I read yesterday that one reason people won’t get on board with eating invasive Asian carp is because it’s viewed as “poor people’s food.”

[user47@vmst.io]

I read yesterday that one reason people won’t get on board with eating invasive Asian carp is because it’s viewed as “poor people’s food.” Which is ridiculous. Get over it.

So too was hamburger, brisket, and most of the ethnic foods we all love. Heck, lobster was once so prolific (and cheap) that it was food for slaves and prisoners.

#Food #InvasiveSpecies #conservation

[stevefoerster@social.vivaldi.net]

@User47 My mom was born in 1935 and grew up in New Hampshire and said that lobster rolls were what the poor kids brought to school for lunch.

[ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us]

@User47
It's for sale as food?

[meganl@mas.to]

@ohmu Maybe it's something people are trying to get to catch on as a way to battle invasive species. There are definitely places where they do that. Like Lionfish in the Caribbean and green crab in New England.

Are Carp Good To Eat? Why The Poor Reputation? • Panfish Nation

Carp are one of the most common fish species in the world and are found throughout Asia, Europe, and the United States.

Panfish Nation (panfishnation.com)

[ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us]

@meganL
Ah.
So perhaps trying to get sport fishers into the idea of catching and eating them...
Similar to pike fishing in Washington lakes.

[meganl@mas.to]

@ohmu I think it includes that, but at least in the cases of lionfish and green crabs, there are restaurants starting to serve these things.

The idea, I think, is that we've been so good at eating some species to extinction before...might as well put that superpower to use at getting rid of invasive species (only where they're actually non-native and invasive).

[gregatron5@vmst.io]

@User47 The Lewis and Clark expedition almost perished in the Pacific Northwest because they wouldn’t eat salmon.