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Feb 4, 2008 10:08
16 yrs ago
French term
29 years turning out perfect English
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
morue douce
French to English
Other
Cooking / Culinary
On a menu of an upmarket hotel resaurant.
Morue being salted cod, this seems like not-so-salty salted cod, but how to say it?
And it's a carpaccio.
Sorry about all the questions in one go before, it was a bit abusive - desperation drove me to it! I'm just sticking to this one now, as I'm running out of time.
Morue being salted cod, this seems like not-so-salty salted cod, but how to say it?
And it's a carpaccio.
Sorry about all the questions in one go before, it was a bit abusive - desperation drove me to it! I'm just sticking to this one now, as I'm running out of time.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | fresh cod(fish) |
Etienne Muylle Wallace
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| 4 | mild salt cod |
Anne de Freyman (X)
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| 3 | unsalted cod |
cjohnstone
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Proposed translations
3 mins
Etienne Muylle Wallace
Spain
Spain
Native in French
Specializes in field
Spain
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Native in: Dutch 
, French
Works in: French to Catalan, French to Flemish, French to Spanish, and 24 more.
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4
fresh cod(fish)
when not salted, in french they call it cabillaud
Note from asker:
| Thanks. But how can it be fresh if it's salted? |
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
writeaway
: refs?
6 mins
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| disagree |
B D Finch
: As you say, if not salted it is cabillaud, not morue. Though I recently bought dos de cabillaud which turned out to be salted (but not dried).
14 mins
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| agree |
nordiste
: In FRance I've also seen "morue fraîche" which is in fact cabillaud, and not salted at all
2 hrs
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32 mins
cjohnstone
France
France
Native in French
&
English
Works in field
France
Experience and feel
Native in: French , English (Variant: British)
Works in: English to French, French to English
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14
unsalted cod
does not mean it is fresh, as would be cabillaud indeed, but can be dried or smoked even or of course frozen...
I think cod is fine but as doubt would say unsalted rather than fresh
I think cod is fine but as doubt would say unsalted rather than fresh
Note from asker:
| Thanks - but I think you need to keep the notion of it being salted. |
4 hrs
mild salt cod
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Note added at 9 hrs (2008-02-04 19:31:22 GMT)
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Following your comment, I have made some enquiries with my friends in the South of France and am told that it means "DESALTED salt cod". If you Google this, you will find interesting and I would say conclusive results. It makes a lot of sense anyway, especially for a carpaccio.
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Note added at 9 hrs (2008-02-04 19:31:22 GMT)
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Following your comment, I have made some enquiries with my friends in the South of France and am told that it means "DESALTED salt cod". If you Google this, you will find interesting and I would say conclusive results. It makes a lot of sense anyway, especially for a carpaccio.
Note from asker:
| Thanks Anne. You could be right - is mild salt cod something you've seen referred to? |
| I think you've managed to find the right thing Anne, thanks for that. Sorry I can't grade your answer for helpfulness, I already closed the question - I got paranoid when I read in the KudoZ rules that if you don't close questions you get penalized! I'm a bit of a newcomer to the whole KudoZ process, but I'll get there! |
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