fillet
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My second twist might incite even more gasps: Instead of tuna, bake a handsome fillet of Steelhead trout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
But if I had to choose my top pick, it would be Cento’s flat fillet anchovies packed in olive oil.
From Salon ● May 1, 2026
Asked whether a customer could tell the difference, Mariani said: "It is very difficult for a member of the public that is not a trained fish biologist to identify one fillet from another."
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
These oily fish contain essential nutrients including calcium, B12 and omega-3 but some are lost from our diets when we just eat the salmon fillet.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024
His face went crimson inside its helm, where nobody could see it, and he felt a warm glow under the straw fillet which padded his skull.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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First devised in 1828 by English grocer John Osborn, Gentleman’s Relish is a punchy blend of mashed anchovy fillets, butter and a secret blend of spices and herbs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
By gently pulling apart the fillets with forceps and using a dissecting microscope, the team was able to count them accurately.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 1, 2026
Growing up, my mother would make a simple salad of sliced cucumbers, tomatoes, red onions, and lemons, drizzled with salt, served alongside homemade curries, spiced rice and steamed fish fillets wrapped in banana leaf parcels.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026
The contents of each box varies, but they will have fruit and vegetables along with other items such as salmon fillets, garlic bread, sour cream, chicken and vegetable soup.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025
Back in the bow he laid the two fillets of fish out on the wood with the flying fish beside them.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
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A few days later, Naiser headed home to Louisville, Ky., after a stop in Michigan, where he dropped off the fish—49 pounds, 63.5 inches—to be filleted and mounted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
"Customers understand that it's a luxury dish," chef Tomoyuki Takashino said from behind the stove as he skewered an eel he had just killed and filleted.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
Martin gets filleted but the Rangers players can't escape censure here.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
I cannot overemphasize how dumb it is that Scott finally filleted his reputation in full over this, a trolly Rasmussen poll.
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2023
I go up and down the ramp, taking fish off the charter boats, then dropping them off at the top to be filleted for the tourists.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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At first, the farewell - and then the filleting.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2025
Remove any remaining white pith from each piece with a sharp knife and a filleting motion.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2022
But those were mostly the function of an offense unable to hit shots, not a filleting of one of the NBA’s top defenses, as Adebayo had done.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2021
The River Cottage Experience includes a tour of the organic farm and foraging and cooking lessons, from making bread to curing pork belly and filleting and steaming fish.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 7, 2019
By the time four bells struck, Sefia was exhausted, but she could wield her Vision with the precision of a filleting knife.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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