Caçao limado

19:29 Nov 9, 2005
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Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Food & Drink
Portuguese term or phrase: Caçao limado
This is the title of a Portuguese recipe. I understand that "Caçao" is dogfish but do not know what "limado" means. Any ideas?
Lydia Tilt (X)


Summary of answers provided
5 +4Cação limado
António Ribeiro
4 +2Dogfish Soup
Carla Queiro (X)
5Dogfish au limon OR Dogfish with lemon
henley
5Lemon dogfish soup
Shane Engel
3 -1Rasped (grated/scraped) dogfish
Tom Walker (X)
1 +1Smooth Dogfish (Mustelus canis)?
Muriel Vasconcellos
1dogfish with lime?
hecdan (X)
1 -1Shredded dogfish?
Lindsey Crawford


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Caçao limado
Rasped (grated/scraped) dogfish


Explanation:
This is what I see it as - maybe it is grated, or perhaps the fish is 'scraped' quite harshly, for adding some spices etc... it depends on the recipe! My portuguese is a little limited however I will admit that!

Tom Walker (X)
Local time: 06:20
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disagree  henley: Limado means seasoned with lemon.
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Caçao limado
dogfish with lime?


Explanation:
será lima (el fruto)?

hecdan (X)
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Caçao limado
Shredded dogfish?


Explanation:
Well, "Limado" means "polished" (as in with a filing or emery board". The only thing I can come up with is shredded dogfish, mostly because it is a dish we eat in Venezuela as well, so that's where the guess comes from... I dunno...

Lindsey Crawford
Local time: 02:20
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disagree  henley: limado means seasoned with lemon. Dogfish is not shredded in this recipe.
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Caçao limado
Dogfish au limon OR Dogfish with lemon


Explanation:
This is indeed a Portuguese dish (see "cação limado" on http://pwp.netcabo.pt/0257476102/bucha.html#Anchor--So-548 )
"Limar", according to the Moraes Dictionary, Empreza Litteraria Fluminense, 1890, means "temperar com limão". (In the recipe given, however, lemon has been substituted by a cup of vinegar.)

henley
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Caçao limado
Dogfish Soup


Explanation:
I found various references on the internet for "Sopa de Cação ou Cação Limado" and I have listed 2 below. The recipes appear to be the same for all and the only thing that could possibly have to do with limado is that there is vinegar in the recipe.
Hope this helps.


    Reference: http://www.eusei.com/pessoal/SoSopas_.html
    Reference: http://www.gastronomias.com/messages/1923.html
Carla Queiro (X)
Local time: 03:20
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agree  Norbert Hermann: yes, all the recipes point at soup, and Alentejo where this type of dishes, i.e. slices of bread at the bottom, are quite common)
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  -> Thankyou Hermann!

agree  Peter Ingham: In the Alentejo soups or stews with bread at the bottom are either ensopados or açordas
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Caçao limado
Cação limado


Explanation:
Não traduza, pois se o fizer tirará todo o sentido.

Limado, significa: peixe preparado com sal e temperado com azeite e limão.

Esta é uma opinião de um PORTUGUÊS que gosta e conhece a gastronomia portuguesa!

António Ribeiro
Local time: 16:20
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agree  Henrique Magalhaes
12 hrs

neutral  Carla Queiro (X): If you don't translate it then you have to put an explanation because no English speaking person would have the faintest idea of what this is.
14 hrs
  -> Por esse motivo, dei o significado de "limado". Já agora, qual seria a tradução de "arroz de cabidela", "rojões", "papos de anjo", etc, etc?

agree  Elisabete Cunha
15 hrs

agree  Fiona Gonçalves: It's a traditional dish. I think it should be kept in Portuguese with a brief explanation in English in brackets. To translate the name of the dish would be like trying to translate something like "haggis" into Portuguese.
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  -> Evidentemente!

agree  Vania Correia
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Caçao limado
Smooth Dogfish (Mustelus canis)?


Explanation:
25,700 references

The Smooth Dogfish, Mustelus canis, is species of shark. ... Length for the smooth
dogfish has been documented as 59 inches (1.5 m), with a maximum weight ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smooth_dogfish



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Note added at 14 hrs 23 mins (2005-11-10 09:52:44 GMT)
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"Before freezing or preparing fresh dogfish, cut fillets away from the cartilage backbone or cut the fish into steaks. Because ammonia flavors may develop, it is widely suggested that dogfish meat be soaked to neutralize minor taints. A brine or acid solution- vinegar, lemon juice, or milk- is often used to marinate dogfish and leach out any ammonia that may be present. Soak the fish in milk if it will be deep fried and in lemon juice if it is to be broiled. The marinating time will vary; larger fillets or pieces require longer soaking."
http://www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/SeafoodTechnology/HandlingCat...


Muriel Vasconcellos
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Local time: 23:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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neutral  António Ribeiro: O "limado" refere-se ao facto de ser temperado com limão e aplica-se a qualquer peixe. Uma dos pratos típicos do Algarve é "carapaus limados".
12 hrs
  -> That's what I thought, but then the asker emphasized that there is no lime or lemon in the recipe, so I took a stab in the dark.

agree  Peter Ingham: Os alimados ou peixes em vinagre são muito apreciados, como o biqueirão alimado,
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Caçao limado
Lemon dogfish soup


Explanation:
I found several references to "Sopa de cação ou cação limado", but also "sopa de calção limado" (http://eurolista.clix.pt/sobrerodas/ptg/v-z/vidigueira/vidig... suggesting my offering for this translation.

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Note added at 15 hrs 39 mins (2005-11-10 11:09:02 GMT)
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Perhaps in the original recipe it included a squeeze of lime (often lime and vinegar go together). Perhaps the best translation for this might then be "Dogfish vinagrette" or something to that effect.


    Reference: http://eurolista.clix.pt/sobrerodas/ptg/v-z/vidigueira/vidig...
Shane Engel
Local time: 01:20
Native speaker of: English
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