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| | Is Lox Always Smoked? |
 | | Everyone agrees that lox is a form of salmon, and that it has been cured ; that salmon was cured for centuries by salting, brining, and/or smoking before the advent of refrigeration. |
 | | Anne Willan, in the wonderful, encyclopedic La Varenne Pratique, says, "Smoked salmon is different from American lox (usually served with bagels and cream cheese) since lox is unsmoked, salted salmon." A pretty cheeky comment from a such a refined Englishwoman, even if she does spend part of each year in the US. |
 | | Now, this is not to be confused with gravlax or gravad lax, which is a traditional Scandinavian method of curing salmon with salt, a little sugar, and dill for three or four days and no smoke at all. |
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