The ALL-KNOWING Internet

[Alpo]

Y'all have probably seen me use that term before.

 

Book I'm reading this fella is fishing for tarpon from the bridge. Nobody can land them because there's so many people on the bridge. The narrator of the book says that's not a problem because nobody really wants to land a tarpon - you can't eat it.

 

So I thought I would investigate that. I did a search

 

Are tarpon good to eat

 

 

You know the first hit says they have a strong fishy flavor.

 

But the next hit says they have a mild delicate flavor.

 

And the third one says they're highly sought after for both sport and table.

 

It appears the all-knowing internet cannot make up its all-knowing mind.

[Blackwater 53393]

The internet has no mind!! It only spews out what people feed it!!

[Pat Riot]

53 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said:

The internet has no mind!! It only spews out what people feed it!!

Kind of like most politicians 

[Cypress Sun]

 

I've never known anyone that would eat Tarpon. Seen some Hammerheads and Bulls eat them while reeling them in but that's the only thing that will eat them. Don't need the internet to tell me that Tarpon are only edible if you're starving.

[Blackwater 53393]

22 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said:

 

I've never known anyone that would eat Tarpon. Seen some Hammerheads and Bulls eat them while reeling them in but that's the only thing that will eat them. Don't need the internet to tell me that Tarpon are only edible if you're starving.

There’s a distinct difference between edible and eatable!! 🙄

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

there are two species of tarpon, atlantic and pacific/indian ocean. thay can be found in salt, fresh or brackish water (Per wikipedia)  any of those differences can account for differences in edibility.

[Texas Joker]

Do carp next

[Cypress Sun]

 

I did work at a marina in, of all places, Tarpon Springs Florida. The was a Swedish guy living on a 21' (mol) sailboat that he just bought. I watched him catch a sailcat, gut it, cook it on a grill and eat it. He said he'd eaten them before. He also said he was going to sail that boat to Sweden in a few months. Although it was a death wish in that small, rundown boat, I wished him luck but to me he was clearly off his rocker.

 

 

Edited January 21 by Cypress Sun

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

3 hours ago, Blackwater 53393 said:

The internet has no mind!! It only spews out what people feed it!!

 

2 hours ago, Pat Riot said:

Kind of like most politicians 

Incorrect. Politicians spew out what ever the Party and/or their Big Donors tell them to.

[Pat Riot]

10 hours ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:

 

Incorrect. Politicians spew out what ever the Party and/or their Big Donors tell them to.

Exactly. 

[Sedalia Dave]

19 hours ago, Texas Joker said:

Do carp next

 Carp are quit good when properly prepared. 
 

[Texas Joker]

And were imported as a sport fish. A blast to catch on ultra light tackle.

 

Fish are food, anybody who has the luxury to say "I don't eat that" should count their blessings

[Stump Water]

21 hours ago, Texas Joker said:

Do carp next

 

Lotta folks eat carp.  More so up north IME.

 

And Buffalo Fish, which I didn't even know about until a couple of weeks ago.

 

https://a-z-animals.com/animals/comparison/buffalo-fish-vs-carp-2/

 

 

[Stump Water]

22 hours ago, Cypress Sun said:

I've never known anyone that would eat Tarpon. Seen some Hammerheads and Bulls eat them while reeling them in but that's the only thing that will eat them. Don't need the internet to tell me that Tarpon are only edible if you're starving.

 

Same.

 

And, you're not supposed to lift them out of the water.

 

This fish will probably die.

 

 

[watab kid]

ive not eaten tarpon , i have eaten carp - smoked its very good but id not go out of my way for it , there are other fish i like a lot fixed other ways 

[Sedalia Dave]

My Great Aunt would pressure cook Carp and then can it in mason jars.  We had Carp croquettes instead of salmon croquettes. 

[watab kid]

5 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said:

My Great Aunt would pressure cook Carp and then can it in mason jars.  We had Carp croquettes instead of salmon croquettes. 

not sure im going to go there but im glad to know there are other ways its prepared - not to be racist in any way but there were black folks in my growling up years that harvested many and i have no idea how they prepared it , i contributed some and never asked - i wish i had , might have learned something 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

15 minutes ago, watab kid said:

i wish i had , might have learned something 

Always a chance of that

[Alpo]

"Not to be racist"

 

A friend and I were going fishing. We stopped at a convenience store directly across the street from a housing project, and went in to buy some beer. Can't go fishing without beer. When we came back out to the truck there's this black lady there all out of breath. Wanted to know if we had any fish that she could buy. We told her we were sorry but we weren't coming back, we were going out.

 

But she had seen the boat hitched behind the truck, and some fishing poles sticking up over the edge of the boat, and had run across a four-lane highway to get to us to see if we had any fish she could buy.

 

And I never got the impression that she was after trout or bass or some other specific type. Whatever we had she would have been willing to buy it, because fresh fish was fresh fish.

[Windy City Kid]

Why is there a carp in your bathtub? (Tell me you grew up in a Polish family without telling me)