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When Life Hands You Lemons

Interesting story in today’s Wall Street Journal about efforts to to deal with the invasive Asian Carp. It seems that efforts to control the carp population with electrified gates and poison are not having the desired effect but there is one weapon in the omnivore’s arsenal that may yet prevail, our appetite!

Chicago Chef Phillip Foss has hit upon the not-so-novel idea of feeding the carp to his patrons. Although the fish is popular in Asia and Israel, it yas yet to find a place on the American dinner table, enter Chef Foss:

Chef Phillip Foss gazed into the mouth of the giant, slippery Asian carp that had just flopped into the back of a boat writhing with two tons of the fish. “Mmm, carp,” said Mr. Foss of the 25-pound catch.For months, Mr. Foss has been trying to elevate the invader fish to fine-dining at his swanky Lockwood Restaurant and Bar in downtown Chicago.

He has tried to entice diners every which way: carp ceviche with lime and fiddlehead fern; broiled carp with grilled fennel; carp chowder; and even carp-accio, a play on the raw Italian dish carpaccio, which Mr. Foss makes with a thinly sliced version of the fish served with watermelon.