Definitions
Etymologies
- From the Swedish gravlax, a compound of grava ("dry-cure in salt and sugar") + lax ("salmon"). (Wiktionary)
- Swedish : grava, to bury (from the original process of curing it in the ground); + lax, salmon. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Elisabeth, yes, gravlax is a mighty good Scandinavian dish.”
“Wonderful recipe, but just to make things clear, gravlax is not Mediterrean, its SWEDISH!”
“The flavor of gravlax is best if the salmon sits directly in the cure, which it can’t do when it is wrapped in plastic.”
“Smoked salmon should not be confused with gravlax, which is salmon that has been simply cured and not smoked.”
“The gravlax was also ethereal, a perfect balance of sweet and salty had inundated the salmon flesh, which was perfect dipped in a dill mustard sauce.”
“But Suki did spend three years in Sweden in the early 70s, and he did master the art of smoking salmon in its 'gravlax' tradition, so that's the way to go here, a plate of silky smoked salmon with a toasted bagel and a shmear of cream cheese of course.”
The Huffington Post: Jay Weston: Beverly Hills Breakfasts Are... Different
“[I should have had pears here but forgot to put them on the table, so I will be eating pears this week] cold blueberry soup with mango and cardamom lefse chocolate bread choice of butter, apple butter, or strawberry preserves (the latter two made by porphyrin) roasted yams with sea salt and rosemary gravlax scrambled eggs with tomatoes, basil, and sharp cheddar.”
“But admirable as that might seem, he was not someone whom Alfred Nobel would have invited over for gravlax.”
The Huffington Post: Mark Steinberg: My Doctor Says I'm Not Dead But I Want a Second Opinion
“Or you can indulge in gravlax, Champagne, vodka—they also have great Spanish ham.”
“A quick jaunt across the globe for some favorite fermented foods will lead us to kimchee in Korea, which is fermented vegetables usually cabbage; gravlax, the fermented raw salmon enjoyed in Norway; injera in Ethiopia, a spongy, fermented flatbread; chorizo in Spain, which is fermented and cured uncooked pork sausage; and the many forms of fermented dairy that are adored and consumed from India to Indiana.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘gravlax’.
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250 Further Spelling Words
Another compilation of spelling words suitable for intermediate to advanced spellers.
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food collection
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Salmon
All salmon all the time!
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Tuesday words
just the next words that come along
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learning
A list of words whose meanings I am learning, either because a) I don't know the meaning b) I know the meaning, but could stand to better appreciate certain inflections or secondary meanings or c) ...
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Interesting Scrabble words
Interesting words worth @ least 15 points.
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favorite words
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Permutations
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refined_rilo's Words
atmospheric, winsome, turpitude, lackadaisical, callipygian, ambivalent, sloth, ineptitude, delirium, melancholia, hussy, hookerbot and 47 more...
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Salmon I am
coho, chinook, king, silver, red, dog, lox, humpie, chum, gravlax, pink, atlantic
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Food Words
banh mi, court-boullion, frangipane, lovage, speck, bonal, salmagundi, gravlax, trotter, affogato, semifreddo, roulade and 5 more...
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Little Bites
appetizer, antipasto, gravlax, caponata, ceviche, rumaki, drumette, potato skin, crudites, escargot, pu pu, mandram and 55 more...
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Identify the Wordie!! #2
SQUAAWWWKKKKK! Yes, you know what that means: The Buzzard has gone off and the competition is now closed. No more entries will be accepted.
THESE ARE THE RESULTS. ORIGINAL CONTEST RULE...gravlax, stripper, sunflower, groovin', yarb, chainsaw, inexorable, cavalier, bababadalgharaght..., hunky-dory, psychasthenic, goodbye and 14 more...
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themodestokid's Words
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Tweets
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madmouth More Delicious Than They Sound Oct 28, 2009
skipvia See also stinkhead. Jul 28, 2008
johnmperry Mid-20th century. (Swedish or Norwegian gravlaks) "buried salmon", because originally cured in a hole in the ground.
In UK/US usually means thin slices of dried salmon marinated in sugar, salt, pepper, and herbs, especially dill.
Also gravelax, gravadlax Jul 19, 2008