grey mullet
Britishnoun
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I like to use sea bream but you can also use grey mullet, or pike if you happen to catch one.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 27, 2014
He was in search of grey mullet, with which fish the river abounded; and at this season sharks were very numerous, as they followed the shoals for some distance up the river.
From The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
The fish caught, sometimes a bushel or two at a time, almost all grey mullet, were then brought alongside, split open, and cleaned.
From Travels in West Africa by Kingsley, Mary H.
Seeing some fine big fellows swimming about in a deep hole is a great temptation, especially when you know they are grey mullet, and the chef de cuisine is short of the wherewithal for dinner.
From Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
Turbot, salmon, salmon trout, Berwick and fresh water trout, red and grey mullet, Johndories, skate, thornback, maids, soles, flounders, eels, lobsters, crawfish, prawns, and shrimps.
From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady
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