JELLIED eels have been a much-loved dish in London’s East End for centuries. But eels could soon vanish for ever from London’s River Thames, experts warn – and their numbers are also at crisis levels across much of Europe. The Thames’ eel count has crashed by 97 PER CENT in just five years and similar [...]
6 October 2009
Mick Jenrick Eels & Goddard’s Pie & Mash Shop
6 October 2009
Eel, pie and mash shops under threat
Article source The traditional British eel, pie and mash shop is under threat because of dwindling supplies of the fish, according to environmental campaigners. Jellied eels – cooked and sold cold in their own stock – could soon join the ranks of haslet, stotty cake and bara birth as a dish that is only found [...]