Stewed Eel
A historical recipe from The Italian Cook Book The Art of Eating Well, by Maria Gentile (1919).
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A historical recipe
The Italian Cook Book The Art of Eating Well; Practical Recipes of the Italian Cuisine, Pastries, Sweets, Frozen Delicacies, and Syrups, by Maria Gentile (1919) .
Project Gutenberg eBook #24407.
From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.
Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
Cook safely
Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.
Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.
Method
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For this dish it is preferable to have good sized eels that must not be skinned, but cut in small pieces. Chop some onion and parsley, put it on the fire with oil, salt, and pepper, and when the onion is browned, add the pieces of eel. Wait until it has absorbed the taste of the onion sauce and then complete the cooking with tomato sauce (No. 12). See that there is plenty of gravy and serve with little squares or diamonds of toast.
Music from Italy
20 recordings, free to play here.
La villanella (Ma come balli bene bella bimba)
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La villanella (Ma come balli bene bella bimba)
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Boccerini Op11 n°5 G275 Satz3 Minuett
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Bevagna Festa
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Albinoni, Concerto for Oboe and Strings No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9, II. Adagio
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Albinoni, Concerto for Oboe and Strings No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9, I. Allegro e con presto
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Pietro Domenico Paradisi - Toccata dalla Sonata VI in La maggiore
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Albinoni, Concerto for Oboe and Strings No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9, III. Allegro
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Una furtiva lagrima (1902)
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Enrico Caruso, L'elisir d'amore, Una furtiva lagrima
1911 · 4:21
Enrico Caruso, Bessie Abott, Louise Homer, Antonio Scotti, Giuseppe Verdi, Bella figlia dell' amore (Rigoletto) unrestored
1907 · 3:46
Caruso et al - È scherzo od è follia - unrestored
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20091104 Alisa Weilerstein and Sujari Britt - Boccherini's Sonata for Two Cellos in C Major, 1st movement Allegro moderato
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La bohème, O Mimì, tu più non torni (Caruso, Scotti)
1907 · 3:05
Vivaldi - Motet for Soprano and Orchestra - 1. Larghetto
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Laudate pueri
2000 · 7:36
Monteverdi - Lamento della Ninfa
2007 · 5:58
Deus in adiutorium
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Vivaldi - Concerto for Two Violins in A minor, Op. 3, No. 8 - 2. Larghetto e spiritoso
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