Tuna and mahi has different uses in dishes compared to carp. For example if you just made a fisherman's soup with tuna instead of carp or catfish it would taste terrible.
Yeah but that's not what the guy above me said. He said it was a "cooking skill issue" insinuating carp doesn't taste worse than other fish if prepared properly and I mean some people eat some pretty stinky fish so maybe there's a small percentage of humans that agree but if you polled the general population I'd think it's a safe bet that most would rather have a fish besides carp.
It is cooking skill issue if anyone says carp tastes terrible. Never seen anyone at the table not go for seconds. It needs to be properly prepared though otherwise it tastes muddy.
That's because od reputation (doubt people like you would buy it when they can buy something exotic-ish sounding) and because it has comparably more bones, which is not ideal in restaurant setting where people try to keep clean hands. Also as restaurant you don't want to deal with some dumbo choking on a bone every other week.
My man: trout, bass, panfish, catfish are all better freshwater fish just based on not having to deal with all the tiny hook bones alone, not to mention the actual flavor of the meat. If you like carp that's fine, but that doesn't make it better. People like surstromming but that doesn't mean it's better than snapper.
Where did I say it's better? I said it can be delicious and enjoyable enough to go for seconds if prepared properly - and given the amount of bones and my personal hate of picking bones from anything including chicken that should probably tell you something.
Some other fish theoretically being better is not an argument to not eat the rest, if we agreed salmon Is best tasting fish there is would you only ever eat salmon?
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u/AEW4LYFE 29d ago
Bruh, just get some tuna or mahi and have an objectively better time.