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The Oldest Fast Food Restaurant in the East End

submitted by Mordhaus

7 years 8 months ago

In this MUNCHIES special, we meet owner Joe Cooke, great-grandson of Robert Cooke, who opened London’s first pie shop in 1862. Joe shows us how to prepare a proper plate of pie and mash, complete with an eel and parsley sauce known as liquor.

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Love this guy. Are eels a standard English food. I had no idea *promote

Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Monday, August 22nd, 2016 7:00pm PDT - promote requested by eric3579.

From what I understand, eels were easily available as a cheap source of protein for many years. Even after the Thames became so dirty that the eels couldn't survive, they retained their status as a comfort food for people around the London area.

They do have poisonous blood to mammals, so the guy was telling the truth about the stinging in the eye bit.

Thanks for the promote!

Love this guy. Are eels a standard English food. I had no idea *promote

Moving this video to Mordhaus's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

*promote

Self promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued - promote requested by original submitter Mordhaus.

Looks delicious. Eels are one of those foods like oysters, that used to be dirt cheap but, due to overfishing and pollution, are pretty expensive now.

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