langostino

[lang-guh-stee-noh]

noun

Spanish and Creole Cooking.

plural

langostinos 

1. langoustine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of langostino¹

From Spanish; langoustine

Example Sentences

Then there's the Popcorn Lobster, which comes with crab meat, avocado, cucumber and langostino tempura.

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The line between marketing something like Patagonian toothfish as Chilean sea bass or serving langostino and calling it lobster is a fine one.

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The FDA ruled that practice acceptable, which allowed chains like Long John Silver’s and Red Lobster to sell the crustacean called langostino and legally attach the word lobster to it.

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“It turned out that if we had used langostinos, we could refer to it as ‘langostino lobster salad,’ ” he said.

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“I brought in a sample of langostinos, and we’re working on a sample of langostino lobster salad,” he said.

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