Trying ICONIC English Dishes in London

During our last trip to London, we visited Menze's Pie and Mash shop where we tried some weird British foods including jellied eels and pie and liquor. We give you our thoughts on Menze's and the food that we had in this video.
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[@juliantompkins9650]

To my knowledge I have seen them all. I like it you try the non tourist stuff. I would like to show you around my home town. Maybe next year! I think you should find a chippy and try fish and chips there. Please let your husband say more.

[@Muckylittleme]

Now you know why it said "Last surviving Jellied Eels Cafe"

[@therealtwiggyleaf]

I lived in London for 10 years, and in the East End for five of those years, and never once felt the need or desire to try "jellied eels". So, BRAVO to you two for trying! 😎😎

[@mumacita1003]

Amen 🙏🏼 super brave

[@Mrhullsie2]

Yes, well done for trying it, there isn't a barge pole long enough for me to touch the stuff.

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

We can at least say that we tried them.

[@GulGul-m7q]

😊❤

[@AminaFlorenceRuby]

@@TheMagicGeekdomWell done! I was born and raised in East London and I would never try them. 🤢

[@ulyssesthirteen7031]

Your commitment to your channel is medal worthy. Even as a Brit, I was retching just watching you eat those jellied eels. There's a reason it's not even a 'thing' outside London.

[@parklanecartman2165]

You nearly had it right eating the pie and mash. The correct procedure is to turn the pies over, break the bottom of the pie open, add vinegar to the pie mash and liquor, then eat with the spoon. The fork is just to assist. You also should have had stewed eels (hot), mash, and liquor. Jellied eels are normally a snack to have with a few beers. Years ago a lot of pubs used to have a seafood stall outside, so you'd have some beers and pop outside for a bowl of jellies, or a plate of cockles or whelks, all liberally covered in vinegar and white pepper.

[@markc1793]

I'm a Brit, lived here all my 38yrs and i will never try jellied eels, cockles or rollmops every again, once was more than enough!. My mum and nan both loved all three but i think they take "aquired taste" to a whole new level, seriously impressed with you giving eels a shot. I think they're just one of those things that far more people dislike than like even here.

[@slimofbonar1978]

Cockles and rollmops are fit, jellied eels are shit lol

[@jimwest7107]

Yeah I can't stomach them either. Prawns my limit.

[@jemmajames6719]

Every time we went to the seaside my mum always bought cockles and winkles 🤢

[@freddiemac1438]

Nothing wrong with rollmops

[@jasonsmart3482]

@@slimofbonar1978 Agree love rollmops and very popular in Scandinavia. Use to have cockles and whelks as a child when visiting my gran by the coast. liked them then but never found the need to have them since.

[@johnathantaylor5913]

Born and raised near London and (as far as I know) never met anybody who has even tried jellied eels let alone likes it. You two are braver than me!

[@keithjones9595]

I grew up for 30 years of my life in east London and without fail had pie n mash at least once a week! In all that time I never once had the urge to try jellied eels 😂 So fair play to you for trying it 👍🏻 Pie, mash & liquor is a gift from the gods 🙌🏻

[@rosewardale159]

Well bloody done for trying!!! Im British and 62yrs of age and NEVER ever wanted or tried Jellied Eels, yuk yuk yuk (Sorry I know you shouldnt ever say yuk if youve never tried them) but nope nope nope hahaha Love Rose xx

[@topchelseagirl9074]

I was raised on Manzes! Pie & mash is the best - you should add plenty of vinegar, preferably the chilli vinegar. Jellied eels were my Nan's favourite food, I've never tried them, so well done to you for being brave enough to try them. When I was in there last year a group of Japanese students sat by me and they devoured the eels!

[@melbeasley9762]

Yes, but Japanese eat raw fish and whale meat!

[@russcattell955i]

Each to their own but for me those pies looked under cooked on the bottom. Sure, i'd eat them if I was hungry, but I have had better on my travels.

[@SkepticalSteve01]

Full marks to you two for taking a crack at a traditional London food that most modern Londoners wouldn’t touch! I lived in London for many years and never tried the stuff, even though for some of those years I lived near Dalston, where there was another cafe that sold jellied eels, pie and liquor, and the full cockney catastrophe. Now that I’m back in New Zealand, where I was born, jellied eels are nowhere to be found, although we have plenty of meat pies here. We also have Japanese sushi shops, and I’ve sometimes tried eel sushi and quite liked it. If I ever find myself in London again I’ll definitely seek out a plate of jellied eels, just for the novelty of it.

[@colincooke6320]

I grew up a working class Londoner in the fifties and found this food the most disgusting I ever had.

[@Thomas_TheTHM]

Eels... eels... Now I gotta rewatch that episode of The Mighty Boosh. Haha!

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

As an American child in the 70's we used to eat Swanson's chicken pot pies and we definitely ate the pie upside down because that doughy bottom crust was the BEST!! When you flipped the pie over, it totally looked like that!

[@Paul-hl8yg]

Like Fray Bentos tinned pies, keep a soggy bottom.. Ooh!! Lol.

[@rickb3645]

Hi Dara... When i was a child... Mum used to take me shopping to our local Indoor Market... Mainly to pick up a joint of Meat each week for our Sunday Roast... Sometimes it was Lamb... Pork... or Beef... As well as the cheaper Poultry... Then while we were in there... We would also buy our Cheese... Eggs... Bacon... Sausages... Cooked Ham... Fish... And as a regular treat each week... Mum would take me to the Seafood Stall... Where i would be allowed to have some shellfish... They were served on a tiny saucer... I used to have either Cockles or Mussels in Vinegar... But if i had been particularly good that week... I was also treated to either a Dressed Crab... Or a bag of fresh Periwinkles to take home too... Where i would use a safety pin to dig them out from their shells to eat... And sometimes i would be treated to either some Crab Sticks or the much larger Crayfish Sticks... 😋 Mum always knew i was a seafood lover... So whenever she could... She would always treat me while we were out shopping on a Saturday morning... I've never tried Jellied Eels myself... But that's more to do with the fact that i don't really like Jelly... I don't even like it in Pork Pies either... And so i have to remove it whenever i have them... 😂 I still keep watching your videos Dara... I loved the recent ones on the UK's Christmas Adverts... 👌 Say hi to Ian for me... And give my regards to the whole family too... I'll drop you a message on your channel before Christmas... Until then guys... All the best... Cheers. 🍺🍺

[@andrewlaw]

They are cooked with two different types of pastry. I believe the bottom is suet based which is why it stays soft and looks almost uncooked. The top is a flaky type pastry that complements the bottom perfectly.

[@tonys1636]

@@rickb3645 I'm old enough to remember when Lamb was the cheapest meat (New Zealand), Mutton even cheaper. Chicken was a luxury as a roasting bird, the cock birds, was over four times the price of a broiler, the old hens past egg producing, as only suitable for stews or soup. It's all the other way round now, Mutton almost impossible to find as few farmers keep sheep for wool production anymore. Pork and Beef were about the same price and the pork was darker with more flavour, slow grown Pigs, in the open and fed swill (the waste food) from restaurants and canteens, it was all boiled up to kill the Bacteria, the Pigs often allowed to graze in old Orchards for an apple flavour to the meat.

[@tonys1636]

@@andrewlaw That explains the soggy bottom Suet Crust takes longer to cook than Puff Pastry.

[@terencecarroll1812]

In years gone by jellied eels were very common because food was scarce so they fished them out of the Thames and boiled them, they were cheap and nutritious and let's face it when there isn't much more beggars can't be choosers

[@kevinduggan201]

This is very much a London thing, as far as I am aware there are no stores thst sell jellied eels outside of the East End. We have one pie and mash shop in Liverpool, and we'll it does just enough business to keep afloat but is hardly packed whenever I go past, and from the few people that I have spoken to who have gone in, its very much because they were charmed by the fact that an East end novelty could be found up here, but it was a try once and never again type of thing.

[@doofus4648]

Got to admit that I am a Brit that does like jellied eels!! I like them with lots of white pepper. That being said I get why people don’t like them, very much an acquired taste.

[@gary_g1839]

as a young boy (early 70s) I grew up eating pie & mash or mash and liquor (10p) for school dinner, Old man Manzies was over 90 and still working in the shop every day. My brother when he got married had a 5kg bowl of eels as part of his wedding dinner 🤮 only him and my grandad ate the vile things........ Well done on trying them and not throwing up

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Wow, that's a lot of eels!

[@annettemoynihan7064]

My Uncle made the pies in manzies in Woolwich (my home town) in the 1950s

[@marxsparx]

I’m British. I would say very very few of us have even tried jellied eel. I’ve never tried them and don’t plan too. I think you should have eaten a bit more though just to sure be it wasn’t for you. 😂.

[@paulhoss6836]

Come to the UK to try jellied eels I'm sure we have something better than that

[@pb_pb_pb_pb]

@@paulhoss6836 they try an array of things

[@silentauditor9513]

Def go back for seconds and try to inspire me 😂

[@silentauditor9513]

Def go back for seconds and try to inspire me 😂

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

I have a hard time believing that we'd enjoy it if we tried more.

[@PaulHunter1972]

I lived here all my life and I love liver, and black pudding, and kidneys, but for the love of god Jellied eels no, best way to eat eels is Korean BBQ style on Korean Englishman, I used to go from Camden to Southend and my nan and dad grandad loved em, I have so bad memories of eating it I never will ever again and I was brought up around pie and mash shops and eels, I loved the pie and mash but never Jellied eels, still a great review.

[@annother3350]

At one time the river Thames was so polluted the only thing alive in there was the eels!

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

That's kind of frightening.

[@richardhargrave6082]

Well done and respect for trying. Not felt the need to try Jellied Eels and I can't see that changing Pie and Mash, oh yes!

[@grahammitchell9415]

My dad loved jellied eels, my big lasting memorie was when he was on his second or third round of chemo,feeling terrible and completely of his food we bought him a portion of jellied eels. It put the smile back on his face and he ate the lot with salt, pepper and brown bread.

[@casper4496]

My Grandad was from the east end - I've never wanted to try the jellied eels but the rollmop and cockles aren't bad - he would have rollmop almost every lunchtime!

[@Bea_mackinnon]

Hi 5 indeed you guys are great love from Liverpool 🇬🇧 x

[@f3aok]

Plenty of people say they don't like it without even tasting it. Good on you for at least giving it a go.

[@amyraisey5631]

You should have put the loads of vinegar on the liquor lol

[@brettwilcox81]

Fair play! I wouldn't have tried them. You will have to pick up some dandelion and burdock that's the British root beer. Perfect for washing down fish and chips. Your root beer tastes like Germoline to Brits, an antiseptic ointment which apparently uses the same root lol

[@mumacita1003]

So brave, I’ve lived in London my whole life and have never plucked up the courage 😩 I’m must say your travels are amazing to watch, such a lovely couple with the best chemistry, it truly shines through your vlogs, Excited to watch your next adventure ✈️❤️

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Thank you so much!

[@sillysausage2244]

Well done for attempting the eels!! I've tried them 'sizzling', smoked, and jellied, and they're all pure evil, but they were once a staple food in the lowland area where I live. One childhood memory is of a great aunt's dark scullery that had a morbidly fascinating bucket of live eels in it one visit...

[@Paul-hl8yg]

Jellied eels? .. Yukity yukity yuk yuk!! 😆🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@edwardherron3881]

Proud of you for trying I was brought up in Peckham and wish I could have been there to show you the correct way to eat jellied eels You don’t eat the jelly and you should have lots of pepper and vinegar Eels in liquor are even better Good try though 😀

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Don't eat the jelly. Good to know. 😂

[@millsy1861]

I'm a born an bred South Londoner 44 years old I've never tried jellied eels and never will, I think you're right it's a dish of days gone by, well done for trying new things.....

[@skipper409]

Try Dandelion and Burdock as a drink - traditional British idea of a root beer type of thing

[@lg_believe333]

I agree, Jellied eels is an acquired taste, much like Marmite, you either, like it or hate it! Like me, my Dad was a Cockney, born and raised in the old East End before it was regenerated and gentrified. I fondly remember, My Dad would eat Jellied eels from a polystyrene cup, while walking down Petticoat Lane Market on a Sunday, early morning.

[@roberthughes8428]

Thank You For Making Me Giggle, Just The Expression On Your Faces As You Tasted The Eel,You Are Brave.

[@draoi99]

Ha ha, that was funny. I've lived in London for years and I have no intention of trying jellied eels. Pie and Mash on the other hand...

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

The pie and mash was lovely.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

**looks ready to cry** after eating the first bite of eel. Cara, you are making me even MORE scared about trying the jellied eels after watching you eat it! eeeew! But thanks for showing us Americans how it's done! Cheers! Dara

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

It's a lot. I'd say try it, but get a small portion if you can.

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

@@TheMagicGeekdom definitely a small bite! 🤣

[@johnhorton1012]

I am English. I am very open minded to trying different foods. I have zero desire to try jellied eels… brave of you to do it!

[@birdie1585]

If you go back in time, various things were the food of the poor - go back to Roman times in the UK, and oysters were cheap and plentiful, go back 1-200years and the poor ate herrings. In other era cod was food for the poor. Eels were food for the poor around 100-150 years ago. There is nothing to dislike about jellied eels, although I skin them before cooking and the jelly is no different to cooking meat of any kind on the bone - the gravy jellies when cold. Eel just tastes of fish, and from what I learn online, the average American eats very little fish. Fish is like lamb - very much an aquired taste unless you are brought up with it. (I love lamb - there is some cooling from the oven, now.) Smoked eel is to DIE for, and fried is better than jellied.

[@lorrainemoynehan6791]

YOU ARE SO BRAVE. I've lived most of my life in the UK and never once felted need to try jellied ell. Roll mops I love, cockles, even walks. I now live in a south coast town is a fishing town. A few years back, in a fishmongers, I mentioned I'd never tried jellied ells. The fishmonger admitted that he too had never eaten them. We considered a pack of both trying its right there and then, but both decided that it wasn't quite the right day. I walked out with my fish pie mix. No regrets

[@plymothianpretender5321]

Pie and mash is the food of kings and you went to the best place on the planet. Jellied eels are like marmite though - you love them or hate them. Well done for trying them! 🙌🏻

[@dazza9326]

My nan was an East London girl. She passed away at 96 a few years ago, watching her eat jellied Eals with no teeth use to turn my stomach......... And the thing is, they're not cheap.

[@mumacita1003]

RIP Nan 🙏🏼❤️

[@Pistol_Knight]

It is still owned by the family of the original Manzie family, they still own 3 shops Tower Bridge, Peckham & Sutton. (although other shops in London still use the name but are not the family) proper use of the spoon (well done) and I did tell you to have the stewed Eel's (warmer is better than cold) even I don't like jellied Eel's. 'Try Weird British Food' that's a staple for us!! you never said how much it cost, it's a very affordable meal!!!

[@michaellovell1368]

'm an East Londoner and was raised eating Pie and Mash. Some turn the pies and others don't (I'm a don't). The Liquor often puts people off...and probably would even more so if they discovered that the main liquid stock is actually taken from the juice that the Eels are cooked in. Salt, White Pepper and Vinegar are the condiments of choice (Chilli Vinegar if you choose). I'll admit that Eels, either stewed or jellied, don't LOOK appetising, but if you can get past the sight and "give it a chance" then you might have discovered one of life's great ingredients !! 10 out of 10 for trying, you Guys :):)

[@danandrews8102]

Love jellied eels. Loads of pepper and chilli vinegar. Lovely stuff.

[@nigem6611]

I prefer smoked eel it's nicer. If you get the chance try potted shrimps on warm toast, generally found north of the country.

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Smoked sounds much nicer. I'd probably actually enjoy that.

[@wildwine6400]

Wow hats off to you for trying jellied eels haha. Thats the sorta food people use to insult British food on the internet 😅

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

There is much better British food for sure.

[@alestout5632]

Should of had stewed eels with pie & mash jelled eels with a pint

[@Michelle-bo4hj]

Well done for trying . I grew up on this food , first off you need tons of malt vinigar on all the dishes . You can have the eels in a bowl of hot liqueur that way no jelly just a meaty fish . Merry Christmas

[@andycapp3499]

I tried eel only once fried in garlic butter didn't like the texture, to slimy. I'm impressed that you tried it though, just shows not everything we eat in the UK is truly edible.

[@russmeans]

Cuddos for trying the eel! Swimming in vinagar lol. But you tried it. Ps..I haven't lol!

[@TheFamousMileEnd]

South London pie and mash at Manze's ain't bad, but the best is Kelly's in Roman Road, East London. If anyone tells you otherwise they're talking bollocks, are from south London, or both.

[@goodfes]

Well done for trying them, worked in london for 19 years and never fancied them. I think a big clue is nowhere else in UK seems to make a fuss about them. My elders used to bang on about them all the time, but the pie and mash looks great.

[@zandraling9121]

As a Swede, pickled and cured fish is "normal", Ive lived in the UK for over 10 years and always wanted to try this...thank you for reminding me!

[@archiebald4717]

Jellied Eels are mainly an East End of London specialty. I think they are delicious, but know plenty of people who think they are repellant just to look at. Add plenty of white pepper! Nothing to do with WWII rationing. They have been eaten for at least two thousand years.

[@Raylufc]

I have pie&mash and stewed eels with white pepper and chilli vinegar well done for trying my wife is from Missouri she has pie & mash and gravey she tried an eel as soon as it went in her mouth it was back out again

[@Andrew_J_R]

I'm 50, UK, and love fishy things - cockles. mussels, pickled herring (rollmop). Squid, octopus, abalone, you name it. But Jellied Eels? Heck no!!!

[@howard1707]

I absolutely love jellied eels, it's been about 3 years since I last had them due to moving away from just outside London to just outside Bath and I just can't get jellied eels locally, I will have to make an effort when I next visit Surrey to pick some up.

[@MackerelCat]

You have to remember back in the day people didn’t have fridges, so they poured pork bone stock (full of gelatin) on foods to preserve them for a few more days. The rivers were full of eels so poor people would catch them and eat them, and keep them under jelly for the next few days. We might not think much of them now but that’s because we live in a world of plenty. Back then none of us would have turned our noses up if the alternative was starving.

[@thebolsta]

Only ever experienced jellied ells once in my life... I was at the St Ledger race meeting at Doncaster races. There was a jellied eel stall... At a radius of around 15-20 feet all around the stall there was dozens of piles of jellied eel puke... Since that moment I never wanted to try them for myself.

[@titchs9098]

Very brave! Never tried them. I’m English, both parents are Londoners. My mum is from the east end and even she has never had jellied eels. Pie, mash and liquor - yes! But with vinegar, too. Every time I visit London I always go to Manzes.

[@paulrobson7887]

Well done for being brave enough to try the jellied eels. I’ve lived in London for 20 years and I’d never even contemplate the thought of trying them 🤢

[@MagentaOtterTravels]

YOU ARE SO BRAVE! I will tried jellied eels one day, but I'm not gonna lie... not looking forward to that day! haha Good on you!

[@neilgayleard3842]

Don't bother.

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

They're not a favorite for us.

[@jamestaylor3811]

Jellied eels, definitely an acquired taste! Very popular in the East End in the old days as the eels were plentiful in the Thames and that made them cheap. Coming from an East End family, most of my relatives love them (my uncle could eat them by the bucketload) but personally I can't stand them. I did like to eat the jelly doused with lots of vinegar as a kid though. Pie and mash on the other hand is great!

[@melbeasley9762]

You're braver than me, I woundn't try jellied eels. I lived in London 20 years and avoided it totally.

[@anitawhite2669]

How brave of you to try Jellied Eels - sorry but I had to skip that part of the video as they looked dreadful. As a Brit, I have never tried them and have no intention of doing so. Well done both of you.

[@janettesinclair6279]

Well done for attempting jellied eels. I haven't eaten them, and from the way they looked I think I will give them a miss......

[@haeleth7218]

You are braver than me. I'm northern English and jellied eels makes me want to run 100 miles very quickly. That's one dish Londoners can, enjoy and keep to themselves in my opinion.

[@rogerb68]

Very brave with the jelled eels, lived here all my life could never bring myself to try..

[@nickhoskin5490]

So I'm originally from the east end and once tried jelled ells...i had to sink a few pints first to try it. The worst rhing I ever tried, although another fishy thing rollmops is another not to try too, herring. Pie n mash is not appreciated outside the east end, but I get it delivered to my door in rural oxfordshire. It is one of the few things i really miss from living there. Try cockles and winkles, though!

[@MadMax76er]

Manzes was my local as a kid, Pie and Liquor is the thing I miss most about living outside London, jellied eels were never something I'd eat my old man loves them though

[@what_im_eatin_uk]

You should absolutely try Jam Rolly Polly and custard. It's the best British winter desert by a mile

[@jimwest7107]

Sat watching while full of cold and miserable lol You two always cheer me up

[@David-ib5kr]

It took me a while to warm to you guys due to the different English use, however I think you guys are great 🙏

[@camerachica73]

I'm so glad you went for pie and mash, as it's so good! The jellied eels not so much...

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

The pie and mash was lovely!

[@Andy_U]

Hiya. Oh, I did laugh. I, too, dislike jellied eels, but strangely I like Brawn which is traditionally made by boiling a pig's head (or/and trotters). Or just have the pig's trotters, known as Crubeens in Ireland. Mmm. Stay safe. All the best to you.

[@slowswimming5853]

I ran a kitchen company and we spent two weeks installing new kitchens in F S Cooke's pie and mash shop in the East End of London. I managed to avoid eating the jellied eels the whole time!

[@dannydorko7075]

Respect to you guys! I know a lot of people that wouldn't eat jellied eels

[@nekite1]

Jellied eels? I'd rather be shot! Black pudding is an entirely different proposition - now that's delicious!

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

I don't think either of us mind black pudding, but jellied eels was pretty bad.

[@lindarolph9069]

Wow, you are so brave. I'm a Londoner and I would never let jellied eels pass my lips. Well done you two for trying

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

They were pretty rough. I wouldn't recommend it.

[@cephid1]

I tried Jellied eels once only the once, grim, well done for getting into the spirit of things, maybe you should try tripe not that is one of my favourites

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

They are a bit grim. 😂

[@ewilkinson5361]

You're braver than me by far! I'm British but I still think jellied eels are probably least appealing food someone could conjure up 😬😅

[@AncientHermit]

I admire your commitment to your own brand, but this was above and beyond from you two.👍 I grew up with a dad who loved jellied eels. I myself will put all sorts of interesting things in jelly that many would not, however even I won't go there.😉 I did try Pie and Mash with liquor once and that was plenty, it was thin and lacking in flavour, not terribly well cooked in my view.🙄 Others told me it was as good as it gets. I don't get it with that style.🤨 I know there's is little or no hope of me going there again.🤞 Hat's off to you both.😀 I'm somewhat in awe that you toughed it out.👍 Be well and find some decent Brit grub next time.🤔 We do have some good stuff, but that probably was not it. 🙂Be well. 😉

[@keithwatkins7908]

I have never tried Jellied Eels, but have eaten fried eels, and elvers in white sauce and they were beautiful.

[@Skyflyer26.]

Hi guys it was nice to see you in Newcastle - im recently retired and inbetween fishing walking my dog playing with my grandchildren and a heap of other stuff my wife has me subscribing to your channel and others. Loving your adventures, it's interesting to hear what people from overseas think of our little ole island. Thanks for sharing - and all the best for 2023 👌

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

Thank you so much! We hope you have a great 2023 as well.

[@daveenglish1270]

Your brave people I’ve not tried them

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

You're probably okay skipping them.

[@nickwalters5380]

oh dear, you're very brave. Prairie oysters, no worries; andouillette, love it; even pie and mash with liquor is fine. jellied eels are a very special form of protean, nothing wrong per se, just a waste of eel. they can be so tasty, but smothered in gelatin and bad vinegar.....

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

I like eel is sushi. I don't know that it's the same kind of eel, but jellied is a big no in the future.

[@catherineturner2839]

Ha, I love jellied eels, but prefer not to add vinegar. You might have liked stewed eels better

[@peterburgess5974]

I just stumbled into your website and it's nearly 5am! Jellied EEls at 5am, now that is a delicacy as i found out when I originally helped a friend put his website together. Manzes is great. My friends Mark and Steve Button run Barneys Seafood, once of Tower Hill Gateway, but now Shop 1 in Billingsgate. I enjoy your vids - happy days. Have you been in The Lake District (my home) yet? Power to you!

[@betagombar9022]

The only mash I eat is from a pie and mash shop. I was weaned on pie and mash!!

[@grahvis]

Never fancied jellied eels but then I don't particularly like eels, other than elvers. I would give any I caught to my mother who was very fond of them. They are very nutritious.

[@MyDaisy66]

We used to have a Manzes in Islington, London. Generations of my family went there. So sad it’s closed. However none of us ever had jellied eels. Always Pie and Mash and Liquor (parsley sauce). Loved it !

[@martynnotman3467]

Jellied Eels are absolutely revolting. Thankfully they are very much a London thing.

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

That very much seems to be the case.

[@johnchallener]

the pies are made with suet pastry on the bottom and normal pastry on the top, should have had a tiny bit of salt and vinegar on the liquor, and the jellied eels?, vinegar and salt and pepper..they are tasty, you have to remember that other stuff you take for granted, is not always great ..x from a Londoner

[@bobcharles2683]

I'm with you guys, I've lived my whole life (so far) in the UK and have tried most regional foods but jellied eels is not and never will be on my to do list!!

[@chrisnagle2902]

I laughed when you both tried the jellied ells... I'm a Londoner.. I have never tried them and never will. You both are good sports.

[@texastull]

I never tried Jellied Eels, but when I lived in England I used to get fried eel from the fish n chip shop in my village.

[@Rockprog101]

Kudos to you both for trying it. Bless ya hearts 😄🤪

[@chrismot]

I did advise you quite some months ago to avoid those 🤣🤣🤣 but hey, each to their own. That's another food off you bucket list. You're both brave trying it though 👏👏👏 Looking forward to your next video 🤗🤗

[@jeffgraham6387]

Ha ha, our answer to grits! 😆

[@TheMagicGeekdom]

We had to at least try it. Lesson learned. 😂

[@jeffgraham6387]

@@TheMagicGeekdom ...exactly what I said the first and only time I tried grits....now we have something in common, I know why they're called grits and you know why they're called jellied ills!

[@BitsBytesBobs]

Pie and mash, with jellied eels. Yum.

[@CryinOwl]

Agree with the comments. The majority of us Brits would run a hundred miles from jellied eels. You're most likely right about rationing after the war. Strange it's still a thing all these years later. Powdered eggs and eating spam from a tin vanished years ago. No idea why they didn't! 😂 Bravo for trying guys! 👏