vinegar for washing or seasoning seafood
A cooking term for vinegar used to rinse or lightly season seafood, often to remove fishiness or add flavor. Rare; the more common term is 酢洗い.
See also: 酢洗い
When making sashimi, rinsing the fish quickly with vinegar for washing removes the fishy smell.
In this dish, we use the vinegar for washing with a little soy sauce added.
Compound of 洗い (washing) and 酢 (vinegar). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it likely arose in culinary contexts for preparing seafood.