Pet Eel To Stay In German Bathtub

Reuters ^ | February 3, 2003

[shaggy eel]

Sauteed spicy lambs brains are a delicacy where i come from. A weird area, albeit!

,,, where I am lambs' brains and tongues are eaten too. I love lamb tongues. Lamb brains I'll eat, on average, maybe every two to three years. Spiced they'd lose their delicate flavour. We serve them in the lightest of mustard sauces or boil them in chardonnay or chablis.

[swarthyguy]

Boil? Yuck. There's that English influence again. /just kiddin.

But heat oil, lay down spices like crushed mango powder, cumin, powdered red chilis, powdered garlic, ginger, salt, drop the brains in the heated oil with the spices below the brains, sautee, flip, and use skillet toasted/lightly fried bread to scoop up chunks.

[dennisw]

Sorry to disappoint you adventurous souls but the eel in sushi is cooked, not raw. So some points will be deducted.

[dennisw]

Moses Maimonides, a medieval scholar and physician, once wrote a treatise called A Guide for the Perplexed. Such a guide would come in handy on those occasions when I visit a sushi restaurant. I become so perplexed that I always pray the server will distribute, along with the inevitable steaming towel, a treatise explaining the mysteries of sushi and how tekka maki got its name.

Florida roll ($6.95), a combo with cooked eel, Shiitake mushroom, and crab; and soft-shell-crab roll ($8). My niece and nephew try everything, and my sister comes through bravely, although she can't get past the Florida roll's eel, even though it's cooked, not raw. Arnold, who thinks the only good seafood is cooked seafood, declines all offers and resists both entreaties and taunts.

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[shaggy eel]

,,, I'm eMAILing this thread to my wife. Thanx for that method.

[swarthyguy]

You're welcome. And I won't make any jokes about shagging her's husband's eel!

[shaggy eel]

,,, ha! Good one.

[swarthyguy]

Alternate method or enhanced is to lightly sprinkle some flour and then the spices on the brains before sauteeing them. Helps keep them from breaking apart sometime.

BTW, same method works great with fish fillets as well.

[swarthyguy]

#28 is for you.

[Willie Green]

,,, is this what government grants are for Willie?

Not in the United States.
I'm not sure about Germany.

It's just that, while I'd never call myself an avid tropical fish enthusiast,
I've usually maintained a 20/30 gallon aquarium (on and off over the years),
partly as a minor hobby and partly as part of my household decor.
It simply impresses me that these people could easily provide the eel with a somewhat more pleasant living environment, especially if they're going to keep it as a pet for 33 years.

[shaggy eel]

,,, excellent - thanx for that.

[shaggy eel]

,,, 33 years in a bathtub makes you wonder, doesn't it? It's not like you could get the dog lead and walk it around the block. You couldn't take it on a picnic with you or put it in a birdcage and teach it to talk a few words. With a cat you can put it on your lap and stroke it, but I'd never want to admit to stroking the eel - if you know what I mean (I think you do!).

I'm now wondering if I should change my screen name [LOL!]

[Willie Green]

but I'd never want to admit to stroking the eel - if you know what I mean (I think you do!).

Yeah, with fish, you don't get a whole lot of that type of interaction like you do with other pets. But that's part of what makes them so easy to care for properly. I went through a phase when I was much younger where I learned everything I could about the hobby. But for the last couple decades, it's been just a routine part of my everday life that takes absolutely no time whatsoever.

It's kind of like having houseplants in a sunny window, every now and then you gotta give 'em a little water, maybe a little fertilizer, move 'em around a little, trim the dead leaves, and occasionally transfer them to a new pot. Not a whole lot to it. I suppose some people may talk to their plants, but most simply take care of 'em without giving it a second thought.

I don't know what something more exotic like an eel would eat. But obviously they must've been feeding it something that was agreeable over the years. And keeping its water changed and fresh. It's just curious that it never dawned on them to provide it with a more interesting habitat, just like most people who have tropical fish do.

[shaggy eel]

,,, good things come to eels who wait.

[swarthyguy]

Trust the Chinese to put two and two together.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/831238/posts

[shaggy eel]

,,, our daily newspaper is Wellington's "Dominion Post". It carried this news item last week as the odd spot in a column of quirky events and assorted international news. Count me out on that taste experience!