Gravlax

//ˈɡɹɑvˌlɑks// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Salmon dry-cured in salt, seasoned with dill and sugar, and served usually thinly sliced as an appetizer. uncountable

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"The day after Halloween of 2021, at the cafe, Hans the Netherlander and I talked about the polders in the Netherlands and cuisines. I told him that I did my report on the Netherlands in elementary school. I learned about polders. Hans said that Netherlanders ate raw fish. I mentioned the "gravlax" fish dish in Sweden."

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish gravlax, a compound of grava (“to dry-cure in salt and sugar”) + lax (“salmon”).

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