Conger Eels

 

Today was going to be a big activity day. We were off to the “Coast of Death” where stone crosses on the shore mark lost ships. First though, we visited an establishment in Muxo that was the last traditional Conger Eel dryer in the world. The European Union had decided, in their infinite wisdom, that the many centuries' way of drying eels was not healthy. 

The Conger Eel

Eel Cleaned

He then cut a whole series of holes in the eel.

He then laces a stick through the eel

And hangs it out to dry.  It dries in about a week.

This is what the eel looks like after it has been dried.  

This is the European Union approved way to dry eel. 
Hang it and then put it in a room with a blower which dries it out.