Oh, how I would love to have some smoked eel again. Wonderful stuff! It's been years since I had any--not many eels floating around in the farm country of Iowa! ;-) Dorie ----- Original Message ----- From: Katharina Hines <hines60@hotmail.com> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 2:01 AM Subject: [GERMAN-LIFE] Re: Fish > Hi, > Last fall when I went to Germany,. My brother-in-law got some smoked eel. > I first passed on it, but they talked me in to try a piece of eel. > I could not skin it or cut the head off. ( I am a chicken, when I se any > thing cooked with the head still on. > I was surprised how good the meat of the eel was. It is not some thing I > would eat every day. But the best thing after the meal was the > "Jägermeister", that is a drink, that you digest the fat meat better. > The eel has a lot of fat. > I was told in Germany if you go out some were to party eel or sardines > will coat your stomach. You body will not take the alcohol very much and you > can drink all night long, and not even get drank. > now sails is the worsted thing for me to eat, or when I watch some one who > eats them. > > Katharina > > > >I have to agree with you Katharina, if I see a recipe that calls for > >sardines, I just walk on by. > > > >My family at Christmas time used to open that small wooden keg with all > >that > >smelly, or I will call it rotten fish and eat away....and my Dad used to > >sit > >and eat cans and cans of sardines and you couldn't even stand to be in the > >same room.... needless to say, I am not much of a fish eater...and what > >about in Germany eating those eel, and smoked eel that look gross...me > >thinks me passes..... > > > >g > > > > > >==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > >To UNSUBSCRIBE from digest mode send a message to: > >GERMAN-LIFE-D-request@rootsweb.com and add the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the > >message and send. > > > >============================== > >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > Complaints: > Contact the list administrator at: GERMAN-LIFE-L-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com