Meanings
plural kamabokos
- uncountableusuallyAny of various processed seafood products made from surimi, in which whitefish is pureed, formed into loaves, and steamed until firm.
1987, Yanagida et al, Traditional Foods and Their Processing in Asia A representative product of fish meat paste products is kamaboko.
2 more examples
Today, kamaboko processed in Hawaii is packaged in polyvinyl film wrappers.
1966, Institute of Food Technologists, Food TechnologySome kamabokos were picked up at shops and others were prepared from frozen surimi of Alaska pollack […]
1987, Oceanic Abstracts (issues 1-2, page 111)
Origin
- Japanese蒲鉾
- Englishkamaboko
From Japanese 蒲鉾 (kamaboko).
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