Al GorithmJul 5, 2023
Surprised Eel Historian, PhD

You've probably been wondering: "How many eels is a cottage worth in 14th C. England?" #Eels #Medieval #history

This is a reasonable question. I get it. And happily, I'm here to help! I included a chart showing this kind of equivalence in an article I wrote a while ago. Here’s an excerpt!

To learn more about how much individual eels were worth, see my website!

https://historiacartarum.org/eel-rents-project/what-does-a-stick-of-eels-get-you/

Jun 27, 2023 at 2:34pmWeb
Show threadSteve SchwinghamerJun 27, 2023

@greenleejw

Indeed, the question of appropriate valuation of 14C eel estate woke me just last night in a cold sweat, and now I am weir-y.

Show threadEric BrandomJun 27, 2023
@greenleejw three thousand eels all at once is not so much a payment as an apocalypse.
Show threadAndrew Benedict-NelsonJun 27, 2023
@greenleejw man, eelflation is out of control
Show threadPeter BinkleyJun 27, 2023
@greenleejw I stand before you here today to swear a solemn oath: every spreadsheet I create during the next year and a day will have a "But in eels?" column
Show threadquixoteJun 27, 2023

@greenleejw Several eels? Yes. But how did they deal with the higher eel valuations? It takes time to catch 3000 eels. So do the earlier eels, the ones that don't smell so good any more, still count? If not, how do you ever get to 3000 eels?

(It's cheating to smoke them or dry them, surely.)

Show threadSo many dynamosJun 28, 2023
@quixote @greenleejw Perhaps an installment plan could be devised acceptable to both buyer and seller wherein eels would accrue in escrow
Show threadDogzillaJul 18, 2023
@quixote @greenleejw Just be thankful it’s 3000 eels and not 3000 hagfish
Show threadPau AmmaJun 27, 2023
@greenleejw Actually, what I'm wondering now is the price in eels of Ea-Nasir's finest copper, CIF.
Show threadpaulJun 28, 2023

@greenleejw

240 pennies in a pound.

£2=2880 eels

Show threadHywelJun 28, 2023

@greenleejw @eleanorrees if 3 eels = dozen eggs and a dozen eggs on my last Sainsbury’s order were £2.85, a two storey cottage should cost £2850.

The average house price in the UK in March 2023 was …🥁… £285,000.

But at today’s GBP-EEL exchange rate, it’s £47,850.

Cottages have gone up somewhere between 6 and 100 times since you could readily buy them with fresh produce.

Show threadEleanor ReesJun 28, 2023
@daycoder @greenleejw So if eel prices were pegged to house prices, the eel teppanyaki at the best sushi place near here would be something between £95 and £1600.
Show threadSid🇵🇸Jun 28, 2023
@greenleejw catching 3,000 eels is a task I could complete. Paying off a mortgage, otoh...
Show threadMatthew "Smiffy" SmithJul 5, 2023

@greenleejw @fsvo This got boosted into my timeline when a, I'm hungry, and b, haven't had eel since *calculates* 1998?

Now I want smoked eel, baked eel, pickled eel...

Show threadGwenfar Jul 5, 2023
@greenleejw this is wonderful! And that's a follow
Show threadJos DingjanJul 5, 2023
@greenleejw I am desperately trying to figure out how many eels fit in a hovercraft and whether you’re better off with the cow equivalent or not.
Show threadNick DrageJul 5, 2023
@greenleejw one for you @JubalBarca ?
Show threadæon Jul 5, 2023
@greenleejw did everyone have to deal with the physical logistics of this on a daily basis or were there systems of eel credit
Show threadEVHasteJul 5, 2023
@greenleejw This is the kind of weird shit I come to Mastodon for, thank you
Show threadCheeky Wee DrewieJul 6, 2023
@greenleejw Hi, new follower here. Would the eels need to be alive? Or could you, say, smoke thousands of eels to preserve them as a deposit on a cottage? Asking on behalf of my wife.
Show threadMarcos Wright-KuhnsJul 7, 2023
@greenleejw Ha! Can’t not tag @roseveleth on this excellent eel content
Show threadDan ShickJul 18, 2023
@greenleejw this is fantastic news as my hovercraft is FULL of them
Show threadwakest ⁂Jul 18, 2023
@greenleejw wait but 4 eggs to an eel makes either eggs really expensive or eels verrrrry cheap
Show threadjordanJul 18, 2023
@greenleejw 4:1 egg-to-eel conversion ratio
Show threadDogzillaJul 18, 2023
@greenleejw My hovercraft is full of eels
Show threadEve (?), she/her (?), secret spooky romulan (?)Jul 18, 2023
@greenleejw I wonder how the eel exchange rate has held up - demand is down, but so is supply, and they have cocaine in them now! Extracting the cocaine from the eels may be a logistical challenge though
Show threadSupermoosieJul 29, 2023

@greenleejw

Going to ring the Real Estate agent and ask how many eels it is for the nice place down the street which has just been put up for sale.