carps

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No different than some of these guys in the middle of our lineup, the Carps and Smoaks.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 29, 2011

Shewing divers ways, and the most excellent, for Dressing of Carps, either Boiled, Stewed, Broiled, Roasted, or Baked, &c.

From The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery by May, Robert

And some have been so curious as to say, the tenth of April is a fatal day for Carps.

From The Compleat Angler by Walton, Izaak

You may do Carps, Eeles, Trouts, &c. this way, and they Tast also to your mind.

From The Compleat Cook Expertly Prescribing the Most Ready Wayes, Whether Italian, Spanish or French, for Dressing of Flesh and Fish, Ordering Of Sauces or Making of Pastry by M., W.

Gesner says, a Carp has been known to live in the Palatine above a hundred years But most conclude, that, contrary to the Pike or Luce, all Carps are the better for age and bigness.

From The Compleat Angler by Walton, Izaak