the eel incident

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The day baby Day's Gong Gong wanted to feed him an eel in his porridge will probably go down in family history as one hell of an event.

Gong Gong was convinced that after spitting up cod fish, silverfish and ikan kurau porridge, baby Day had a gourmet palate that required something far more elegant. Something like an eel.

So he paid $5 for the live 30cm eel which was about as thick as a thumb. That same amount bought enough prawns for the whole family's dinner that night, so the baby's eel was mighty luxurious food.

But the real drama lay in the killing.

After plotting and planning how to go about killing the eel, which lay dormant in its watery plastic bag prison, Gong Gong decided that the best way was to knock it out cold.

It sounded good in theory but how does one go about bashing an eel in the head? Pick it up and lash its head on the ground? Not possible as it was slippery as soap and thrashing to boot.

In the end, Gong Gong tried to bang the plastic bag on the ground and hoped that the head would kenah at some point. No good.

Then he thought: Decapitation would work. Off with its head!

So he gleefully picked up the kitchen scissors, stuck his hand into the bag and neatly snipped off the eel's head.

Still, it wriggled.

Next: Disembowel it. It was difficult, but he managed to snip the wriggling eel down the centre, from tip (head not included) to tail.

Still, it moved. Sluggishly, but it moved even though its guts were out on the chopping board.

In the end, only boiling did the trick.

Did the end justify the means?

Yes. Baby Day lapped up every grain of his porridge, including the slippery black patches of eel skin.

This entry was posted by Sher, on Saturday, November 13, 2004. You can leave your response.