The nations of Central Europe have an interesting tradition to eat common carp on Christmas. Slovaks let the ritual carp to swim in their own baths for the day before cooking it. Scientists explain, that the slim figures of these nations connected with the presence of large quantities of fish in their diet.
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fictitiousengineer
This is also where the tradition of "laundering" your money comes from. Hence why people are afraid of "fishy" investments.
freedumb sings
nothing is tastier than sweet and sour carp
deep fried, covered in a spicy pineapple sauce with green onions
xmas!!
brian cinadr
My Bohemian father, we never said Czech, made a carp stew for Christmas that included ginger snaps, prunes and golden raisins, cooled and eaten cold in a gelatinous form that I wouldn't touch. Only the old timers and my aunts and uncles would eat it... and no, the carp came from the fish market in downtown Cleveland not the tub.
Brim Stone Turnblad
In Bulgaria they eat it not at Christmas but on St. Nicholas day (2nd of Jan). They bake it into a loaf of bread, bones and all.
There is some absolutely delicious Bulgarian food...this is definitely not some of it.
I convinced my mother-in-law that St. Nicholas day is a huge holiday in America and we traditionally have a big roast turkey...and now when we visit at that time she tries to make me feel at home. Actually I don't know if she does it for me or for everyone at the table...
The only decent way to cook carp is to grind it up into fish sticks or balls and fry the bejesus out of it.