On Fri, 4 Sep 2009 09:25:14 -0400, "James Silverton"
> wrote:

> 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!


I have too. In fact in my experience, in the places I've been to,
what's called "white tuna" has more frequently been albacore than
escolar.

I've had cooked escolar, but I can't remember ever having escolar at a
sushi bar.

--
Ken Blake
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