filleting
Cutting boneless strips
Filleting is the act of removing bones from fish or meat to produce a boneless cut, or the process of cutting such pieces.
A skilled cook fillets a whole fish by running a knife along the backbone and ribs.
The term extends to woodworking and design, where filleting means adding or creating a rounded edge or strip between surfaces.
She spent the morning filleting salmon for the dinner party.
Removing skeletal structure
- bonesRigid internal support structure
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- carcassSlaughtered animal's body
- fishmongerSeller of fresh catches
butcher · gutting · cleaning · trimming · seafood · poultry · fish · meat
Sharp cutting utensil
- slicingCutting into portions
- skinningRemoving outer covering
- carvingShaping by cutting away
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
sharpening · scaling · dressing · precision · dexterity · finesse · meticulous · thin slices
deboning
Removing skeletal structure
- bonesRigid internal support structure
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- carcassSlaughtered animal's body
fishmonger · butcher · gutting · cleaning · trimming · seafood · poultry · fish · meat · flesh
knife
Sharp cutting utensil
cutting · sharpening · scaling · dressing · precision · dexterity · finesse · meticulous · thin slices · uniformity
sashimi
Thinly sliced raw fish
gravlax · crudo · tartare · nigiri · smoked · gourmet · platter · salmon · tuna · trout
- fish prepscaling, gutting, deboning, skinning, descaling
- fishing industrycommercial fishing, fishing fleet, fishing vessels, fishing ports, fishing port
- food processingcanning, freezing, drying, packaging, pasteurization
- cuttingslicing, slice, chopping, dice, dicing
- fish marketfishmonger, seafood counter, fish stall, fresh fish, fresh catch
- fishing villagefisherman, fishermen, fishing boat, fishing fleet, nets
filletingassembling
Fitting parts together
combining · reconstituting · building up · composing · constructing
filletingassembling
Fitting parts together
reconstructing · stuffing · wrapping · encasing · binding
- fish filletingRemoving bones from catch