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Definition of Fish slice

1. Noun. A food turner with a broad blade used for turning or serving fish or other food that is cooked in a frying pan.

Definition of Fish slice

1. Noun. (British) A kitchen utensil used to turn foodstuffs in a frying pan. Commonly, burgers and omelettes. ¹

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Literary usage of Fish slice

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

1. The Cook's Own Book and Housekeeper's Register: Being Receipts for Cooking ...by Mrs N K M Lee, N. K. M. Lee by Mrs N K M Lee, N. K. M. Lee (1842)
"Introduce the fish-slice at 1, and cut quite through the back, as far as 2, ... The fish-slice must be introduced at 1, and an incision made as far as 2 ..."

2. Colonial Receipt Book: Celebrated Old Receipts Used a Century Ago by Mrs (1907)
"Lay the fish slice by slice into the pan and let them smother for about ten minutes, turning once over so that each side may cook partly. ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1861)
"But even fashion could not stand the fish-slice for ever ; the flat knife and small Neptune's trident which have succeeded it do their duty better. ..."

4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1869)
"We are also all familiar with a fIsh-slice. FCH CROSS AND PILE (lit and 2'”' S. passiin.)—In the interesting hunt after the meaning of these terms running ..."

5. The American Home Cook Book: With Several Hundred Excellent Recipes by American lady (1864)
"Fish is served with a fish-slice, and requires very little carving, care being required, however, not to break the flakes, which, from their size, ..."

6. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan by Asiatic Society of Japan (1881)
"If the “ elder wife ask for fish, slice off a little like “ time berries of the standing soba ; if the “ younger wife ask for fish, slice off a “ quantity ..."

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