Lox

Not to be confused with smoked salmon or Liquid oxygen.
For other uses, see Lox (disambiguation).
Lox

Lox on bagel
Course Breakfast, Lunch
Place of origin United States
Main ingredients Lox, cream cheese, bagel
Cookbook: Lox  Media: Lox

Lox is a fillet of brined salmon. Traditionally, lox is served on a bagel with cream cheese, and is usually garnished with tomato, sliced red onion, and sometimes capers.

Etymology

The American English word lox[1] is derived from the Yiddish word for salmon, laks (cf. German Lachs), which ultimately derives from the Indo-European word for salmon, *laks-.[2] The word lox has cognates in numerous Indo-European languages. For example, cured salmon in Scotland and Scandinavian countries is known by different versions of the name Gravlax or gravad laks.

Similar products

Lox and cream cheese sandwich

Other similar brined and smoked fish products are also popular in delis and fish stores, particularly in Chicago and the New York City boroughs, such as chubs, sable (smoked cod), smoked sturgeon, smoked whitefish, and kippered herring.

See also

References

  1. "Online Etymology Dictionary". etymonline.com.
  2. "lox". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
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