Food consisting of eels or eels served as a meal; a dish made from eel meat.
Compound of 'eel' and 'fare' (from Old English 'fær' meaning journey or supplies). 'Fare' evolved to mean food provided for a journey or meal.
Eelfare reveals that eels were considered nutritious travel food—people packed dried eel for long journeys because it provided protein and fat that wouldn't spoil, making it medieval trail mix.
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