[Sca-cooks] Conger Eel

[Susan Lord Williams]

First of all some people feel the universe revolves around them. Not the other way around. I think that was my first problem.

Secondly, the subject started for my publication: ECHA A MAL WITH RECIPE FOR BOILED CONGER EEL at https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5686476114745785266#editor/target=post;postID=795935465682079900;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=0;src=postname

As I personally try to make all recipes before publishing them I had this fish on hand and made the mistake of trying to feed it to a person who could not accept such a dish. As pointed out below perhaps she thought she was eating worms. 

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> Susan replied to my reply to her message with:
> <<< It was conger eel in South America which is hake in the northern hemisphere. >>>
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> Actually, I think I would have gone for the "conger eel" before I went for "hake", thinking that the first would be interesting to try, while the second seemed like just another white fish.
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> Stefan < So, what type of fish was it and what was the recipe? Since my wife doesn't like fish, I don't get much fish. Of course, given a fresh fish, especially a whole one with head and fins, I?m not really sure how to prepare it. >

It is a white fish and totally fresh.
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> <<< To me it seems that Texans only like shrimp in hot the chile sauce. 
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> It is very difficult to try to convince north americans that it is not a worm but has excellent white meat but don?t waste your time on people who do not have a cultivated taste for fish.. >>>
obviously
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> *I'm* a Texan and I like my shrimp in a spiced tomato (seafood) sauce. But not real hot, as I still like to taste the shrimp. I'm not sure how else to eat it. I don't like tarter sauces. Perhaps one of the medieval vinegar type sauces sometime.
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> So what 15th century recipe did you use on this conger eel. I may yet get around to trying to find some eel at an Asian market or somewhere. Maybe Central Market.
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> <<<  Opps I missed that. No, that is outrageous - eggs here come out of an egg shell in this country. I have never seen them come out of a   container. That is insane! >>>
i agree!
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> If you were getting the scrambled eggs on a buffet, how would you know whether the eggs came to the institution/restaurant in shells or a container?
No way in Chile they are fresh.

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> It is a lot easier, and probably cheaper, to ship a gallon of eggs in a plastic container than umpteen dozens of eggs in their shells. Hmmm, What is the volume of a dozen eggs?
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> And in an institutional setting, it may be a lot easier to handle getting the eggs from a container than having someone break all those eggs. Of course you can't use them for things like poached or fried eggs, but if you are only doing scrambled eggs or omelettes?
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> These eggs may or may not have much added to them. I guess they might need some preservatives.
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> In American groceries I have seen packages of just egg whites. I've not seen the need or wanted to pay the higher cost for these, myself.
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>> What is ?Chocolate kuchen"?
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> <<< Kuchen is German for cake so we are looking at a rich chocolate cake which has too much sugar for America taste buds at breakfast time.>>>
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> Huh???? Too much sugar for America[n] taste buds? The home to Sugar Pops and Captain Crunch cereals and pop tarts? And donuts?
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> It actually sounds quite good, at least once in a while.
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> <<< Chileans have a lot of German taste buds for their heritage and love it >>>
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> What other German oriented things show up there?
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>> I like meat and potatoes. But I will try other things. However, it will take extra effort to get me to eat green, squishy things or things with unusual textures.
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> <<< Stefan, I don?t know where you are coming from with this last sentence about eating greens - . As far as I can see this subject only has to deal with fish, shrimp, eggs and chocolate cake. The latter not being period for us. , , >>>
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> My comment was simply an elaboration/correction to my statement that "I will try other things". I'm much more likely to try an new meat dish than a vegetable one. Since I joined the SCA and this group, I have started eating salads though. I do prefer the more medieval ones with different greens and herbs and not just iceberg lettuce. In fact, I'm disappointed in a restaurant when what I get on a salad is principally iceberg lettuce.
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> Stefan
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