Eat the Carp
1911
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This Bureau of Fisheries poster seems unlikely to have swayed many people to eat carp. Saying that the “muddy taste” can be cooked away doesn’t exactly whet the appetite. Carp were cultivated in America in 1877 but the hardy fish soon threatened other species.
This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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5710027Full Citation: Eat the Carp; 1911; Records of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Record Group 22. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/eat-the-carp, May 2, 2024]