They didn't taste like anything. I was pretty dissapointed actually. I got them in China and I expected them to be sort of like crayfish. You know scorpions can get about that big but instead it was a bowl of these teenie tiny scorpions that you just eat stinger and all. You know the outer part of the popcorn kernel that gets stuck between your tooth and gums? Well that was both the texture and teh flavor. I wouldn't order them again.

When I was a kid we did a lot of fresh water fishing during the summer and we stocked up the freezers for the winter. During the winter you would take out the eel that we froze in roughly 4"-5" pieces. Thaw them out and throw them into the frying pan after dredging in a seasoned flour or corn meal. They would still move around in the pan even after being frozen for months. We always got a kick out of it.
Anyone ever clean and eel?

Yes and they.....as you pointed out still squirm once you place them in the pan and start frying them!

But I had no idea they would still squirm around even after being frozen, that is funny. I'll bet it cracked you guys up. My sons used to get tickeled when I would fry them. All the eels I cleaned and fried and I never would even taste one bite! Too squirmy for me:D I could just imagine putting it in my mouth and having it start squirming e-e-e-e-ekkkk:eek:

RE: "I love, love eel thought it's not that strange."

At one restaurant we had this waitress named Diane who used to scream like a BANSHEE when we'd pull out these wiggly EELS and chase her 'round the kitchen w/ them! She used to joke (At least I think she was joking!) that each time we did that she had to change her uniform!