Heart to Hearth Cookery

Eel drying on my drying rack

Yes, it is my second eel.  Now that I have braved one English receipt, I am now drying one on my Native American drying rack.  In A Journey from Pennsylvania to Onondaga in 1743 , John Bartram reported his Observations. On the 17th day, we crossed the neck to the east branch of Susquehanah…At 11 we dressed our dinner and found an Indian by the river side, resting himself.  All his provision was a dried eel; this he made us a present of, and we gave him a share of our dinner.”   My next step is to try dried eel.

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