A LAMPREY CAUGHT
HOW ONE KILLED A KING. One of the most interesting of piscatorial discoveries was mode by a Lower Hutt resident last week, when he secured a member of the littleknown family of the lamprey from the Waiwetu river. This fish is very rarely seen and still more rarely caught, as it is so formed as to be proof against hooks. It has no mouth, is extremely difficult to catch in a net, and is usu ally landed by hand. It is close on fifteen years sinoe a lamprey was caught in the Waiwetu stream, and probably a similar period will elapse before another is landed. The fish cannot be cooked in the ordinary way as. its flesh will turn like rubber. It has to be stewed in wine, and the flavour is both rich and delicate, as well as unusual. The only regret the lucky fisherman (who presented it to a friend of delicate taste) has is that it was not preserved. It is related that the first of the Plantage net kings died through over-eating these delicacies, and ever since then the city of York has presented a lamprey pie to the Queen of England.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11898, 4 August 1924, Page 6
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