISCRIMINATING them.
what do you think the harvest of votes
would Indicate? Ny opinion is that the
sports would. as they should be. found
That 200 sports should be put into con-
troi OF the fishing interests of this state
is a burning shame especially while there
are 200 600 deserving people in the com
monwealth opposed to their selfish and
lordly aims and ends. And should not
the majority rule as well in this as in
all other cases?
Let me- before closing, suggest another
legitimate use that carp may be prontably
put to- Hogs, ii is well known. are very
fond of fresh fish. and they can be fat
tened cheaDly on this fish where the
are plentiful and easily caught, as in
Utah and Sewer lakes. and in the lower
Weber and Sevier rivers. Now, here's
a chance for the practical man 70 turn
his time into cash. Surely the sport won
demur TO eating pork fattened on fish,
for aren't fish among the brai2est. our-
est and best of meat foods? pasture
your pigs and shoats on lucern until
autumn. then fatten them on carp and
little grain, and soon pork eaters and lard
users will offer cent or two more 9e-
Mound for the sweet. lucern raised ard
carp and grain fattened pork than for
any other brand
In this and other ways carp can be put
TO a wholesome and profitable use
The man who recommends dynamite TO
exterminate the carp. AMI that other man
who complains that carp eat his meadow
grass. should lose no time in taking out |
life policies. for there is no telling how
soon the fool-killer may visit their neigh |
borhood and bag and stuff them as rare /
ripe samples for some geological collec- |
lion. c. 1.R.