Definition

Noun: A small, round, flat food item made primarily from cooked fish that has been flaked or minced, combined with a starchy binder such as mashed potato, breadcrumbs, or flour, seasoned, and then typically fried or baked.

Usage

A "fish cake" is a prepared food product. It is treated as a countable noun (e.g., a fish cake, two fish cakes). It is commonly served as a snack, appetizer, part of a main meal, or in a sandwich.

Examples

• For lunch, she had a fish cake with a side salad.
• The recipe makes about twelve small fish cakes.
• This brand of frozen fish cakes is very popular.

Advanced Usage

• "To make fish cakes": This phrase refers to the process of preparing this food from scratch.
  • We are going to make fish cakes using the leftover salmon from dinner.
• The term can be part of compound nouns specifying the type, such as "cod fish cake" or "salmon fish cake," but these are considered specific variants, not the core term itself.

Variants and Related Words

• Fishcake: An alternative, often single-word spelling.
• Croquette: A more general term for a small, breaded, and fried food roll containing minced meat, fish, or vegetables. A fish cake is a type of croquette.
• Patty: A general term for a small, flat cake of food. A fish cake is a type of patty.

Synonyms

• Fish patty

Related Phrases

• Crab cake: A similar preparation made primarily with crab meat instead of fish.

Noun

1. a fried ball or patty of flaked fish and mashed potatoes