Once you get past that, however, they're great eating!
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Angler fish -- AKA monkfish -- is called "rap" in Catalonia.
These fish are fairly large, the mouths are perhaps six inches across,
the needle-like teeth look vicious, and there's a coating of
slime on the skin that drips in viscous strings reminiscent of a
toddler with a bad cold.
Once you get past that, however, they're great eating! |
A vendor slices top notch (and top-price, at 10 euros for 100 grams)
Iberian ham from the white-hooved thigh of a pig that was fed nothing
but acorns
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Talk about an ice cream dream! |