@meerlala Indeed! I wonder why the rich ceased to enjoy eating #eels in the #19thCentury - snobbery presumably?
& it is shocking how many foods then cheap enough for everyman have become #CriticallyEndangered.
🙏 @greenleejw for your fascinating insights into both history & ecological change - & your usual #GreatAltText!
https://www.zsl.org/what-we-do/projects/european-eel-conservation
#eel #conservation #FoodHistory #EndangeredSpecies @histodons #SaveOurEels
#eels #19thcentury #criticallyendangered #greatalttext #eel #conservation #foodhistory #endangeredspecies #saveoureels