Last of the Summer Eel ― 2009/09/20
As my husband has been making a series of poor catch , today I went to my local fishmonger, and found the last wild eel for this summer.
We love eating eel in summer.
Actually we have a “national eel day” when everyone is supposed to eat a piece of eel or two so that, we believe, we can fend off summer fatigue.
But in winter we don’t have much. We tend to go for yellowtail and sometime poisoning Fugu fish (blowfish) in this area of Japan.
Now it’s time to say goodbye to eels.
This peace is almost a sixth of a whole eel. Wild eels are so expensive that I couldn’t afford the whole one. Imagine how big it was when it was alive (you know, eel is shrunk while being roasted).
While we import a great amount of farmed eels. inshore wild eels have been increasingly difficult to be found, particularly in this size.
After having had to consume my husband’s catch, mostly light, white-meat fishes, eel in Teriyaki sauce is the best possible feast because of its fat and the heavy seasoning.
We love eating eel in summer.
Actually we have a “national eel day” when everyone is supposed to eat a piece of eel or two so that, we believe, we can fend off summer fatigue.
But in winter we don’t have much. We tend to go for yellowtail and sometime poisoning Fugu fish (blowfish) in this area of Japan.
Now it’s time to say goodbye to eels.
While we import a great amount of farmed eels. inshore wild eels have been increasingly difficult to be found, particularly in this size.
After having had to consume my husband’s catch, mostly light, white-meat fishes, eel in Teriyaki sauce is the best possible feast because of its fat and the heavy seasoning.
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