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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785338803321

Autore

Schweid Richard <1946->

Titolo

Consider the eel [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Schweid

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, N.C., : University of North Carolina Press, 2002

ISBN

979-88-908734-3-9

0-8078-9926-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 p.)

Disciplina

597/.432

Soggetti

Anguillidae

Eel fisheries - North America

Eel fisheries - Europe

Eel fisheries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-170) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 Pamlico County, North Carolina; 2 Interstate 95; 3 Guipúzcoa, Basque Country, Spain; 4 Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland; 5 Yankee Eels; 6 Fishing and Farming; A Taste of Eel; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Journalist Richard Schweid first learned the strange facts of the freshwater eel's life from a fisherman in a small Spanish town just south of Valencia. ""The eeler who explained the animal's life cycle to me did so as he served up an eel he had just taken from a trap, killed, cleaned, and cooked in olive oil in an earthenware dish,"" writes Schweid. ""I ate it with a chunk of fresh, crusty bread. It was delicious. I was immediately fascinated."" As this engaging culinary and natural history reveals, the humble eel is indeed an amazing creature. Every European and American eel begins i