Gerry wrote on Thu, 3 Sep 2009 22:44:00 -0700:

>>> Incidentally, if the restaurant is serving both "White tuna"
>>> and "Super white tuna," it's the "Super white" that is the
>>> "escolar," right?
>>
>> Super white is the escolar and white tuna is albacore, I
>> believe in your case.

> I've never heard albacore called white tuna.

Well, I certainly have! The one and only time that I had escolar, the
chef called it "white tuna" but in my favorite sushi place albacore is
called "white tuna". The different
appearances of the two fishes are engraved on my memory for reasons
obvious to me!


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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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