How to Use roe in a Sentence

roe

noun
  • Other fish eggs are called roe.
    Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Some cooks even mixed roe into dense sorghum bread.
    Michael Snyder, Saveur, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Poke, oysters, lox and salmon roe are all ready-to-eat as well.
    Benjy Egel, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Here, a flaky tart shell is filled with custard and crowned with briny pops of roe.
    Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Many of those fish were taken in the fall, when mullet were fat with roe.
    Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Spread a bit of egg on the toast, drizzle a bit of crema, and spoon over your roe of choice.
    Dallas News, 29 Mar. 2022
  • They’re filled with a cooling cream and accented by the salty brine of trout roe.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 16 June 2026
  • Deviled eggs made with smoked fish and trout roe at L'Arret by the Grey.
    Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • At its base is tarama—cod roe with a deep, salty sea flavor—which gets blended with bread or potatoes.
    Katherine Whittaker, Saveur, 9 Oct. 2025
  • While farming is all around a difficult industry, roe comes with its own woes.
    Kylie Williams, Miami Herald, 29 June 2025
  • The eggs mayo, spiked with Maggi and jeweled with trout roe, is a contender for best egg dish in town.
    Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • Plus, a roe-free remix makes this a more affordable appetizer idea.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The 24-year-old student next to me considered a leaf piled with spot prawn roe, like tiny orange pearls.
    Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The bears eat the most fatty, calorie-dense parts of the fish—like the brain, skin, and roe—and leave the leaner fillets behind.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 16 Aug. 2023
  • There’s nuance to every mouthful, as roes will differ, with the flavor of those briny pearls changing from species to species.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 18 Nov. 2025
  • Place a generous dollop (about 2 tablespoons) salmon roe on top of or next to crème fraîche-yuzu dollop.
    Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Between the saltiness of the roe and the delicate oniony chives, each spoonful was ethereal.
    The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Dishes include potato bread with dashi jelly and fresh roe, king prawns, and oysters served several ways.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 20 Aug. 2020
  • Smoked Salmon Cannoli – chive crème fraiche, salmon roe, and everything spice.
    Charlie Vargas, Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Or dress these poppers up and switch the cheddar cheese for more sour cream and top the potatoes with a sprinkle of salmon roe and snipped chives before serving.
    Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025
  • But this is perhaps a reference to the fact that the caviar and roe are served with potato chips (sorry, Kennebec gaufrettes).
    Emma Balter, Chron, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Fish that will be made into a filet are split, with the meat heading in one direction, and the guts and roe down another conveyer belt.
    Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • As part of his reward for donating his roe-swollen bigmouth to the stocking program, he’ll be given a replica mount of the huge fish.
    Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Davis recalled chefs telling her about importing roe from countries like China, the world’s top caviar producer.
    Kylie Williams, Miami Herald, 29 June 2025
  • The dish features a jammy egg doused with hollandaise (egg number two) and garnished with both trout roe (number three) and tobiko (number four).
    Elazar Sontag, Bon Appétit, 24 Mar. 2023
  • One order of stew contains the meat and roe of a dozen fist-size crabs and can be ordered over noodles or rice (from 280 renminbi).
    Erin Vivid Riley, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The roe is packaged in a glass jar and box with one of Fishwife's signature illustrations, and comes with a mother of pearl spoon.
    Olivia Tarantino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Nov. 2025
  • Brown and black bears focus on the oily brains and nutritious roe of salmon when the fish are abundant and deign to chow down on whole fish only in years when salmon aren’t plentiful.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The meat and roe from green crabs — in this case, easily caught near Ipswich Bay — were fried into crunchy, creamy croqueta balls.
    Peggy Hernandez, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2023
  • Presentation is half the battle, and creative garnishing — like a little roe, caviar or truffle shavings — can go a long way.
    Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 July 2022

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