Hi GK
I'm trying to remember the last time I needed a word for "to carve an eel".................no, nothing.
Though, when I shared flat as a student, my flatmate bought a smoked eel. We had to take all the shelves out of the fridge so that we could fit it in diagonally. We hated it, but were forced (through circumstance) to work small bits of it into other meals for weeks!
Not quite as unpleasant as the lotus root though (don't get me started on that!)