Definition of Fish cake

1. Noun. A fried ball or patty of flaked fish and mashed potatoes.

Exact synonyms: Fish Ball
Generic synonyms: Cake, Patty
Specialized synonyms: Codfish Ball, Codfish Cake

Definition of Fish cake

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of fishcake) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fish Cake

fish-mouth mitral stenosis
fish-odour syndrome
fish-out-of-water
fish-pond
fish-tackle
fish-tail
fish-trap
fish-worship
fish 'n' chips
fish and chips
fish ball
fish berry
fish bowl
fish bowl granuloma
fish bowls
fish cake (current term)
fish cakes
fish chowder
fish diseases
fish doctor
fish duck
fish eagle
fish eagles
fish elevation
fish eye disease
fish family
fish farm
fish farming
fish farms
fish filet

Literary usage of Fish cake

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"... for serving as wanted; observing to take off the old butter, and having warmed the fish in the oven, cover with fresh butter only. Excellent fish cake. ..."

2. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1856)
"In France the fish cake, remaining after the extraction of oil, is dried at a steam heat, and is then ground fine and packed in air-tight casks for sale as ..."

3. The Creole Cookery Book (1885)
"fish cake. Take any kind of fish, and cut off the flesh ; put the heads, bones, fins, etc., on the fire, with a little water; season with herbs, ..."

4. Breakfast, Dinner, and Tea: Viewed Classically, Poetically, and Practically by Julia C. Andrews (1860)
"In the pastry cook shops of Russia, the tempting morsel offered to Russian appetites is the piroga, an oily fish-cake. Little benches are ranged round ..."

5. Economical cookery for the middle classes by Kate Addison (1879)
"fish cake. The remains of cold fish, a few cold potatoes, a little chopped parsley, a few bread-crumbs, pepper, salt, and a teaspoonful of anchovy sauce. ..."

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