In article , Charlie wrote:


But....the question remains....how did you fix your carp and did/do you
like them?
Sold them to local Jewish folk never ate them.
Sold our rats to local black folk eat some.

Our community was made up of poor blacks, whites, jews and what ever
got here. Hand pumps for water and wood or coal for heat. We all were
driven out to make for modern expansion. We called it the meadows where
my back yard was a large swamp of a few hundred acres. The
Philadelphia airport is real close to where I grew up. BTw the projects
failed and the area is now a wasted community. They took 1 out of every
3 homes and it is still like that.

Folks in our area used to can lots of carp. THe pressuring took care
of the bones and the flavor was reminiscent of tuna. Pretty damned
good eatin' it was.
Never canned any fish or meat. Dried fish in a dehydrator and froze
meat.


Gotta ask ya' this one....you and your dad ever noodle for catfish?

Unknown to me.

That always gave me the willys, you just *knew* what was comin', but I
never got comfortable doing it. I knew some guys what near got
drownded using this technique. Brushpiles were dangerous. Sure as hell
got skinned up fierce once in a while. Never happened to me, but
sometimes bank holes held things other than cats.

Charlie, feelin' kind of ........elderly...and missin' the old fun! ;-)

I'm not feeling elderly but I'd like to sleep sound and not know what
Tinnitus and other health things mean. Looking at my efforts to be
healthy I some times the effort was for naught. But when I jump over a
curb I think yea.

Bill

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