50 Tkirty-Secoiul Annual Meeting 



CARP OMELET OK CAiip JELLY. (Swedish). 



"Take a six to eight pound carp ; scale and skin. Leave head 

 and skin. Cut into small pieces and place in boiling water just 

 sufficient to cover and add salt, coarsely ground pepper, allspice 

 and a ba}- leaf or two. Boil about twenty minutes or until per- 

 fectly soft. Eemove from the fire, remove pieces of fish from the 

 water, but preserve the water. Break the pieces so as to be able 

 to remove all of the bones thoroughly. Skin fins and head pieces. 

 Strain liquid through a colander and if necessary add a cupful 

 of gelatine, ]irevioiisly dissolved, to this liquid. At the same 

 time add such other spices as may be desired. Add the original 

 pieces of fish to the liquid or gelatinized liquid. Stir and place 

 on ice until solidified.'" 



I was greatly surprised at a statement made by Mr. Cohen, 

 president of the Illinois State Fish Commission, to the effect 

 that he had seen carp on inenu of Waldorf Astoria hotel, New 

 York, and at a priw per portion higher than fresh mackerel. 1 

 was inclined to think he was telling me a fish story. In order to 

 verify, he wrote chef of that hotel and received a letter and copy 

 of bill of fare, which absolutely confirmed his statement. 



Ill concluding tliis brief paper, 1 wish to say in explanation 

 that in some way I liave been considered special champion of the 

 carp, and as such have been frequently misquoted. 



1 do not Avish to Ix^ understood as saying that the carj) com- 

 pare favorably with our whitefish, bass or otlu'V game fish, salt 

 or fresh. I want simply to repeat former stat«-'ment, i. e., that 

 the car]) have in our western waters, filled a need, tliat nothing- 

 else would or could do. They have taken the place of the buffalo, 

 now so rapidly deci-eased, and tliat tliey furnish good wholesome 

 food to thousands wlio could not afford to use the more expensive 

 fish, and wlio in a great measure depend on cheap fish for meat, 

 that llicy liave and ai'c ])aying thousands of dollars to thousand^ 

 of men in taking them for market, that they furnish equal sport 

 for tlie anglei- with game fish, and as a combination are yet to 

 have a ])laee with other fishes, no one can doubt, and coming, 

 come to stav. 



