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Caviar vs Taramosalata - What's the difference?

caviar | taramosalata |

As nouns the difference between caviar and taramosalata

is that caviar is roe of the sturgeon or other large fish, considered a delicacy while taramosalata is a Greek and Turkish dish of fish roe (carp or cod), lemon juice, breadcrumbs, onion garlic and olive oil; often served as a meze or with pitta bread.

caviar

English

Alternative forms

* caviare

Noun

  • Roe of the sturgeon or other large fish, considered a delicacy.

    • Usage notes

    * A citation from Jehan Palsgrave's 1530 text Lesclarcissment de la langue françoyse'' reads "Calver of saulmon, ''escume de saulmon.''". This possibly refers to caviar. If this is the case it predates by some 61 years the earliest usage (1591) of caviar documented in the ''Oxford English Dictionary.

    Derived terms

    * caviar to the general * cowboy caviar

    See also

    * (wikipedia "caviar") * malosol

    Anagrams

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    taramosalata

    English

    (wikipedia taramosalata)

    Alternative forms

    * taramasalata

    Noun

    (-)
  • a Greek and Turkish dish of fish roe (carp or cod), lemon juice, breadcrumbs, onion garlic and olive oil; often served as a meze or with pitta bread

    • See also

    * hummus * tzatziki

    References