smoked salmon

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 19 Apr 2011, 11:14, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

i thought
lox were the little chopped up green bits that got sprinkled on top of the cream cheese?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 19 Apr 2011, 11:32, Reply)

I thought 'lox'
were what the Chinese called 'rocks'.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 19 Apr 2011, 11:34, Reply)

Nein.
It's from the Yiddish 'laks', from Middle High German lahs, salmon, from Old High German; see laks- in Indo-European roots.

I did not just c&p this - no way.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 19 Apr 2011, 11:39, Reply)

oh
i fucking hate smoked salmon.

fresh is lovely. but tinned or smoked smells like a whore's drawers.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 19 Apr 2011, 11:52, Reply)

'Hot smoked' is best.
Looks like fresh but with a smoked flavour. I recommend it.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 19 Apr 2011, 11:57, Reply)

Oh I was wondering what the difference between hot smoked and smoked was
...what is it?
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Tue 19 Apr 2011, 11:59, Reply)