Filet de sabre

English translation: scabbard fillet

21:14 May 28, 2008

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Science - Food & Drink / Food science, microbiology

French term or phrase: Filet de sabre

This is a list of foodstuffs that were contaminated with Listeria and cultures made of them on agar. Others in list are poudre d'eoufs, steak hache etc,

Dani Bowman KudoZ activity Questions: 46 (3 open) (5 without valid answers) Answers: 4
Local time: 21:13

English translation:scabbard fillet

Explanation:
Well, you'd have to, wouldn't you, fill it, that is, when the swordfish has swum off with your weapon.

sabre Lepidonus[sic] caudatus (gris)
Aphanopus carbo (noir)
pedagogie.ac-amiens.fr/eco-gestion-lp/IMG/doc/bppoisson-03.doc

Image of Aphanopus carbo, Black scabbardfish, Sort sabelfisk, Black scabbard ... *Distribution map of Aphanopus carbo, Trichiuridae, Black scabbardfish, ...
www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?id=646

Lepidopus caudatus (Buttersnoek, Frostfish, Ribbonfish, Scabbard Fish, Scabbardfish, Silver Scabbard Fish, Silver Scabbardfish, Southern Frostfish): ...
zipcodezoo.com/Animals/L/Lepidopus_caudatus.as

Right in the Atlantic, the fish and seafood of the archipelago are tasty and cooked in traditional ways, such as fillets of black scabbard fish ...
measuringchanges.lnec.pt/b6_gastronomy.html

Scabbard Fish with Peas. Categories: Travels | A | La | Carte Serves: 4 servings ... the slices of fish once, until they are cooked through. Sprinkle with ...
www.completerecipes.com/143967.htm

Espada com cogumelos e Natas /Grilled black scabbard fillet with creamy mushrooms, ... Espada Provençal /Grilled black scabbard fillet, in onions, tomatoes, ...
www.opicado.co.uk/seafood.htm

Fish dishes, like scabbard fillet, tuna steak and escabeche tuna, and meat dishes like the traditional brochette and marinated meat, accompanied by the ...
www.madeiratourism.org/pls/wsm/wsmwgas0.pesquisa?p_lingua=e...

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Note added at 18 mins (2008-05-28 21:32:33 GMT)
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Too many hits for "filet de sabre" for it to be a typo, I feel.

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Note added at 46 mins (2008-05-28 22:00:40 GMT)
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There's a picture of the little fellow here :

Scabbard fish are deep-water fish that look rather menacing, but are extremely tasty. They're also easy to use, because their skins don't have scales -- all you need to do is wipe the skin with a soft cloth, and it's ready.
http://italianfood.about.com/od/fishdishes/ig/La-Galleria-de...

Their black cousins look rather more diabolical:
photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6288573

Selected response from:

Bourth (X)
Local time: 22:13

Grading comment

Thanks for this, and to all for their comments - seems I opened up a lively debate. Off to France on Thurs so will keep my eyes peeled in the supermarket - does look ugly, though! :)
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Summary of answers provided

4 +6

scabbard fillet

Bourth (X)

5 +2

sabre fish OR scabbard fish fillet

B D Finch

Fillets of Silver Scabbardfish

Speakering (X)

fillet of pike-perch or zander

Mark Nathan

further info

Miranda Joubioux (X)

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

5 mins confidence:

fillet of pike-perch or zander

Explanation:
typo for sandre

Mark Nathan
France
Local time: 22:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 50

17 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

scabbard fillet

Bourth (X)
Local time: 22:13
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 117

Grading comment

Thanks for this, and to all for their comments - seems I opened up a lively debate. Off to France on Thurs so will keep my eyes peeled in the supermarket - does look ugly, though! :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Tony M: I think 'sandre' is a more likely fish to find in a restaurant, but I agree that one shouldn't start out by assuming a typo... / Well, I'm afraid it seems to need repeating often! People seem to feel the need to change S/T to shoe-horn it into their ideas

23 mins

-> That's become your motto! //Oh, I agree, though I may often be a culprit (when - I hope - other reasonable solutions are not forthcoming).

agree

sporran: Don't think it's a typo either:-)

2 hrs

neutral

Michael GREEN: I think we need to be careful of regional names here : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichiurus / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largehead_hairtail // Yes, a bit of yohoho is certainly called for in this case :)

8 hrs

-> Can but agree, and my earlier entries list a variety of names, but I thought the title name was suitably piratical and close to the French.

agree

Irene McClure: don't fancy it much

9 hrs

agree

Jack Dunwell: "Sabre" is on sale at Carrefour. (Get your culture here)

9 hrs

agree

Myriam Dupouy: Definitely not a typo. I have "sabre" and "sandre" in my freezer. "Sandre" is much more expensive and good though...

16 hrs

agree

Miranda Joubioux (X): Definitely not a typo. These two fish come up regularly on the menus I translate every week.

1 day 11 hrs

10 hrs confidence:

Fillets of Silver Scabbardfish

Explanation:
see below

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_scabbardfish
www.sacepsa.com/poisson.htm - 76

Speakering (X)
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Macedonian,

Serbo-Croat

10 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

sabre fish OR scabbard fish fillet

Explanation:
I looked this up the other day in order to cook some, after having bought it because it looked good. It is definitely nothing like "sandre". It's one of the deep sea fish now being exploited because the fish at more traditional depths have been fished nearly to extinction. That said, it really is rather good to eat.

"Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other ..... Scabbard fish or Sabre or Sabre fish. or Silver sabre or Black sabre. Lepidopus caudatus ..."
www.seafish.org/upload/file/legislation/seafish labelling g...

"You'd be a lot happier meeting the appropriately named sabre fish (also known as scabbard fish) in a restaurant than in the sea, because it grows up to 5ft ..."
www.telegraph.co.uk/wine/main.jhtml?xml=/wine/2002/06/22/ed...

B D Finch
France
Local time: 22:13
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 30

1 day 11 hrs confidence:

further info

Explanation:
This is in favour of (black) scabbard (fish) fillet

Sabre noir
Aphanopus carbo
Caractères: existence d'un rétrécissement entre la partie épineuse et la partie à rayons mous de la nageoire dorsale ; ligne latérale uniforme : absence de nageoire vantrale ; présence d'une nageoire caudale ; corps noir.
Longueur maximale d'environ 1,10 m. Vit près du fond, à des profondeurs de 200 à 1 600 m. Nourriture : essentiellement des poulpes et des poissons. Maturité sexuelle acquise pour une longueur d'environ 80 cm. Fraye pendant le semestre hivernal à l'ouest des îles Britanniques, à des profondeurs de 700 à 900 m. Poisson de table apprécié. Pêché aux Açores, à 1 000 m au moins de profondeur, à la ligne dormante. On le nomme localement espada. Prises annuelles de 5 000 à 10 000 t dans les pays euorpéens, essentiellement Portugal.
Guide des poissons de mer et pêche

This might also help you decide
http://www.rse.org.uk/enquiries/scottishfisheries/scottish_f...

The demersal deep-sea fish are characterised by slow growth and long delayed maturity, leading to a low
reproductive rate and low productivity. Demersal deep-water fisheries are based on species such as roundnose
grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris), black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo), blue ling (Molva dypterygia), deep-water
sharks and orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus)64. These species were first exploited in the North Atlantic by
Russia and other eastern European countries in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The roundnose grenadier is the
most important species in reported landings from waters off Scotland (Table 4.2) and are mainly caught by French
vessels. When the UK ceased to claim a 200 mile fishery zone around Rockall, large parts of the Rockall Plateau
and Hatton Bank became open to international fleets, not simply those of the EU. This has increased effort and
reversed a trend of declining catches. It is probable that some landings are unreported.

Miranda Joubioux (X)
Local time: 22:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 6

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