It's sung in songs, it's written in books, and we see it on TV. Christmas Eve carp will not end up on the festive table, but solemnly is released back into the river or pond. But it's stupid.
Many parents perform a similar ceremonial ritual for the sake of the children, so that together they enjoy a warm feeling of how they saved the carp and gave it freedom. But everything's different. That's how you send carp to their deaths. But unlike the quick one that would have been waiting for him after a precisely aimed tap, this one will be long.
Do not serve bread
Carp swim cheerfully in their hoods and open their mouths at us. In choosing, each of us tries to reschedue the most at-work. They all look in great shape, and they are, but only for kitchen arrangements. The fish was fished and resased for two months before sale. All this time they have been consuming their accumulated energy, and if you throw it back into the river or pond, it has no chance of surviving into spring without these supplies.
Plus, if you buy a carp, you probably won't let it out in the open water right away. You probably want to enjoy the fish as a symbol of Christmas for a while. "Sometimes you take the fish home, put it in the tub and pour chlorine water on it. Worst of all, someone's going to give her some hot water so the poor fish doesn't get cold. And that's wrong, the fish has no chance of survival," pavel Kozák, director of the Research Institute of Fisheries and Hydrobiology, explained at Radiožurnál why it is not good to release carp. In addition, when there are small children in the family, the fish "arrives" by feeding bread. Come to be sure that christmas carp is destined for the Christmas table. If you buy it, you'd better eat it or give it to someone who likes it.
When you can't otherwise
If you can't be out of the way and want to give carp at least a sore chance of survival, get a fish in good condition. Like a fisherman. If you release one right back into the open water, it has at least a chance, given the weather and the place where you're releasing it.