Something can be figured out, certainly. If necessary, Vexen can ask Kida if she knows, or can find out for him. He'll be teased mercilessly for it, no doubt, but there's a way to deal with it.

'I have found similar societies on other worlds who make a similar dish. We chop eels and then boil them down in stock, before letting them cool and thicken. We tend to eat them warm, though. They are quite filling, though a bit of an acquired taste.'

He suspects they were an imported dish, however, since they're not very traditional.