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Who will be eating eel for the holidays?
Just got back from Little Italy and I noticed a large tank outside the fish store and it was filled with nice sized live eels. I've known different cultures to eat eel on a regular basis and some more for the holidays. I've heard it because I am from Italian descent and for Christmas, my ancestors used to cook eels. I know people that still do so.
Now cooked eels Italian style is not something to write home about for me, but having eels at a Japanese restaurant in sushi form is appealing to me on occasion. What I do notice though is that these restaurants offer freshwater eel and saltwater eel. Because of their existance in both waters, I gather it is the same species? Is this true?
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