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Old Jun 3rd, 2004 | 07:44 AM
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Does anyone know what a seawolf is?
I got a quote from a hotel in Rome for a menu and it says:

Seawolf cooked in Salt with Duchesse Potatoes And Vegetable Marrow

Does anyone know what this is?

Thanks!
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Old Jun 3rd, 2004 | 07:57 AM
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Either the chef was having flashbacks to his days on a US submarine or he meant to say Seabass, which is frequently baked in a thick coating of salt.
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Old Jun 3rd, 2004 | 08:00 AM
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I wondered so I looked it on the net and a brief glance indicated its a European fresh water fish...

I'd try this plat...
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Old Jun 3rd, 2004 | 08:07 AM
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I once had dinner at a restaurant in Positano that had "oven-roasted coward" on the English menu. It turned out to be someone's translation of "coniglio", which is rabbit.
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Old Jun 3rd, 2004 | 08:11 AM
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I have seen seawolf on menus. Somehow I have the impression it's monkfish or at least like monkfish but I can't be sure.
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Old Jun 3rd, 2004 | 08:14 AM
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I believe its Mediterranean Sea Bass.
Lupe de Mer in french.
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Old Jun 3rd, 2004 | 08:49 AM
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Here's what my husband's research turned up.

"Sea bass in Italian is 'Spigola' or 'Branzino'. In French it is known as 'bar' or 'loup de mer' (sea wolf) due to its aggressive nature."
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Old Jun 3rd, 2004 | 08:53 AM
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What is vegetable marrow?
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Old Jun 3rd, 2004 | 08:55 AM
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vegetable marrow--I beieve it's a British term for zucchini and similar squash
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Old Jun 3rd, 2004 | 09:05 AM
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Silly ira--it's that stuff you scoop out of the bones of the vegetables.
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Old Jun 3rd, 2004 | 09:09 AM
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That's what I thought, elle, but I wasn't sure.
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Old Jun 3rd, 2004 | 09:20 AM
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Ooooh,this is a test for me. I thought "marrow" was a swiss-chard relative...

Where's NYFoodsnob?
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Old Jun 3rd, 2004 | 09:25 AM
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Hi suzie,

From Epicurious.com

"vegetable marrow
Cultivated in England, this green, oval summer squash can grow to the size of a watermelon. It's closely related to the ZUCCHINI and can be cooked in any manner suitable for that vegetable. ..."
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Old Jun 3rd, 2004 | 09:40 AM
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marrow = summer squash and courgettes = zucchini
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Old Jun 3rd, 2004 | 11:46 AM
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Thank you very much for telling me what it is the Hercule Poirot cultivates in retirement. I've long wondered.
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Old Jun 3rd, 2004 | 12:10 PM
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Underhill, it was reading a Hercule story that first sent me to the dictionary on this usage of marrow
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Old Jun 3rd, 2004 | 12:15 PM
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I was thinking of a submarine as well, lol!
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Old Jun 3rd, 2004 | 12:22 PM
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In England you will always see courgettes instead of zucchini, and aubergine instead of eggplant. I think for a number of reasons when menus in other European countries are translated into English, the British term is often used rather then the American.
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Old Jun 3rd, 2004 | 12:43 PM
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A class of USS Nuclear powered Submarines.
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Old Jun 3rd, 2004 | 12:54 PM
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Besides being a sub, it is a fish whose syn. is Catfish.
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