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uni

English translation: sea urchin roe

09:48 Sep 9, 2015
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Food & Drink
English term or phrase: uni
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Caviar and uni, anyone?
Ivan Niu
China
Local time: 12:04
Selected answer:sea urchin roe
Explanation:
http://www.foodsubs.com/Caviar.html
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Mark Nathan
France
Local time: 06:04
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4 +3sea urchin roe
Mark Nathan
4 +3sea urchin (used as food in Japan)
acetran


  

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sea urchin roe


Explanation:
http://www.foodsubs.com/Caviar.html

Mark Nathan
France
Local time: 06:04
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  LindaLattuca: I agree with Mark. Just to let you know: in Sicily, we eat raw sea urchins with bread or we make some fab sauces to put into pasta. Sicilians love sea urchins. We are not new to raw fish. Something in common with Japanise food :)
26 mins
agree  Charles Davis: The parts they eat are actually the gonads, apparently. Wonderful picture of sea urchin anatomy here, looks like a spaceship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_urchin#Anatomy
40 mins
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
1 hr
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
sea urchin (used as food in Japan)


Explanation:
In Japan, sea urchin is known as uni. It is served raw as sashimi or in sushi, with soy sauce and wasabi.

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Note added at 5 mins (2015-09-09 09:53:47 GMT)
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Actually, its row is eaten. Roe means : the mass of eggs contained in the ovaries of a female fish or shellfish, especially when ripe and used as food; the full ovaries themselves.

acetran
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agree  bestofbest
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agree  phoenix11
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agree  Alok Tiwari
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