Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A paste of fish roe, olive oil, lemon juice, and potatoes or moistened bread crumbs.
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- noun a
Greek andTurkish dish offish roe (carp orcod ),lemon juice ,breadcrumbs ,onion garlic andolive oil ; often served as ameze or withpitta bread
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I always order: the 4-dip sampler (my fave is the salmon - "taramosalata"), which comes with warm pitas; the grilled octopus (don't forget to wipe up the excess flavorful sauce with the pita or bread!)
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A Greek salad, taramosalata spread with pita and Saganaki rounded out my meal.
To Pay or Not to Pay... Sumathi Reddy 2011
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More copious meals may lead to dipping pita bread into taramosalata (Greek caviar spread), olives, an order of mousaka (an eggplant-based meat dish), khoriatiki salata (typical Greek salad with feta cheese), stifado (another lamb-based dish), and, a rich array of seafood, including red mullet, calamari and octopus.
Magda Abu-Fadil: Rhodes Beckons Sun/Sea Lovers, History Buffs, Nature Fans Magda Abu-Fadil 2010
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More copious meals may lead to dipping pita bread into taramosalata (Greek caviar spread), olives, an order of mousaka (an eggplant-based meat dish), khoriatiki salata (typical Greek salad with feta cheese), stifado (another lamb-based dish), and, a rich array of seafood, including red mullet, calamari and octopus.
Magda Abu-Fadil: Rhodes Beckons Sun/Sea Lovers, History Buffs, Nature Fans Magda Abu-Fadil 2010
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More copious meals may lead to dipping pita bread into taramosalata (Greek caviar spread), olives, an order of mousaka (an eggplant-based meat dish), khoriatiki salata (typical Greek salad with feta cheese), stifado (another lamb-based dish), and, a rich array of seafood, including red mullet, calamari and octopus.
Magda Abu-Fadil: Rhodes Beckons Sun/Sea Lovers, History Buffs, Nature Fans Magda Abu-Fadil 2010
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They also serve stuffed grape leaves and taramosalata.
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More copious meals may lead to dipping pita bread into taramosalata (Greek caviar spread), olives, an order of mousaka (an eggplant-based meat dish), khoriatiki salata (typical Greek salad with feta cheese), stifado (another lamb-based dish), and, a rich array of seafood, including red mullet, calamari and octopus.
Magda Abu-Fadil: Rhodes Beckons Sun/Sea Lovers, History Buffs, Nature Fans Magda Abu-Fadil 2010
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Oh, you can't have lunch without the dip platter -- taramosalata, tzatziki, skordalia and kafterie.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Big-Hearted Restaurateur 2010
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More copious meals may lead to dipping pita bread into taramosalata (Greek caviar spread), olives, an order of mousaka (an eggplant-based meat dish), khoriatiki salata (typical Greek salad with feta cheese), stifado (another lamb-based dish), and, a rich array of seafood, including red mullet, calamari and octopus.
Magda Abu-Fadil: Rhodes Beckons Sun/Sea Lovers, History Buffs, Nature Fans Magda Abu-Fadil 2010
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Those which inundate supposed-Occidental images of Middle Eastern mezze are well-represented here: hummus, dukkah, taramosalata, and baba ghanouj.
Cookery Book Review: Claudia Roden's Shaun 2009
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He had a machine installed that helped make taramosalata—a fish-roe spread—so that they could sell prepared food at the market.
The Mysterious Disappearance of a Revolutionary Mathematician Condé Nast 2022
ry commented on the word taramosalata
yummmm
April 1, 2014
yarb commented on the word taramosalata
Surely taramasalata, all the a's?
April 1, 2014