Trying INSANE English Food in London
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Жыл бұрынDuring our last trip to London, we visited Menze's Pie and Mash shop where we tried some weird British foods including jellied eels and pie and liquor. We give you our thoughts on Menze's and the food that we had in this video.
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@juliantompkins9650 Жыл бұрын
To my knowledge I have seen them all. I like it you try the non tourist stuff. I would like to show you around my home town. Maybe next year! I think you should find a chippy and try fish and chips there. Please let your husband say more.
@Muckylittleme Жыл бұрын
Now you know why it said "Last surviving Jellied Eels Cafe"
@therealtwiggyleaf Жыл бұрын
I lived in London for 10 years, and in the East End for five of those years, and never once felt the need or desire to try "jellied eels". So, BRAVO to you two for trying! 😎😎
@mumacita1003 Жыл бұрын
Amen 🙏🏼 super brave
@Mrhullsie2 Жыл бұрын
Yes, well done for trying it, there isn't a barge pole long enough for me to touch the stuff.
@TheMagicGeekdom Жыл бұрын
We can at least say that we tried them.
@user-nc4jk2yz8e 11 ай бұрын
😊❤
@ulyssesthirteen7031 Жыл бұрын
Your commitment to your channel is medal worthy. Even as a Brit, I was retching just watching you eat those jellied eels. There's a reason it's not even a 'thing' outside London.
@johnathantaylor5913 Жыл бұрын
Born and raised near London and (as far as I know) never met anybody who has even tried jellied eels let alone likes it. You two are braver than me!
@markc1793 Жыл бұрын
I'm a Brit, lived here all my 38yrs and i will never try jellied eels, cockles or rollmops every again, once was more than enough!. My mum and nan both loved all three but i think they take "aquired taste" to a whole new level, seriously impressed with you giving eels a shot. I think they're just one of those things that far more people dislike than like even here.
@slimofbonar1978 Жыл бұрын
Cockles and rollmops are fit, jellied eels are shit lol
@jimwest7107 Жыл бұрын
Yeah I can't stomach them either. Prawns my limit.
@jemmajames6719 Жыл бұрын
Every time we went to the seaside my mum always bought cockles and winkles 🤢
@freddiemac1438 Жыл бұрын
Nothing wrong with rollmops
@jasonsmart3482 Жыл бұрын
@@slimofbonar1978 Agree love rollmops and very popular in Scandinavia. Use to have cockles and whelks as a child when visiting my gran by the coast. liked them then but never found the need to have them since.
@rosewardale159 Жыл бұрын
Well bloody done for trying!!! Im British and 62yrs of age and NEVER ever wanted or tried Jellied Eels, yuk yuk yuk (Sorry I know you shouldnt ever say yuk if youve never tried them) but nope nope nope hahaha Love Rose xx
@marxsparx Жыл бұрын
I’m British. I would say very very few of us have even tried jellied eel. I’ve never tried them and don’t plan too. I think you should have eaten a bit more though just to sure be it wasn’t for you. 😂.
@paulhoss6836 Жыл бұрын
Come to the UK to try jellied eels I'm sure we have something better than that
@bbz_bbz_bbz Жыл бұрын
@@paulhoss6836 they try an array of things
@silentauditor9513 Жыл бұрын
Def go back for seconds and try to inspire me 😂
@silentauditor9513 Жыл бұрын
Def go back for seconds and try to inspire me 😂
@TheMagicGeekdom Жыл бұрын
I have a hard time believing that we'd enjoy it if we tried more.
@topchelseagirl9074 Жыл бұрын
I was raised on Manzes! Pie & mash is the best - you should add plenty of vinegar, preferably the chilli vinegar. Jellied eels were my Nan's favourite food, I've never tried them, so well done to you for being brave enough to try them. When I was in there last year a group of Japanese students sat by me and they devoured the eels!
@melbeasley9762 Жыл бұрын
Yes, but Japanese eat raw fish and whale meat!
@russcattell955i Жыл бұрын
Each to their own but for me those pies looked under cooked on the bottom. Sure, i'd eat them if I was hungry, but I have had better on my travels.
@SkepticalSteve01 Жыл бұрын
Full marks to you two for taking a crack at a traditional London food that most modern Londoners wouldn’t touch! I lived in London for many years and never tried the stuff, even though for some of those years I lived near Dalston, where there was another cafe that sold jellied eels, pie and liquor, and the full cockney catastrophe. Now that I’m back in New Zealand, where I was born, jellied eels are nowhere to be found, although we have plenty of meat pies here. We also have Japanese sushi shops, and I’ve sometimes tried eel sushi and quite liked it. If I ever find myself in London again I’ll definitely seek out a plate of jellied eels, just for the novelty of it.
@colincooke6320 Жыл бұрын
I grew up a working class Londoner in the fifties and found this food the most disgusting I ever had.
@grahammitchell9415 Жыл бұрын
My dad loved jellied eels, my big lasting memorie was when he was on his second or third round of chemo,feeling terrible and completely of his food we bought him a portion of jellied eels. It put the smile back on his face and he ate the lot with salt, pepper and brown bread.
@gary_g1839 Жыл бұрын
as a young boy (early 70s) I grew up eating pie & mash or mash and liquor (10p) for school dinner, Old man Manzies was over 90 and still working in the shop every day. My brother when he got married had a 5kg bowl of eels as part of his wedding dinner 🤮 only him and my grandad ate the vile things........ Well done on trying them and not throwing up
@TheMagicGeekdom Жыл бұрын
Wow, that's a lot of eels!
@MagentaOtterTravels Жыл бұрын
As an American child in the 70's we used to eat Swanson's chicken pot pies and we definitely ate the pie upside down because that doughy bottom crust was the BEST!! When you flipped the pie over, it totally looked like that!
@Paul-hl8yg Жыл бұрын
Like Fray Bentos tinned pies, keep a soggy bottom.. Ooh!! Lol.
@rickb3645 Жыл бұрын
Hi Dara... When i was a child... Mum used to take me shopping to our local Indoor Market... Mainly to pick up a joint of Meat each week for our Sunday Roast... Sometimes it was Lamb... Pork... or Beef... As well as the cheaper Poultry... Then while we were in there... We would also buy our Cheese... Eggs... Bacon... Sausages... Cooked Ham... Fish... And as a regular treat each week... Mum would take me to the Seafood Stall... Where i would be allowed to have some shellfish... They were served on a tiny saucer... I used to have either Cockles or Mussels in Vinegar... But if i had been particularly good that week... I was also treated to either a Dressed Crab... Or a bag of fresh Periwinkles to take home too... Where i would use a safety pin to dig them out from their shells to eat... And sometimes i would be treated to either some Crab Sticks or the much larger Crayfish Sticks... 😋 Mum always knew i was a seafood lover... So whenever she could... She would always treat me while we were out shopping on a Saturday morning... I've never tried Jellied Eels myself... But that's more to do with the fact that i don't really like Jelly... I don't even like it in Pork Pies either... And so i have to remove it whenever i have them... 😂 I still keep watching your videos Dara... I loved the recent ones on the UK's Christmas Adverts... 👌 Say hi to Ian for me... And give my regards to the whole family too... I'll drop you a message on your channel before Christmas... Until then guys... All the best... Cheers. 🍺🍺
@andrewlaw Жыл бұрын
They are cooked with two different types of pastry. I believe the bottom is suet based which is why it stays soft and looks almost uncooked. The top is a flaky type pastry that complements the bottom perfectly.
@tonys1636 Жыл бұрын
@@rickb3645 I'm old enough to remember when Lamb was the cheapest meat (New Zealand), Mutton even cheaper. Chicken was a luxury as a roasting bird, the cock birds, was over four times the price of a broiler, the old hens past egg producing, as only suitable for stews or soup. It's all the other way round now, Mutton almost impossible to find as few farmers keep sheep for wool production anymore. Pork and Beef were about the same price and the pork was darker with more flavour, slow grown Pigs, in the open and fed swill (the waste food) from restaurants and canteens, it was all boiled up to kill the Bacteria, the Pigs often allowed to graze in old Orchards for an apple flavour to the meat.
@tonys1636 Жыл бұрын
@@andrewlaw That explains the soggy bottom Suet Crust takes longer to cook than Puff Pastry.
@mumacita1003 Жыл бұрын
So brave, I’ve lived in London my whole life and have never plucked up the courage 😩 I’m must say your travels are amazing to watch, such a lovely couple with the best chemistry, it truly shines through your vlogs, Excited to watch your next adventure ✈️❤️
@TheMagicGeekdom Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@davidrhodes5245 Жыл бұрын
If i had a choice of death, or jellied eels, SHOOT ME NOW 😂
@mumacita1003 Жыл бұрын
😂🤣🤣 I must agree
@TheMagicGeekdom Жыл бұрын
Yeah, we won't be having them again.
@davidrhodes5245 Жыл бұрын
@@TheMagicGeekdom 🤮
@dazza9326 Жыл бұрын
My nan was an East London girl. She passed away at 96 a few years ago, watching her eat jellied Eals with no teeth use to turn my stomach......... And the thing is, they're not cheap.
@mumacita1003 Жыл бұрын
RIP Nan 🙏🏼❤️
@doofus4648 Жыл бұрын
Got to admit that I am a Brit that does like jellied eels!! I like them with lots of white pepper. That being said I get why people don’t like them, very much an acquired taste.
@kevinduggan201 Жыл бұрын
This is very much a London thing, as far as I am aware there are no stores thst sell jellied eels outside of the East End. We have one pie and mash shop in Liverpool, and we'll it does just enough business to keep afloat but is hardly packed whenever I go past, and from the few people that I have spoken to who have gone in, its very much because they were charmed by the fact that an East end novelty could be found up here, but it was a try once and never again type of thing.
@f3aok Жыл бұрын
Plenty of people say they don't like it without even tasting it. Good on you for at least giving it a go.
@cleverclogs2244 Жыл бұрын
Well done for attempting the eels!! I've tried them 'sizzling', smoked, and jellied, and they're all pure evil, but they were once a staple food in the lowland area where I live. One childhood memory is of a great aunt's dark scullery that had a morbidly fascinating bucket of live eels in it one visit...
@casper4496 Жыл бұрын
My Grandad was from the east end - I've never wanted to try the jellied eels but the rollmop and cockles aren't bad - he would have rollmop almost every lunchtime!
@nekite1 Жыл бұрын
Jellied eels? I'd rather be shot! Black pudding is an entirely different proposition - now that's delicious!
@TheMagicGeekdom Жыл бұрын
I don't think either of us mind black pudding, but jellied eels was pretty bad.
@millsy1861 Жыл бұрын
I'm a born an bred South Londoner 44 years old I've never tried jellied eels and never will, I think you're right it's a dish of days gone by, well done for trying new things.....
@roberthughes8428 Жыл бұрын
Thank You For Making Me Giggle, Just The Expression On Your Faces As You Tasted The Eel,You Are Brave.
@catherinewilkins2760 Жыл бұрын
Tried jellied eels once, revolting.
@TheMagicGeekdom Жыл бұрын
I don't think we'll be having them again.
@lg5819 Жыл бұрын
I agree, Jellied eels is an acquired taste, much like Marmite, you either, like it or hate it! Like me, my Dad was a Cockney, born and raised in the old East End before it was regenerated and gentrified. I fondly remember, My Dad would eat Jellied eels from a polystyrene cup, while walking down Petticoat Lane Market on a Sunday, early morning.
@terencecarroll1812 Жыл бұрын
In years gone by jellied eels were very common because food was scarce so they fished them out of the Thames and boiled them, they were cheap and nutritious and let's face it when there isn't much more beggars can't be choosers
@richardhargrave6082 Жыл бұрын
Well done and respect for trying. Not felt the need to try Jellied Eels and I can't see that changing Pie and Mash, oh yes!
@annettemoynihan7064 Жыл бұрын
My Uncle made the pies in manzies in Woolwich (my home town) in the 1950s
@ThomasMitchellSpaghetti Жыл бұрын
Eels... eels... Now I gotta rewatch that episode of The Mighty Boosh. Haha!
@draoi99 Жыл бұрын
Ha ha, that was funny. I've lived in London for years and I have no intention of trying jellied eels. Pie and Mash on the other hand...
@TheMagicGeekdom Жыл бұрын
The pie and mash was lovely.
@edwardherron3881 Жыл бұрын
Proud of you for trying I was brought up in Peckham and wish I could have been there to show you the correct way to eat jellied eels You don’t eat the jelly and you should have lots of pepper and vinegar Eels in liquor are even better Good try though 😀
@TheMagicGeekdom Жыл бұрын
Don't eat the jelly. Good to know. 😂
@catherineturner2839 Жыл бұрын
Ha, I love jellied eels, but prefer not to add vinegar. You might have liked stewed eels better
@skipper409 Жыл бұрын
Try Dandelion and Burdock as a drink - traditional British idea of a root beer type of thing
@dannydorko7075 Жыл бұрын
Respect to you guys! I know a lot of people that wouldn't eat jellied eels
@annother3350 Жыл бұрын
At one time the river Thames was so polluted the only thing alive in there was the eels!
@TheMagicGeekdom Жыл бұрын
That's kind of frightening.
@Rockprog101 Жыл бұрын
Kudos to you both for trying it. Bless ya hearts 😄🤪
@lorrainemoynehan6791 Жыл бұрын
YOU ARE SO BRAVE. I've lived most of my life in the UK and never once felted need to try jellied ell. Roll mops I love, cockles, even walks. I now live in a south coast town is a fishing town. A few years back, in a fishmongers, I mentioned I'd never tried jellied ells. The fishmonger admitted that he too had never eaten them. We considered a pack of both trying its right there and then, but both decided that it wasn't quite the right day. I walked out with my fish pie mix. No regrets
@Skyflyer26. Жыл бұрын
Hi guys it was nice to see you in Newcastle - im recently retired and inbetween fishing walking my dog playing with my grandchildren and a heap of other stuff my wife has me subscribing to your channel and others. Loving your adventures, it's interesting to hear what people from overseas think of our little ole island. Thanks for sharing - and all the best for 2023 👌
@TheMagicGeekdom Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! We hope you have a great 2023 as well.
@kevintravis5123 Жыл бұрын
you were very brave for trying !!
@plymothianpretender5321 Жыл бұрын
Pie and mash is the food of kings and you went to the best place on the planet. Jellied eels are like marmite though - you love them or hate them. Well done for trying them! 🙌🏻
@joemichaelobrien Жыл бұрын
Well done guys! You tried it that’s the main thing! ❤
@johnhorton1012 Жыл бұрын
I am English. I am very open minded to trying different foods. I have zero desire to try jellied eels… brave of you to do it!
@raymondsouthorn1578 Жыл бұрын
Good on you for trying jellied eels. They are very much an acquired taste!
@jimwest7107 Жыл бұрын
Sat watching while full of cold and miserable lol You two always cheer me up
@Woddawic Жыл бұрын
Pie and Mash is the original fast food in London. There used to be Pie and Mash shops all over the place especially in the East End. I don't know anybody that like jellied ells
@wildwine6400 Жыл бұрын
Wow hats off to you for trying jellied eels haha. Thats the sorta food people use to insult British food on the internet 😅
@TheMagicGeekdom Жыл бұрын
There is much better British food for sure.
@David-ib5kr Жыл бұрын
It took me a while to warm to you guys due to the different English use, however I think you guys are great 🙏
@archiebald4717 Жыл бұрын
Jellied Eels are mainly an East End of London specialty. I think they are delicious, but know plenty of people who think they are repellant just to look at. Add plenty of white pepper! Nothing to do with WWII rationing. They have been eaten for at least two thousand years.
@jamestoni Жыл бұрын
im from UK and no chance i would eat that shite and i would eat almost anything.
@TheMagicGeekdom Жыл бұрын
They were not the favorite. The pie and mash was nice.
@martynnotman3467 Жыл бұрын
Jellied Eels are absolutely revolting. Thankfully they are very much a London thing.
@TheMagicGeekdom Жыл бұрын
That very much seems to be the case.
@jamestaylor3811 Жыл бұрын
Jellied eels, definitely an acquired taste! Very popular in the East End in the old days as the eels were plentiful in the Thames and that made them cheap. Coming from an East End family, most of my relatives love them (my uncle could eat them by the bucketload) but personally I can't stand them. I did like to eat the jelly doused with lots of vinegar as a kid though. Pie and mash on the other hand is great!
@melissamurray1712 Жыл бұрын
Lived here since 1999, I have NEVER eaten jellied eels. Poor Jeremy, I thought he was going to be ill.
@camerachica73 Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you went for pie and mash, as it's so good! The jellied eels not so much...
@TheMagicGeekdom Жыл бұрын
The pie and mash was lovely!
@keithwatkins7908 Жыл бұрын
I have never tried Jellied Eels, but have eaten fried eels, and elvers in white sauce and they were beautiful.
@danandrews8102 Жыл бұрын
Love jellied eels. Loads of pepper and chilli vinegar. Lovely stuff.
@what_im_eatin_uk Жыл бұрын
You should absolutely try Jam Rolly Polly and custard. It's the best British winter desert by a mile
@nigem6611 Жыл бұрын
I prefer smoked eel it's nicer. If you get the chance try potted shrimps on warm toast, generally found north of the country.
@TheMagicGeekdom Жыл бұрын
Smoked sounds much nicer. I'd probably actually enjoy that.
@andymullaney1594 Жыл бұрын
Have never tried it ,but always gets good reviews 🤗
@Andrew_J_R Жыл бұрын
I'm 50, UK, and love fishy things - cockles. mussels, pickled herring (rollmop). Squid, octopus, abalone, you name it. But Jellied Eels? Heck no!!!
@howard1707 Жыл бұрын
I absolutely love jellied eels, it's been about 3 years since I last had them due to moving away from just outside London to just outside Bath and I just can't get jellied eels locally, I will have to make an effort when I next visit Surrey to pick some up.
@peterburgess5974 Жыл бұрын
I just stumbled into your website and it's nearly 5am! Jellied EEls at 5am, now that is a delicacy as i found out when I originally helped a friend put his website together. Manzes is great. My friends Mark and Steve Button run Barneys Seafood, once of Tower Hill Gateway, but now Shop 1 in Billingsgate. I enjoy your vids - happy days. Have you been in The Lake District (my home) yet? Power to you!
@Raylufc Жыл бұрын
I have pie&mash and stewed eels with white pepper and chilli vinegar well done for trying my wife is from Missouri she has pie & mash and gravey she tried an eel as soon as it went in her mouth it was back out again
@BitsBytesBobs Жыл бұрын
Pie and mash, with jellied eels. Yum.
@helenmackinnon817 Жыл бұрын
Hi 5 indeed you guys are great love from Liverpool 🇬🇧 x
@MyDaisy66 Жыл бұрын
We used to have a Manzes in Islington, London. Generations of my family went there. So sad it’s closed. However none of us ever had jellied eels. Always Pie and Mash and Liquor (parsley sauce). Loved it !
@Ian-lx1iz Жыл бұрын
_Stick yer perishin' winkles_ _It's JELLIED EELS for me_ ...as the song goes.
@aliciabalchin4559 Жыл бұрын
You are very brave, I could not even try to eat them. Ugh!! Best wishes in your journeys.
@janettesinclair6279 Жыл бұрын
Well done for attempting jellied eels. I haven't eaten them, and from the way they looked I think I will give them a miss......
@michaellovell1368 Жыл бұрын
'm an East Londoner and was raised eating Pie and Mash. Some turn the pies and others don't (I'm a don't). The Liquor often puts people off...and probably would even more so if they discovered that the main liquid stock is actually taken from the juice that the Eels are cooked in. Salt, White Pepper and Vinegar are the condiments of choice (Chilli Vinegar if you choose). I'll admit that Eels, either stewed or jellied, don't LOOK appetising, but if you can get past the sight and "give it a chance" then you might have discovered one of life's great ingredients !! 10 out of 10 for trying, you Guys :):)
@rogerb68 Жыл бұрын
Very brave with the jelled eels, lived here all my life could never bring myself to try..
@goodfes Жыл бұрын
Well done for trying them, worked in london for 19 years and never fancied them. I think a big clue is nowhere else in UK seems to make a fuss about them. My elders used to bang on about them all the time, but the pie and mash looks great.
@maralynkeene2053 Жыл бұрын
Happy New Year to you both. My dad was a master fishmonger and he used to buy live eels and then process them himself to become jellied eels. Because shellfish was in the shop I had to eat my fair share of it BUT having seen eels thrashing around after being decapitated there was no way I would ever try them. This was in the late fifties and luckily for me Dad got a bit more modern and started to sell burgers as well as shellfish on his stall outside The Brewery Tap in my home town of Barking, Essex (UK). I didn't seem to have a problem with them, lol.
@brettwilcox81 Жыл бұрын
Fair play! I wouldn't have tried them. You will have to pick up some dandelion and burdock that's the British root beer. Perfect for washing down fish and chips. Your root beer tastes like Germoline to Brits, an antiseptic ointment which apparently uses the same root lol
@westham647580 Жыл бұрын
I’m from East London and know about 2 people that actually like Jellied eels. They are rank.
@zandraling9121 Жыл бұрын
As a Swede, pickled and cured fish is "normal", Ive lived in the UK for over 10 years and always wanted to try this...thank you for reminding me!
@harbourwoodlandvisitor2445 Жыл бұрын
it happened that in the early 2000s some Londoners began to move out of that city to go live in other parts of England. someone opened an east end pie and mash shop one time in the midlands of England. the shop only stayed open for one year and closed down, not enough punters. jellied eel is an acquired taste. i went into that shop when it was open and tried the jellied eel for the first time. i had to spit is out. to me it was a thing that was an evil all of its own flavouring and it was inside my mouth all but for 3 seconds. i wasn't able eat it. just a cold slivery thing covered in jelly. nice for some, but not for me.
@melbeasley9762 Жыл бұрын
You're braver than me, I woundn't try jellied eels. I lived in London 20 years and avoided it totally.
@nononsense3528 Жыл бұрын
I tried jellied eels about fifty years ago, nasty stuff. The bloke who lived next door to my grandparents used to prep them himself, he’d keep them alive in an old bath in the backyard for a few days in fresh water so they would flush out the mud and crap. He’d be changing the water until it “ran” clean before chopping their heads off, as an 8 year old I was fascinated 😀👍🏻
@paulrobson7887 Жыл бұрын
Well done for being brave enough to try the jellied eels. I’ve lived in London for 20 years and I’d never even contemplate the thought of trying them 🤢
@texastull Жыл бұрын
I never tried Jellied Eels, but when I lived in England I used to get fried eel from the fish n chip shop in my village.
@daveenglish1270 Жыл бұрын
Your brave people I’ve not tried them
@TheMagicGeekdom Жыл бұрын
You're probably okay skipping them.
@cephid1 Жыл бұрын
I tried Jellied eels once only the once, grim, well done for getting into the spirit of things, maybe you should try tripe not that is one of my favourites
@TheMagicGeekdom Жыл бұрын
They are a bit grim. 😂
@thebolsta Жыл бұрын
Only ever experienced jellied ells once in my life... I was at the St Ledger race meeting at Doncaster races. There was a jellied eel stall... At a radius of around 15-20 feet all around the stall there was dozens of piles of jellied eel puke... Since that moment I never wanted to try them for myself.
@MadMax76er Жыл бұрын
Manzes was my local as a kid, Pie and Liquor is the thing I miss most about living outside London, jellied eels were never something I'd eat my old man loves them though
@MackerelCat Жыл бұрын
You have to remember back in the day people didn’t have fridges, so they poured pork bone stock (full of gelatin) on foods to preserve them for a few more days. The rivers were full of eels so poor people would catch them and eat them, and keep them under jelly for the next few days. We might not think much of them now but that’s because we live in a world of plenty. Back then none of us would have turned our noses up if the alternative was starving.
@bobcharles2683 Жыл бұрын
I'm with you guys, I've lived my whole life (so far) in the UK and have tried most regional foods but jellied eels is not and never will be on my to do list!!
@keithjones9595 9 ай бұрын
I grew up for 30 years of my life in east London and without fail had pie n mash at least once a week! In all that time I never once had the urge to try jellied eels 😂 So fair play to you for trying it 👍🏻 Pie, mash & liquor is a gift from the gods 🙌🏻
@AcornElectron Жыл бұрын
5:50 😂😂. Well done to BOTH of you for trying.
@michaeldemetriou1399 Жыл бұрын
Smoked eel is nice.
@lindarolph9069 Жыл бұрын
Wow, you are so brave. I'm a Londoner and I would never let jellied eels pass my lips. Well done you two for trying
@TheMagicGeekdom Жыл бұрын
They were pretty rough. I wouldn't recommend it.
@chrisnagle2902 Жыл бұрын
I laughed when you both tried the jellied ells... I'm a Londoner.. I have never tried them and never will. You both are good sports.
@steviG63 Жыл бұрын
Love Manzes , great restaurant. Used to work 15 min walk from there and would do lunch sometimes
@cooperization Жыл бұрын
You should try the Northern dish of Tripe!!
@birdie1585 Жыл бұрын
If you go back in time, various things were the food of the poor - go back to Roman times in the UK, and oysters were cheap and plentiful, go back 1-200years and the poor ate herrings. In other era cod was food for the poor. Eels were food for the poor around 100-150 years ago. There is nothing to dislike about jellied eels, although I skin them before cooking and the jelly is no different to cooking meat of any kind on the bone - the gravy jellies when cold. Eel just tastes of fish, and from what I learn online, the average American eats very little fish. Fish is like lamb - very much an aquired taste unless you are brought up with it. (I love lamb - there is some cooling from the oven, now.) Smoked eel is to DIE for, and fried is better than jellied.
@JohnSmith-pq3xl Жыл бұрын
Jellied eels love them
@athelstan2 Жыл бұрын
You have the eels stewed HOT with liqueur mash and chilli vinegar,or you have the ells hot with the pie lift the top of the pie fill the pie with deboned eels put the pie top back and enjoy jellied eels are normally eaten with lots of white pepper and dry bread as a snack often after leaving the pub at night or at a party been doing this for 65 years in south london down the walworth road micks eels in billingsgate fish market are the best tobuy
@grahvis Жыл бұрын
Never fancied jellied eels but then I don't particularly like eels, other than elvers. I would give any I caught to my mother who was very fond of them. They are very nutritious.
@titchs9098 Жыл бұрын
Very brave! Never tried them. I’m English, both parents are Londoners. My mum is from the east end and even she has never had jellied eels. Pie, mash and liquor - yes! But with vinegar, too. Every time I visit London I always go to Manzes.
@joemichaelobrien Жыл бұрын
If you guys have cockles have it the traditional way with white pepper and vinegar (chilli vinegar if you can), my FAVOURITE!
@kropka8259 Жыл бұрын
You guys had me laughing out loud with the eel thing 🤣 Trying to be respectful but struggling not to show discomfort on your faces! HAHA!
@keekirdav Жыл бұрын
The best Manzes pie and mash shop was down Walthamstow high street, loved pie, mash n liquor, n even enjoyed steamed eels, can stomach one or two jellied ells but no more than that lol
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