鳗鱼——英国最黏滑的出口食品

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克里斯·巴拉纽克, 鳗鱼——英国最黏滑的出口食品. BBC Chinese, July 14, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/ukchina/simp/ ... ost-slippery-export

, which is translated from

Chris Baraniuk, The UK's Most Slippery Export. BBC, June 20, 2016.
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story ... ost-slippery-export

Quote:

"Of the 400 tonnes of fish produced annually at Lough Neagh, most is exported to Germany and the Netherlands

"The European eel spawns in the North Atlantic, migrating as a juvenile to inland freshwater systems like Lough Neagh.

"Under current EU rules, the export of European eels to Asia is banned.

Note:
(a) "The Irish poet Seamus Heaney described them as 'phosphorescent, sinewed slime' in  a tribute to the fishermen of Lough Neagh, who have been working the lough (Irish for lake) for centuries."
(i)
(A) Seamus Heaney
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seamus_Heaney
(1939 – 2013)
(B) Séamus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9amus
("Gaelic equivalent of the name James. The name James is the English New Testament variant for the Hebrew name Jacob. It entered the Irish and Scottish Gaelic languages from the French variation of the late Latin name for Jacob, Iacomus")
(C) pronunciation of Seamus:
http://www.pronouncenames.com/pronounce/seamus
(ii) phosphorescence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorescence
(a phosphorescent material does not immediately re-emit the radiation it absorbs; example: glow-in-the-dark toys; "Ironically, white phosphorus (from which phosphorescence takes its name) does not actually exhibit this property, but rather chemiluminescence")
(iii) For sinewed, see sinew
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sinew
("Did You Know?")
(iv) Lough Neagh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lough_Neagh
(sometimes Loch Neagh; The largest lake by area in the British Isles; Its name comes from Irish: Loch nEachach, meaning "Lake of Eachaidh")

(b) "other than the families who live on the shores of the lough, and in areas like the East End of London where jellied eel and eel pies were once popular, British people have never been very enthusiastic about eels. Of the 400 tonnes of fish produced annually at Lough Neagh, most is exported to Germany and the Netherlands"
(i) jellied eels
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellied_eels
(section 2 Preparation: The eel is a naturally gelatinous fish so the cooking process releases proteins, like collagen, into the liquid which solidify on cooling to form a jelly)
(ii) eel pie
(A) pie and mash
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_and_mash
(section 2 Composition: a minced-beef pie + mashed potato + "parsley sauce * * * commonly called eel liquor sauce or simply liquor (although it is non-alcoholic), traditionally made using the water [read: broth] kept from the preparation of the stewed eels")

There is no need to read the rest. I wish to point out the defect of this Wiki page: it does not explain why it is beef pie (though a pie with eel stuffing would come to mind)"
(B) Andi, When in London… Why Not Try a Traditional East End Pie and Mash Dinner?  London: Smart City Apartments, Mar 30, 2015
http://blog.smartcityapartments. ... ie-and-mash-dinner/