fish flour
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fish flour
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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Approval of the fish flour by the Food and Drug Administration marked the end of a long struggle within the Government.
From Time Magazine Archive
Conversely, a biologist who merely wanted to find out whether a high-protein fish flour was unsafe for human consumption landed a grant by emphasizing that he wanted to know if the flour would induce cancer.
From Time Magazine Archive
To spread the wealth of fish flour, the U.S. will help three protein-starved nations, as yet unnamed, to set up pilot plants for its production.
From Time Magazine Archive
As now processed, fish flour is virtually odorless and tasteless, and Interior Department researchers report that it blends well in soups, noodles, gravy, bread�even cookies and milk shakes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sometimes, as in cooking fish, flour is used for the first coating in place of the crumbs, the article being then dipped into the egg mixture, then with crumbs and then fried.
From Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners A Book of Recipes by Hiller, Elizabeth O.
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