Kummeliturska (fish)

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bullacc
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Kummeliturska (fish)

Post by bullacc » Wed Apr 02, 2008 5:37 pm

Hello,


Anybody seen a kind of fish called in finnish "kummeliturska" (i think) in a food store around Helsinki ?

The latin name is "Merluccius Merluccius", European hake - which translated by the Nokia internal dictionary was "kummeliturska", although i have no idea if it's correct, as i couldn't find any other translations.

Couldn't find anything online versus finding it in a finnish food store - from what i managed to glean, the fish doesn't live in Finland, but it does live around Norway, and i've seen alot of norwegian fish in finnish food stores, so Merluccius might also be present... also, that fish doesn't live anywhere near Romania either, but it's predominant in most romanian food stores, so this might also be valid here.

The fish itself is relatively small, usually around one kilo per fish, absolutely delicious almost any way you cook it, and even better - it doesn't have any bones except for the main spine and the fins.

I'm asking here because someone might've seen it somewhere, and maybe i wouldn't have to go around every food chain in the city to see if they have it - i know where i can find them, but don't really have a lot of free time to go in all food chains every time i'm looking for one specific product (not in normal food-store business hours anyway :) ).


Thanks,
Marius



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Re: Kummeliturska (fish)

Post by Rosamunda » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:42 pm

http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/2238

I have never seen it but you could ask in Stockmann food hall if they can get it or try Hakaniemi market.


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