On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:42:49 -0400, Dan Logcher
> wrote:

> 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.


I've mostly had it grilled. I used to do it myself, but stopped
because of its effects on my digestive system.

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