Whole Smoked Eel Size:1.5 LB avg culminating with an air-chilling process

culminating with an air-chilling process that is markedly superior to the more common

Racks average 6 lbs

These conditions are most classically exemplified in certain pockets of the Japanese mountains

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spending their final twenty five days before harvest experiencing the eminently complex and controversial period of gavage -- deliberately feeding the birds more than they would otherwise ingest

Whole Smoked Eel Size:1.5 LB avg culminating with an air-chilling processAll of the eel for our smoked program come from domestic wild fisheries along the east coast and throughout the Chesapeake basin and all are trap caught. While there are seasonal peaks and lulls, we are able to source domestic eel year round, always domestic. The eel are delivered by our harvesters directly to the smoker, where they are then bled, gutted, and de slimed with salt. From there they are washed, then briefly brined in our proprietary salt