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The only places that call it lox are places that have considerable Jewish populations, even in the US. I never heard smoked salmon called lox until I lived nex
by thrower123 7y ago
The only places that call it lox are places that have considerable Jewish populations, even in the US. I never heard smoked salmon called lox until I lived next door to a Hillel house in college.
- empath75 7y agoIt’s pretty common in any city on the east coast of the us.
- not2b 7y agoThe call it that in Germany as well, though they spell it differently: lachs.
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- SOLAR_FIELDS 7y agoLax in Swedish. Pronunciation in all three languages is pretty similar though.
- Fnoord 7y agoLachs is salmon, not to be confused with seelachs which is just (Atlantic) cod. Don't confuse the two in a restaurant. I made that mistake once. Couldn't believe the price either until we got our dish. Needless to say, mistakes were made...
- lloydde 7y ago> only places that call it lox Counter-example: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- peatmoss 7y agoThis thread surprises me. I grew up in Montana, non-jewish, without a particularly large nearby jewish population, and yet I’m sure I learned the word lox as a youngster.
- Doctor_Fegg 7y agoDoctor Seuss.