[Sca-cooks] eels

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

Selene wrote:
>Many very delicious fishes and other seafood are revolting looking in
>their natural state.  Who first looked at a scary pinchy lobster and
>said "I bet them's good eats?"  Then there's the John Dory fish.  FUGLY
>but transcendantly tasty.  <http://thefoody.com/basic/fishjl.html>

Johh Dory doesn't look ugly to me, just interesting.

Now, here's a creepy sea creature - the hagfish. It was formerly 
thought a relative of the eel, but it isn't. It has no jaws, only a 
partial skull, no other bones, only cartilage, produces prodigious 
amounts of protective slime, and it can tie itself in knots and untie 
itself. Fascinating...

Muslims sects are divided on whether or not it is permitted to eat 
hagfish. It's definitely not Kosher. 
http://oceanlink.island.net/oinfo/hagfish/hagfish.html

This page includes a link to a page with a "hagfish cam"...

Anahita