And I thought I remembered a thread about that called “My food has many eyes”, but I can’t find it. Was that an Atomic Shrimp thing rather than an SDMB thread?
Most of the other baby-food-animals listed in this thread are enjoyed because in return for less meat* you get a more tender meal that is often milder/less gamy. Do baby eels taste different from adult eels in the same manner? Are they less … eely? Less oily, maybe?
*I hadn’t considered fawn (venison) till it was mentioned upthread…
Joe
I’ve had foal - in Slovenia! It was absolutely delicious. A little more delicate than horse, and meltingly tender. Would eat again; would recommend.
I’d also travel a long way for the baby fish they eat in Italy - “schiuma di mare”, which translates as “foam of the sea”. We get very excited when we see them on a menu. Last time I had them was in Taranto. Happy sigh.
Well, that’s good to know. The next time (and the first time!) I eat this dish, I will rejoice in the knowledge that I am devouring actual, honest-to-goodness baby eels.
Wikipedia says:
They grow up into the recognizable juvenile “tiny eel” that Mangetout mentions.
I was going to mention these, but I thought they’d only count as animals with a “right-to-life” crowd.
Ah, but the meat is exquisitely tender. Or, so I’ve heard.
No younger, but, at least to Westerners, even way mondo weirder: I read a reference in one of Douglas Coupland’s novels about fetal lambs – “lambryos” – being served at a yuppercrust dinner.
Was it the AM-AM Tavern in Ljubljana?
Young animal joke: A baby seal walks into a club. . .
Though you didn’t ask me where I ate it: no, it wasn’t that restaurant, though it was in Ljubljana.
It was in Ljubljana, but I don’t remember the name of the restaurant. I think it was on Mestni Trg near the square, and it seems like it was more a restaurant than a tavern.
Let’s not forget the baby carrots!