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To: LonePalm; RitaOK

“Mon aéroglisseur est plein d’anguilles.”

“My hovercar is full of eels!”

In English-speaking countries, they are called “elvers” or “glass eels”: in England they were a popular fried food until the early 90’s. The collapse of the fishing industry, however, has completely altered their value and they now cost as much as caviar!

https://www.finedininglovers.com/stories/what-is-eel-fish/

(Sorry Rita...very rough translation leading to food slide!)


604 posted on 05/23/2019 7:53:50 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
In English-speaking countries, they are called “elvers” or “glass eels”: in England they were a popular fried food until the early 90’s.

We have a copy of Dorothy Hartley's "Food in England," the book which introduced me to elvers. Weird how it went from an inexpensive common food to an expensive rarity.

Slide over.

614 posted on 05/23/2019 8:04:59 PM PDT by niteowl77
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
You can charge more for electric eels.

WWG1WGA

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

674 posted on 05/23/2019 8:45:09 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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