Fabrica Das Enguias
Eels Beyond Portuguese Sardines
Eels Beyond Portuguese Sardines
Lovely
Lisbon Series 9
Portugal is known for fresh seafood, especially Sardines,
Portugal is known for fresh seafood, especially Sardines,
and we were happy to chance upon Fabrica Das Enguias,
…as we really wanted to try their famous
…as we really wanted to try their famous
Pickled Canned Eel in
Escabeche Sauce.
Fabrica Das Enguias
is located a few steps away
from Rua Augusta, near the Praça do Comércio,
...housed in an ancient building,
…along the main road and a block away
from the iconic Tram
28 metro station.
The store sells nothing but their popular canned eel
that ame from the town Murtosa, hence the factory
name COMUR,or Fábrica de Conservas da Murtosa.
name COMUR,or Fábrica de Conservas da Murtosa.
It has been producing this exotic delicacy since 1942,
based on traditional methods of olden days and the
secret recipe has been handed down for generations.
The store offers free tasting of bite sized white bread
topped with the canned eel and it tasted very good.
topped with the canned eel and it tasted very good.
We bought several cans which came with a certificate
of
authenticity and a Fabrica Das Enguias
passport
souvenir for tourist and took them to our hotel room.
We have forgotten about the Canned Eel until we
arrived in Caceres,
Spain about a
week later,
…where we rented an apartment that had
an awesome kitchen and full dining area.
I decided to serve the Canned
Eel for dinner and got the
shock of my life to see the whole eel all coiled up inside.
I totally did not expect to see a frightening snake- like
creature inside a can. It looked fresh and alive as it shimmers
and appears to slither while bathing in aromatic oil.
shock of my life to see the whole eel all coiled up inside.
I totally did not expect to see a frightening snake- like
creature inside a can. It looked fresh and alive as it shimmers
and appears to slither while bathing in aromatic oil.
Luckily, the everyone was inside the room,
and I cut off the eel to small bite size pieces
before they could see our frightening dinner.
The Pickled Canned
Eel in Escabeche Sauce
was very delicious and it went well with rice.
My family enjoyed the otherwise creepy dinner,
but no one would have touched it had they seen
the canned slimy serpentine eel fresh off the can.
Read my other blogs on
Lovely Lisbon Series
No comments:
Post a Comment