Ken Blake wrote:
> 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.

How was it cooked? I'd like to try it grilled.

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Dan