CONGER EEL
Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, CONGER EEL: Hang yourself, you muddy conger, hang yourself! Conger is a food and an insult in Shakespeare. The MSC Good Fish Guide advises avoiding Conger Eels because of sustainability concerns.
ANCHOVIES: Item, anchovies and sack after supper. Falstaff's bar bills are the only mention of the Anchovy in Shakespeare's works.
Shakespeare Species Shark: maw and gulf of the ravined salt-sea shark. The witches in Macbeth include Shark in their broth. There are over 20 resident Sharks and more deep water Sharks in the UK.
Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, LOACH: And your chamber-lye breeds fleas like a loach. The Loach is a freshwater fish of British rivers.
Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, CONGER EEL: Hang yourself, you muddy conger, hang yourself! Conger is a food and an insult in Shakespeare. The MSC Good Fish Guide advises avoiding Conger Eels because of sustainability concerns.
Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, TENCH: I am stung like a tench. The Tench is a fish of fresh and brakish water which was widely caught & eaten in Shakespeare’s world.
Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, HERRING: If manhood, good manhood, be not forgot upon the face of the earth, then am I a shotten herring. Herring continue to be an important & valued food source in the Atlantic & beyond.