PRICE OF EELS

[Malt 379]

Once you get past the slimey, slippery look of them they taste great Pity I dont see them much in west Wales markets these days.

Last two I saw were reeled in together on a two hooked trace when we were fishing in the Cleddau estuary!

[Aaron Proffitt 142]

They sound absolutely horrid...all respect and love, but wow. I don't know if I could stomach it.

[kenny14 656]

They sound absolutely horrid...all respect and love, but wow. I don't know if I could stomach it.

They're beautiful tasting. Ever since I was a kid, whenever I was trout fishing any Eels I caught were cooked and eaten first.

IMO though, jellied Eels just taste of, well, jelly!

[torchey 1,328]

I can eat eels but can,t stand jelly so jellied eels for me is a bit me dad loves em ,used to catch em as a kid on the thames and take them home for him...

[RossM 8,121]

I caught a nice big conger eel years ago, cooked it and dished it up, everyone ate it and loved it....... Till I told them what it was!

[gnasher16 30,220]

You still get nets as far up the Thames as Tower Bridge there not as popular these days but still once in a while i,ll pull up at a Tubby Issacs stall and have a natter with the black cabbies over a nice tub of jellied eels with lashings of pepper and vinegar....or maybe some oysters or winkles...............beats all these poncey foie gras and saivoury sorbets these soppy little jamie oliver gaffs are serving up !

[marshman 7,758]

Gnash the last time I had a bowl of eels at tubbys I spat the eel bone in the bin and a big ole rat crawled over the side and started eating the scraps. I love seafood of a stall but the man that's got it now is a dirty fooker!

[gnasher16 30,220]

Which one was that i think theres only 2 stalls left now one in Petticoat Lane the other in Walthamstow High St.............they do say in London your never more than 20 foot away from a rat so i can well believe it.......get a good atmosphere round the stalls on a saturday morning especially when the Hammers are at home

[MAIN MAN 277]

Eels fried with salt and pepper are the best. As im getting older i dont like to kill them now because of there trip round the world an all that" As for conger Eeel its bloody horrible only good for soup!

[marshman 7,758]

Petticoat lane mate honestly hes rotten! There's a good un on Jamaica rd outside the gregorian pub. Thinking about it thats the wrong side of the river for you though lol

[gnasher16 30,220]

Yep i know where you mean on the corner of St James St....not a Tubbys stall though is it.......................i only venture round there under the cover of darkness and even then its only in the mad rush to get back through the Rotherhithe Tunnel to safety

Are you on the manor then Marshman ?

Edited September 12, 2012 by gnasher16

[marshman 7,758]

Used to be Gnash now I'm a country gent lol . I used to go to the Lynn abc until they told me the only thing I should be boxing was the vegetables at asdas lol.

[gnasher16 30,220]

Me as well mate the clean air takes some beating but i still find myself back in the stench of the East End most days !......The Lynn eh,Danny Williams old club....and Mark Kaylor if i remember right,or was he at Fitzroy Lodge i forget now....good little club anyway.

Edited September 12, 2012 by gnasher16

[marshman 7,758]

@ Gnash sorry I'm on me iPhone and can't do quotes. Yes mate I know it's not a tubbys I just ment it ain't to bad if fancy some seafood.

[marshman 7,758]

I can remember Danny Williams and another lad called Adrian Carew that's the time I was training there mate. Fitroy lodge , fisher all good Amatuer clubs. Sorry for hijacking the thread lads but when you get two londoners on the subject of eels it leads to other things like boxing or football lol