Mmmm…eel drink.
Okay, just for the record, I actually like eel. A little rubbery, but other than that it pretty much tastes like fish (which is what it is, when you get right down to it). But I don’t know if I’d be cracking open a case of Surging Eel anytime soon. Some things were clearly not meant to crossbreed, and soft drinks and eels surely fit that bill.
A canned drink called “Unagi Nobori,” or “Surging Eel,” made by Japan Tobacco Inc., hit the nation’s stores this month just ahead of Japan’s annual eel-eating season, company spokesman Kazunori Hayashi said Monday.
“It’s mainly for men who are exhausted by the summer’s heat,” Hayashi said of the beverage, believed to be the first mass-produced eel drink in Japan.
Many Japanese believe eating eel boosts stamina in hot weather.
The fizzy, yellow-colored drink contains extracts from the head and bones of eel and five vitamins — A, B1, B2, D and E — contained in the fish.
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