[Sca-cooks] Surviving medieval sauces?

[Antonia di Benedetto Calvo]

On 18/02/2014 11:05 a.m., JIMCHEVAL at aol.com wrote:
> There seems to be some disagreement on that point:
>
> "The Eel's Slime Layer"
>
> http://science.howstuffworks.com/zoology/marine-life/eels-slippery1.htm
>   
> But it may have been the sauce.
>

I was using eels that I have personally eaten as a reference point. They 
are no more slimy than other fish.  They're also delicious.

Also, the first line in the article is "*All* fish have slime covering 
their body, which makes them very difficult to catch by hand" [emphasis 
mine].

Antonia