I'll have the smoked eel with dodo eggs scrambled well plz.

Wanted for questioning...

They did this all the time on the original Iron Chef. I remember an abalone battle (listed as critically endangered since 2001) and one battle where someone used a threatened species of lobster just to infuse his rice. Used like $1000 worth & then just threw it away.

/Original Iron Chef is irresponsible but totally awesome.
//Did a cosplay spoof years ago: Klingon Iron Chef. "Today is a good day to fry!"
///Theme ingredient was quadrotriticale. But when Kaga unveiled it, the platter was full of tribbles.

Wait. Is this eel the same species of eel that unagi comes from? Cause I can't go more than a month without some yummy fresh unagi.

came for "the freshman" and left satisfied.

FlashHarry: came for "the freshman" and left satisfied.

Sweet Jesus! They're cooking live Vulcans live on TV!?!

Now I'm craving Manatee steak.

AirForceVet: Sweet Jesus! They're cooking live Vulcans live on TV!?!

Came for this. Leaving VERY satisfied!

Does this explain the lack of recent eel porn?

Fraggler: Wait. Is this eel the same species of eel that unagi comes from? Cause I can't go more than a month without some yummy fresh unagi.

I'm pretty sure it's not this kind.

california condor egg omelets FTW

Isn't this how the theory is supposed to work? If you only reproduce once in a lifetime of twenty years, then bad choice in method of survival for you and yours.

When the food makes you feel
Like you just swallowed eel
That's a moray.

Bald eagle tastes like freedom.

To save, I'll just cut back on the condor egg omelettes. Mmm, a couple of those would be tasty right now.

BKITU: FlashHarry: came for "the freshman" and left satisfied.

Tastes like chicken

JC

obviously if they weren't so delicious they wouldn't be on that list, correct?

this is the eel's own fault. like that guy once said "you either get busy doin it, or you get busy dying"

Watch the corn, gentlemen.

There once was a cook who made eel
To which earth-muffins did squeal
He cooked it with class
Said "Shove it up your ass,
I don't give a fark how you feel!"

Now see, she shoulda just asked me for a One-Eyed Trouser Eel. It's dangerous, not endangered, and reproduces every chance it gets.

"that only reproduces once every twenty years."

They are cooking Total Farkers?

I knew that Drew's next book was a cookbook.

If they were more edible they probably would be endangered.

MBooda: Now see, she shoulda just asked me for a One-Eyed Trouser Eel. It's dangerous, not endangered, and reproduces every chance it gets.

I had chorizo stuffed quail yesterday.

/got nuthin'

"OK, let's put this eel in the oven and go over to this other one I prepared earlier..."

I have to question the accuracy of this. I see eel in fish markets all the time. Is the eel actually critically threatened, or has it simply become very uncommon in a small geographic area?

FTA...

and when Nigella Lawson made roast potatoes with goose fat that became fashionable.

Won't someone think of the potatoes!

I'll have mine rare.

Looks tasty!

Critically endangered?

Hmmmph... just look in the Romanian's hovercraft.

Did anyone else puzzle over the headline in TFA?

To paraphrase, it said "blah blah blah chefs were instructed to prepare a dish featuring an endangered species."

Now, after reading the article, I understand that what happened was that the chefs were instructed to use eel, which turned out to be endangered. But there's a broad difference between "Here, make a dish out of this eel." (which they probably didn't know was critically endangered) and "Hey, choose an endangered species and cook something out of it.", which was how I originally took the headline.

Oops, meant the Hungarian's hovercraft

Sorry, I stopped reading at "Nigella Lawson."

Maud Dib: FTA...

and when Nigella Lawson made roast potatoes with goose fat that became fashionable.

Won't someone think of the potatoes!

The potatoes in question....

This week on MasterChef, Salads.

neofonz
Critically endangered?

Hmmmph... just look in the Romanian's hovercraft.

My nipples explode with delight!

/craving baby seal steak

I loved the smoked eel I had in Germany. Good stuff.

Pope Michael of Discordia: Um, Hello?


What's on the menu?

ChadM89: Did anyone else puzzle over the headline in TFA?

To paraphrase, it said "blah blah blah chefs were instructed to prepare a dish featuring an endangered species."

Now, after reading the article, I understand that what happened was that the chefs were instructed to use eel, which turned out to be endangered...

Whilst the eel is endangered in the wild, farmed eels are in plentiful supply, and much cheaper to get than any "wild-caught" one would be. While I understand the concerns of the conservationists, a more appropriate respose would be to stress the importance of obtaining your supplies from reputable farms.

If the eel becomes more popular in restaurants, farming of the species will increase, which also makes stock available for release into the wild.

phlegmmo: When the food makes you feel
Like you just swallowed eel
That's a moray.

...Puuut your hand in a crack and you won't get it back, that's a moray...

but seriously, they are just getting a little of their own back for Henry VII.

phlegmmo: When the food makes you feel
Like you just swallowed eel
That's a moray.

LOL...... love it!

brigid_fitch: Theme ingredient was quadrotriticale.

The what the what?

Gullyborg: I have to question the accuracy of this. I see eel in fish markets all the time. Is the eel actually critically threatened, or has it simply become very uncommon in a small geographic area?

There is more than one kind of eel. The article is about the European eel (Anguilla anguilla).

Gullyborg::

Is the eel actually critically threatened, or has it simply become very uncommon in a small geographic area?

This species of eel is critically endangered.