olielage
English translation: Oil
| 21:42 Jun 25, 2009 |
| Danish to English translations [PRO] Food & Drink / Foodstuffs | |||||
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|  Selected response from: Lise Leavitt United States Local time: 13:57 | ||||
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| 1 | a layer of oil |
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6 mins confidence: 
Oil Explanation: I would simply use oil in this case: A series of products are sold in oil (i.e. tuna), where the oil is not consumed... |
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9 mins confidence:
oil Explanation: brine is a "lage" based on salt and water, and a lage can also be based on vinegar (pickled). When you have tuna in an "olielage" it is just in oil (as marked on the cans "Tuna in oil") |
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11 mins confidence:
a layer of oil Explanation: In the old days much food was preserved a layer of clarified butter on top . I therefore find it likely that the same process can be done with oil. Example sentence(s):
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