Eel, was Re: [Sca-cooks] ..was...Women's Rights

[Pixel, Goddess and Queen]

On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, Laura C. Minnick wrote:
> >
> > Hey!  That's a lot of marzipan!  I was planning on giving them pine nut
> > teeth!  That's a lot of pine nuts!  These things could be worth a small
> > fortune!
> > Olwen
>
> Dearie, my darling Seumas was talking about making an eel pie for an
> event recently, and he didn't do it, partly based (I think) on the faces
> I made. I'm sorry, for all I try to be suave and debonair, I'm a white
> bread American who can't get past the idea of eating eel. And the idea
> of something that _looks_ like eels isn't any better.
>

You know, eel isn't really that bad. I've had Xmas eve dinner with some
very traditional Italian Catholic friends, and they serve eel. It tastes
ok, it's just filled with teeny bones. I prefer the mussels and calamari,
myself. ;-)

Margaret