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Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:03:57 -0700 (PDT), robert ratskywatsky wrote:
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>>Todai buffets always used to have escolar labeled as "white tuna".
>>Very tasty. I used to wonder why I often had to make a rather urgent
>>bathroom stop after eating at the Todai...

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> I never got to try Todai afetr hearing "so much" about it.
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> Escolar is seasonal around here. I don't know how any reputable
> sushi joint (not Todai) could have it on the menu year round.


It comes vacuumed sealed and frozen in New England, packaged as oilfish.
Pretty much all places around here have it year round.

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Dan