@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