Thread: What is the Japanese name for escolar?
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Default What is the Japanese name for escolar?
On 5/30/2017 7:48 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
> On Tue, 30 May 2017 13:38:04 -0700 (PDT), Shiro Otaku
> > wrote:
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>> I'd heard it was "abura bouzu" but when I search for that, it comes up as "skilfish." Does anyone know the actual Japanese word for escolar?
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> According to
> http://www.sushifaq.com/sushi-sashim...i-terminology/ it is
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> Abura Bouzu €“ (ah-boo-rah boh-zoo) or Abura Sokomutsu (ah-boo-rah
> soh-koh-moo-tsoo) €“ This is Escolar (Oilfish) and sometimes called
> Shiro Maguro, although it is not tuna and should not be confused with
> that fish.

I've heard it called mutsu.. Shiro Maguro refers to albacore tuna.

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