Katharina, I had to laugh when I read your post about eels. I love smoked eel. I spent my childhood in a tiny town in remote Bavaria and I ate with relish things even worse than eel: cow tongue, ox tail soup (my FAVORITE), fried udder, calf's head....my brother Stefan and I fought over the last liver dumplings in the pot. I can make my husband gag just talking about it. When I was in highschool, my friends loved to eat at my house, but they were careful not to ask what they were eating. Karin Book __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Spot the hottest trends in music, movies, and more. http://buzz.yahoo.com/

You guys are making me very hungry, but you also reminded me of an incident that occured several years ago. My grandmother used to make one trip per year to the states to visit us at Christmas time. In 1990 I went to the Airport here in Houston to pick her up. She was already in her mid 80's at the time but was still very mobile and independent. I had to wait outside the customs/immigration area for her to come out. Finally, a porter pushing a cart with her suitcases emerged followed by my grandmother carrying six thin, round packages wrapped in Christmas wrap under her arm. She had found a way to get that smoked eel through customs!!!! Needless to say, dinner that night was grand. Klaus Dieter Cook Houston, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karin Book" <karin4467@yahoo.com> To: <GERMAN-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 11:41 AM Subject: [GERMAN-LIFE] Eels, snails, and other yummy things > Katharina, I had to laugh when I read your post about > eels. I love smoked eel. I spent my childhood in a > tiny town in remote Bavaria and I ate with relish > things even worse than eel: cow tongue, ox tail soup > (my FAVORITE), fried udder, calf's head....my brother > Stefan and I fought over the last liver dumplings in > the pot. I can make my husband gag just talking about > it. When I was in highschool, my friends loved to eat > at my house, but they were careful not to ask what > they were eating. > > Karin Book > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Spot the hottest trends in music, movies, and more. > http://buzz.yahoo.com/ > > > ==== GERMAN-LIFE Mailing List ==== > Complaints: > Contact the list administrator at: GERMAN-LIFE-L-admin@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >