Comment on Jellied Eels
Although a true Yorkshireman, I was engaged to a real cockney girl and her Mum was a jellies champion (17 bowls in one sitting!) Many's the time I've spent Sunday lunch in an east end pub. 4 pints of bitter, jellied eels and crisps with pickled eggs. Then home for a roast dinner and afternoon in front of the telly
Comment on Jellied Eels posted 2007-07-30 by Richard from Thailand
Comment on Jellied Eels
I was born in 1947 in London. Until my mum became pregnant with me she could not stand, let alone eat, jellied eels. Ever since I was little I have LOVED jellied eels as well as pie 'n' mash. In 1965 we moved to Australia, I have not had jellied eels or any other kind of 'cockney delicacy' since. I would love to get a good recipe for the liqour served with pie 'n' mash...mick_smith@iinet.net.au
Comment on Jellied Eels posted 2007-07-12 by Michael (Mick) Smith from Christie Downs, South Australia
Comment on Jellied Eels
Jellied eels and pie and mash - of course it's an icon. Just as tripe and onions also is. Get 'on yer bike' and try it luv - you might just like it. What a comment on our society that people who could probably cook an Italian or Indian dish have never tried one of our long standing native sea-food dishes! You'll be telling us that you've never tried oysters next...
Comment on Jellied Eels posted 2006-09-15 by Chas (not Dave) from Midlands
Comment on Jellied Eels
Outside of London and the South East nobody would consider eating these things. An Icon of London perhaps but not something us lot 'up north' would recognise. Would a resident of Bow think that tripe and onions is something they would identify with!!!
Comment on Jellied Eels posted 2006-04-28 by JD from Leeds
England, not London
It doesn't mean a thing to me why should it, Ive never eaten them or even seen them, I'm English but jellied eals is a reginal dish from London.
Comment on Jellied Eels posted 2006-03-22 by Steve Andrews from North Lancashire
Comment on Jellied Eels
You're right jellied eels are god's gift to the East End, however as a born and bred East Ender (Bethnal Green) I have never seen eels served with peas as described in your article.
Comment on Jellied Eels posted 2008-08-13 by Mick Curran from London