saltfish
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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She's also fond of rice and peas as a "canon recipe," plus saltfish and ackee.
From Salon
I’ve sat in the homes of countless people who are barely getting by—like the Jamaican immigrant who served me ackee and saltfish in his family’s overstuffed room at an extended-stay motel outside Atlanta, but whose story I couldn’t use because he actually worked for my newspaper, delivering the papers.
From Slate
Lime and habaneros make this saltfish buljol, a Caribbean cod dish, taste spiky and bright.
From New York Times
We stopped at Eits Cafe, where we gorged on tender saltfish fritters, warming pumpkin ginger soup and sticky, delicious, caramelized-plantain crepes while looking out across the misty mountains, surrounded by the buzz of swallowtail hummingbirds.
From New York Times
"When we travel, especially to major metropolitans, we constantly gravitate to Jamaican restaurants, especially the ones that serve ackee and saltfish, which is my wife's favorite and is hard to find, even when there is a Jamaican restaurant in town," Milchtein wrote in her column.
From Salon
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