Re: NANFA-- smelts

John Bongiovanni (bongi_at_cox-internet.com)
Sun, 02 Feb 2003 20:21:23 -0600

Which species? Just curious. When I looked up smelts, just about
anything edible and small was called a smelt. We cook a traditional
dish of smelts at X-mas and I was curious as to what the species was.
5 different species were named (I think three genera were mentioned!).

John

Christopher Scharpf wrote:

>>>Has anyone kept smelt in captivity?
>>>
>>>
>>I dunno, what do they smell like?
>>
>>
>
>Putrid cucumbers.
>
>chris
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