tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post6493646881904039107..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: A surfeit of lampreysUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-58640836954101404732012-04-29T11:48:54.743-07:002012-04-29T11:48:54.743-07:00I'm going to reply to all of you above tomorro...I'm going to reply to all of you above tomorrow - I knackered now, and I'm going to give up on today by listen to radio in bed. Yum.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-6304637422388517582012-04-28T14:18:53.178-07:002012-04-28T14:18:53.178-07:00The only eels i've eaten was when a former col...The only eels i've eaten was when a former colleague of mine, who's Chinese and a wonderful cook, made some sushi. Well, i know she didn't cook the sushi, but she prepared it and had some of it with eel in a sauce and wrapped in seaweed. She said she didn't tell every Causcasian what was in it before they tried it because they wouldn't try it then, but she held out great hope for me.<br /><br />I tried it and found it delicious, although i haven't a clue as to the sauce. <br /><br />Like The Broad, i seem to learn something every time i read one of your posts.<br /><br />Glad you liked the photo, Tom.<br /><br />meganmegan blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555646904983619596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-8211049469966085082012-04-28T12:50:30.894-07:002012-04-28T12:50:30.894-07:00You write such interesting posts, despite the disc...You write such interesting posts, despite the discussion of lampreys and the eating of them. Anyway, as a Connecticut Yankee trying to learn more about her adopted country, I had never heard of the Levels and don't know much about that part of the world anyway. Anyway, I think you could write a very interesting book about say, Things about England You'd Like to Know but Wish You Did ... So thanks...The Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976467218216864644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-18391794147359837252012-04-28T12:06:11.780-07:002012-04-28T12:06:11.780-07:00I ate lamprey in burgundy once. Actually sadly twi...I ate lamprey in burgundy once. Actually sadly twice. I was taking wine journalists to a famous wine chateau there and seated to the left of the host. I was served first and didn't know what it was as it was almost smothered in leeks thank goodness. To me it tasted a bit like (tinned) tuna but I'm not a fish ( or eel) lover and just managed to finish my portion. Sadly because of my polite enthusiasm I was offered another helping which I took as the 101 year old host was beaming at me. The charming Glasgow Herald wine correspondent delightedly regaled me with all the gruesome (to me) facts about lampreys afterwards. Cooked in their own blood etc. Still I like black pudding so what's the fuss I suppose.elegancemaisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10043236515999573762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-37782313105626235342012-04-28T10:49:04.375-07:002012-04-28T10:49:04.375-07:00Tom have a great time with your friends down at We...Tom have a great time with your friends down at Wells. I know what you mean about those narrow roads we've got a lot round here like that. Keep safe. I wanted to put a comment on yesterday's post, but hovered a bit. Just to say that the frieze you're working on looks fantastic. Your client should be well chuffed with it when it's completed.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-17439967317026183022012-04-28T10:02:42.593-07:002012-04-28T10:02:42.593-07:00We we used to visit my dad's family on Canvey ...We we used to visit my dad's family on Canvey Island, we would stop at those roadside fish stalls. My mother always ate jellied eels...still makes me shudder when I think about that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00728645243327906117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-23078894477622335142012-04-28T08:13:32.551-07:002012-04-28T08:13:32.551-07:00When I say 'edible', I don't think it ...When I say 'edible', I don't think it has any nutritional value, but simply passes straight through you innocuously. It must make for pretty turds though - like the glitter they put on cup-cakes these days. (Oh no - I hope haven't started another bloody cup-cake conversation...).Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-75663932499720651612012-04-28T08:09:51.980-07:002012-04-28T08:09:51.980-07:00I saw a picture of a Gloucester Lamprey Pie made i...I saw a picture of a Gloucester Lamprey Pie made in 2003 (I think) and it's sides are completely golden. This must be gold leaf, and quite edible - I have eaten it on Indian puddings.<br /><br />In 1860 something, the making of Lamprey Pies for the Queen (Victoria) was temporarily suspended, due to the great expense on the City of Gloucester. Skin-flints.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-85769821868434120192012-04-28T08:02:32.933-07:002012-04-28T08:02:32.933-07:00Yes, I understand all the lampreys have come to Am...Yes, I understand all the lampreys have come to America and live in the Great Lakes, where they block the intake valves of the water and power companies. No one said they were edible. Using the term lightly, of course. That pie looks more regal than edible.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-36530916027732577182012-04-28T07:17:46.163-07:002012-04-28T07:17:46.163-07:00I didn't know we had these little ones in Brit...I didn't know we had these little ones in Britain until I saw them a few years ago. Up until then, strange children would keep the larger, imported ones in pots in their bedrooms, but not me. I thought about it though.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-63875798425963877302012-04-28T06:49:48.611-07:002012-04-28T06:49:48.611-07:00A poor substitute to your previous comments/offeri...A poor substitute to your previous comments/offerings ... but we have venus fly traps and pitcher plants in our neck of the woods too. Triffody critters. Aren't they great?sarah toahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12412812914705725798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-46023514746370911152012-04-28T05:46:30.647-07:002012-04-28T05:46:30.647-07:00Another good reason not to eat Lampreys...Another good reason not to eat Lampreys...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-85684390662349082282012-04-28T05:29:03.075-07:002012-04-28T05:29:03.075-07:00Coypu pate used to maker a regular appearance at &...Coypu pate used to maker a regular appearance at 'open days' and suchlike - things for locals - in my area of France.<br />We used to make a coypu stew too having any number of the beasts boring into the river bank and the lake - highly commended just as long as you didn't tell people what they were eating.<br /><br />I saw lampreys for sale in the local market, but as the only recipe I had called for boiling them alive before skinning them I did not buy them.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-85852978722328627882012-04-28T05:02:51.235-07:002012-04-28T05:02:51.235-07:00I think that the Coypu has been eradicated in Brit...I think that the Coypu has been eradicated in Britain now. For quite a while during the cull, it was quite possible to suffer from a surfeit of Coypus - they are said to have been quite tasty.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-85178937267900347942012-04-28T04:52:47.359-07:002012-04-28T04:52:47.359-07:00The Coypu is the main inhabitant of Fenland East A...The Coypu is the main inhabitant of Fenland East Anglia these days. I hope they don't encounter them when snorkling along the Levels' ditches. Nasty teeth!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com