Mar 8, 2008

Portuguese Delicacy

It's lamprey time. These fishy parasites are considered a delicacy in Portugal, and fisherman can't snag enough from the freshwater rivers of that country. Check out that array of teeth and imagine what it would be like to be host to one of these monsters. Now imagine eating one, perhaps buttered and pan roasted. I'm honestly torn on this one.

Photo source: REUTERS/Jose Manuel Ribeiro via Yahoo! News
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 10, 2008

    I have a mortal fear of lamprey. Ever since X-files showed 'lamprey man' and then the internet spawned MANY lamprey photo manipulations... Lamprey make me cry in terror and hide in corners.

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  2. Denita TwoDragonsMarch 10, 2008

    If I end up having creepy Japanese animation tentacle-romance nightmares, it'll be all your fault!

    *lurches off to drink myself into a blissfully dreamless sleep...*

    --TwoDragons

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  3. AnonymousMarch 10, 2008

    picturing one of those latched on to my back gives me the jibblies.

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  4. AnonymousMarch 10, 2008

    rofl denita

    Anywho... it just amazes me the things people consider delicacies.
    I'm sorry but people are idiots! We're not meant to eat everything we can get our hands on and creepy lamprey's are ones we shouldn't be munchin on.. yuck.

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  5. UnknownSeptember 26, 2008

    we could use that as a strategy in the Great Lakes. yum.

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  6. AnonymousJuly 06, 2011

    my family purchases these every time we visit portugal! I've never seen the head on my plate though, the meat is very fatty and tender - if you have ever had eel the taste is very similar =)

    happy eating

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