Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 241, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1918 — Eels Are Eels. [ARTICLE]

Eels Are Eels.

John Treadwell Nichols, assistant curator of the department of ichthyology of the American Museum of Natural History, has done his bit for the food supply by an effort to lessen the prejudice against eels. The chapter of the cookbook devoted to eels should begin: “First catch your eel; then forget how it looks.” The trouble With eating eels Is at the start. After the first plate of eels the reluctant customer Is ready for more. I Mr. Nichols assures us that eels have, in fact, no relationship with snakes. They have developed their form and sinuosity by their habit of poking into cracks and crannies of waterbeds. They are true fishes and should not be victims of the prejudice against snakes. ' The classic way to cook eels Is to skin them, clean them, cut them Into lengths and fry in butter. "Many persons,” says Mr. Nichols, “find them delicious.” That’s no lie.—Buffalo Enquirer.