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[dainasplashes]

My youngest sister is studying abroad and sent me a postcard:

Hey D! So I've been in Spain for about 12 days and I love it. Today I went to the central market, which is a very crazy place because you can buy there live eels, huge octopus and tons of fresh fruits & veggies! Live is so different here, I could def. live here one day (as long as the

Comments

[azurereaver]

I would try using a bucket personally.

Then you just bring it to a tank if you're a restaurant and keep them alive until someone orders it, then lop off the head when you're ready, gut it, prepare it, then serve it up, ta da, fresh as can be. It is also possible the place that has live eels for sale will kill it and gut it for you.

[dainasplashes]

I personally regret not having been more adventurous before I became vegetarian.

[martiancyclist]

You could always temporarily devegetarianize, eat an eel, then revegetarianize.

I had eel once. I don't remember it being all that particularly notable in taste.

[shaharezad]

I've had eel in sushi many times. It's yummy.

[texanlimey]

I always figured they killed the eel for you right after buying it live; otherwise, I'm thinking the bucket would be the best way to go. I saw a market or two like that in Chile.

As for the taste, the one variety of eel I've knowingly had (conger) tastes like about every other fairly firm-fleshed white fish I've had...tasty, but nothing spectacular.