: a reddish-orange fish (Hoplostethus atlanticus) of deep subtropical and tropical waters that has firm white flesh and is caught commercially chiefly in the waters of New Zealand
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Two-hundred-year-old orange roughy sniffed the coral forests as if for the ghosts of their cousins whisked away to the diners of my childhood, chewed now by the ghosts of my long-dead grandparents at the early-bird special in the great beyond.
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Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 2 June 2023
And slimehead fish became orange roughy.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2022
And the history of orange roughy in New Zealand is a cautionary tale.
—Kate Evans, Discover Magazine, 11 Sep. 2019
Later dishes included pierogi-adjacent dumplings in beet soup, Polish-style coleslaw, orange roughy, fruit compote and more.
—Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 27 Dec. 2022
When the orange roughy fishery began in the late 1970s, scientists thought the species lived to just 30 years old.
—Kate Evans, Discover Magazine, 11 Sep. 2019
On price lists and menu cards they are better known, respectively, as orange roughy and Chilean sea bass.
—Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 27 July 2022
There is also a children’s menu as well as additional side dishes, French fries, orange roughy and pierogi for an extra fee.
—Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 25 Feb. 2022
Drive-through only dinners: Fried cod, two pieces; orange roughy, crab cakes, two pieces; shrimp, eight pieces; pierogi, six pieces (potato, sauerkraut, cheese, prune).
—Marc Bona, cleveland, 26 Mar. 2021
Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 2 June 2023
And slimehead fish became orange roughy.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2022
And the history of orange roughy in New Zealand is a cautionary tale.
—Kate Evans, Discover Magazine, 11 Sep. 2019
Later dishes included pierogi-adjacent dumplings in beet soup, Polish-style coleslaw, orange roughy, fruit compote and more.
—Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 27 Dec. 2022
When the orange roughy fishery began in the late 1970s, scientists thought the species lived to just 30 years old.
—Kate Evans, Discover Magazine, 11 Sep. 2019
On price lists and menu cards they are better known, respectively, as orange roughy and Chilean sea bass.
—Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 27 July 2022
There is also a children’s menu as well as additional side dishes, French fries, orange roughy and pierogi for an extra fee.
—Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 25 Feb. 2022
Drive-through only dinners: Fried cod, two pieces; orange roughy, crab cakes, two pieces; shrimp, eight pieces; pierogi, six pieces (potato, sauerkraut, cheese, prune).
—Marc Bona, cleveland, 26 Mar. 2021
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