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[Hortensis]

1. Lol. I've read that eels are delicious, and I certainly

should know by this time. Our winter place in Florida is surrounded by marsh, and apparently eels are abundant down there in the mud, though they never bit my husband's line. Not sure if they're the native or the invasive Asian eels, or both, but the latter are so far a lot more adventurous than I am.

[trof]

2. Sidewalk eels in Narita.

There were three old men
One was grilling eel filets over charcoal, two were fileting the live eels.
They would reach into a large wooden tub full of squirming eels.
Grab one and place it on a wooden board across his lap.
Take a three inch nail and, with a small steel mallet, spike the eel's head to one end of the board.

Having secured one end of the eel, he'd use his left hand to turn the eel left side up and, using what appeared to be a razor sharp, long, thin-bladed knife, completely filet that side of the eel.

Then he'd turn the body over and filet the right side.
The filets went into another tub.
The fileted bodies went into a third tub.
They were still wriggling and squirming.
Just heads and spines.
They didn't even know they were dead yet.
This all happened in less than a minute.

The eel was delicious.
Wish I had the marinade/basting recipe.