European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 the stars and stripes Florida fat farm for k by Paul Wyatt United press International in Bradley runs a Florida fat farm in re verse for scrawny a Marine is in charge of the Delaware Valley fish 100acre eel farm just North of Palatka on the Johns no ones done this in this country at this level As far As i said a native of Morehead the former Bass farm is dotted with 54 acres of shallow where the eels shipped South to Florida because of the warmer Are Ted special food to fatten them and coddled by a staff of up to eight twice a year those that make the graded weight minimums Are harvested with seines and hoop shipped to Philadelphia by truck for sorting and still alive and air freighted to eur they want to see the condition of the eel there assured of a fresh product if its still said formerly an employee of the Florida game and fresh water fish Delaware Valley Sells eels to England and he they also arc popular in the far february modern living american firm airfreight eels live to England and the eels Are pickled in England and in some countries thrown whole into a delicious seafood it is a very fat fish Richer than Normal american fish Bradley its More in the line of scallops Between scallops and a fish unless you develop a taste for you  eat a its like eating a Rich How come eel Hast caught on in the in sure their physical appearance has something to do with said when people find out i work with they How can you there considered Slimy and eels in the same class As octopus and which also Are in abundant Supply but rate fairly Low with the american Bradley were being too he Delaware Valley currently has no interest in developing a we cant satisfy the de Mand we have Bradley no one in the United states is currently processing them he although there is a Man in who Sells about pounds a week in the Boston the eel available at american supermarkets usually is packed in Olive Oil in tins and imported from South Korea or it frequently is either hard to find or in Short and relatively a 4ouncc tin of eel in a Palatka supermarket was Selling for eels spawn in the Sargasso sea in the Southwest at lactic just East of the it is believed they die after they the Young eels Migrate from the sea to the essentially the opposite of the their journey takes about a some go to european Young eels Are about two inches Flat like ribbons and except for their when they encounter brackish water where the Rivers empty into the once in brackish they undergo a metamorphosis in shape and becoming round and dark Green with White they use the fresh water As their we could Breed them the technology Bradley but the technology does not exist to feed them when they Bradley said Delaware Valley buys eels from Fisher mostly in new Jersey and new the under sized eels arc the ones sent South to grow and get eel production is especially intensive in Bradley the japanese have increased their cultivation of eels by 15 percent a year since 1978 when total production was metric they obviously know How to produce these he at wits end by Ermo Bombeck there Are some people who say there Are no surprises left in the world they say that everything has become we wins the election before the polls we can accurately predict the sex of an unborn we can Tell when our appliances will go just by checking the Date on the and if a woman serves braised parakeet lips Over wild Rice for its a certainty her husband had it for take there Are a few things that will continue to be a mystery no matter How much technology dominates our some things will never be predictable in our take the Cost of your i can never anticipate How sick i am until the druggist tells me the Cost of my i can be standing there aching and afraid to Start a Long when he Thall be Ive paid More for a suntan at other Ive been the picture of Confidence As i stand at the counter with Loose change in my hand and a simple stitch in my the druggist presses a Small vial in my Palm no bigger than a thimble and i Haven seen that much Cash since the garage and speaking of what about the one where you take your car to be fixed dont Tell me the world Doest hold some the garage i go to is a it Marks the Birthplace of the postdated More Chest pains have been recorded at a service ment of car repairs than at any other single place of no matter what estimate has been there is always a charge that was not i have heard there was a person whose car had to be pushed into a garage Only to discover the problem was a 15cent but i never knew him the american people Are not nor Are they without appreciation that services cannot carry a Standard Price but i watched a Young girl recently in the vets office who had come to claim her first she had her Billfold out and As they tallied up the she got out her As they continued adding up the she graduated to her charge card revolving i  be surprised if that dog had to 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