Horrible
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Much as I dislike them (on a par with hagfish to my mind), the only thing I\'ve done with the eels I\'ve had the misfortune to hook, is the same as Rory.........unhook them and return them back to the water.
tony.codling
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ive worked in holland a lot and the dutch go mad for them
they smoke them and call them parling
they smoke them and call them parling
marksworld
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cant stand the orrible things , but have been told by more than one angler that a good eel cut into chunks and fried with skin on is nice as pie, well not as nice as a hot stokers steak and kidney pie 
but nice all the same so iv\'e been told :exclam:
cheers
mark
[Edited on 16/11/2005 by marksworld]
, but have been told by more than one angler that a good eel cut into chunks and fried with skin on is nice as pie, well not as nice as a hot stokers steak and kidney pie but nice all the same so iv\'e been told :exclam: cheers
mark
[Edited on 16/11/2005 by marksworld]
Mike.Haley
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Friends of mine in london have them every week, jellied. Just the look of them makes me feel sick.
micky-quayle
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does anyone know how to quickly dispatch an eel. i ask because i often keep them for pike baits and have trouble killing them humanely. it seems it doesn\'t matter how hard you hit them with a priest they\'re still alive. i do my best then chop them into 5\" sections, wrap in cling film and pop in the freezer but you can bet when you go in the freezer next day at least half the sections have squirmed out of the cling film even the sections without the head.
micky-quayle
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tried it and believe me the head seems to live on for a very long time afterwards, it doesn\'t appear to be just nerves either !
Like a number of people here, I too lived in Holland, in Almere for a few years although IMHO, smoked eel, gerookte paling, is awful, almost as bad as those salted herrings they swallow whole in Amsterdam. However I did catch some good \'uns and the way i was told to skin them was to hold them by the head, cut the skin behind head and use a pair of pliers to pull the skin off down to the tail.
willywetegg
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I too think Eel is delicious. As Collossus says skinning it is the tricky bit. I was told to skin it then to drop it in a pan of salted boiling water for 20 minutes and then enjoy. It must have been good as even Swmbo enjoyed it too.
Jim.
Jim.
A bloke shewed me years ago that to kill an eel whack it on the tail end about 2 inches up from the tip and it works.I#ve killed a few this way.tasted ok skinned with pliers ,dusted with flour shallow fried with loads of pepper.A few years ago they said not to eat them if they were caught in the wansbeck as they had too much heavy metal in them..iron maiden,whitesnake an all that.
micky-quayle
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eels are superb baits to have during the warmer months when you\'re on a 4 or 5 day bivvy session as they remain useable after the more commonly used pike baits have defrosted and gone to mush. had a good few pike on them too although i do rate several baits above them.
