Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan said: >As I often do, I went for a walk in our outdoors food market Saturday >morning. Especially the fish stand often provides rich photographic >pickings. This time there was something new. The fishmongers had put out >a huge creature Brian replied: >That looks like a Conger Eel to me. Bleah. >South Americans know how to cook them, as Congria. Absolutely, this is a European conger eel (Conger conger). Scarily enough this is only and average sized adult. They grow to 3 m and 110 kg (10 feet and 242 pounds). http://filaman.uni-kiel.de/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=301&genusname=Conge r&speciesname=conger I'm a marine biologist and love fish markets. >Alligator is also common in Florida, usually in form of ribs or tail. I >personally like the tail, but I find the ribs taste like chicken with a >fishy aftertaste, no big deal. I haven't eaten crocodile since I left Queensland, but the taste of all reptiles seems to depend heavily on what they're fed. Farmed crocs taste just like the chickens they get fed, while wild-harvest ones taste fishier. Marty