As I wrote last year, St Nicholas day is one of the
widely celebrated feasts in Bulgaria and according to the tradition carp shall
be served on the table.
Frankly said, we eat carp only on this day of the year
- we definitely prefer the sea creatures or the fast-swimming freshwater fishes
like trout. Carp is kind of lazy freshwater fish which tends to contain a lot
of fat and has often a kind of strange taste, referred to as muddy. I prefer
smaller carps, slightly above 2 pounds (about 1 kg), which contain less fat.
Today I prepared my carp with some tomatoes and oregano and it was light and
tasty.
