It's been a while. I am back and this time I bring you some food photography. Hope you'll like it.
"Merry Carp" is what some people say instead of "Merry Christmas" in Poland. It's a lame joke, but it reffers to the fate of many hundreds of these fishes. The picture will tell you more than I could write in a few sentence, so have a look.
Herein, I present to you an old Polish tradition - most people here would agree that there can be no traditional Christmas Eve feast without a carp. There are 12 dishes traditionally served on 24th of December in Poland and many of them have carp as a part of their recipe's ingredients list. Carps are being sold at the stalls, which appear seemingly out of nowhere about a week before Christmas. They are easy to spot as you drive through the city. The carps are still alive, only just transported here from many fish breeding lakes that surround the city. They've got to be killed. It is usually done by means of a hammer; precise hit breaks carp's cordial spine quite painlessly. Or that's what we think. Than the carp is gutted, some of it's scales customarily dried to be kept in a wallet as a talisman for good fortune or financial gain. Recipes for carp include dishes such as aspics with minced or boiled carp, carp baked or fried and more.
