Sacha wrote:
On 2012-01-06 10:48:34 +0000, (Peter James) said:
Sacha wrote:
On 2012-01-06 07:55:23 +0000, (Peter James) said:
Sacha wrote:
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I came across an old saying from West Cornwall that is said to date back
to the 18th C that said, "bread and tatties all the week, but conger pie
on Sundays".
In fact we used to eat conger back in the days when I was a fanatical
sea fisherman. Grilled cutlets of conger are remarkably like cod, and
it makes a lovely fish casserole. As does lling.
Peter
I've eaten ling but never conger, nor the CI 'delicacy' called ormers
which are a cousin of abalone. And I've no desire to change that
status! ;-)
Go on, live dangerously. You might like them.
Peter
Yes. And I might not! Ormers are so tough they have to be stewed for
hours on end and if I ate conger I'd have a vision of its live state in
front of me. No thanks!
Some years ago, I was talking to a friend about congers. He was a keen
sub-aqua diver, and he told me of a wreck in mid-channel that was
accessible to a diver via a large spit in the hull and entry into the
old engine hold. The boiler tubes were visible, and in about half of
them was the head of a living and very large conger eel. A somwhat
eerie site I would have thought.
That would keep you awake at night.
Peter
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