Sole (fish) Sole (fish) Sole is a fish belonging to several families. Generally speaking, they are members of the family Soleidae, but, outside Europe, the name "sole" is also applied to various other similar flatfish, especially other members of the sole suborder Soleoidei as well as members of the flounder family. In European cookery, there are several species which may be considered "true soles", but the common or Dover sole "Solea solea", often simply called "the sole", is the most esteemed and most widely available. The word "sole" in English, سول پیس in Urdu, French and Italian comes from its resemblance to
Soft-shell crab main species is the blue crab, "Callinectes sapidus", which appears in markets from April to September. In the Deep South region of the United States, "Buster crab" is often a synonym for a plump, meaty soft-shell crab, this usage especially common in the culinary centers such as New Orleans and Charlotte. This is despite the fact that the original meaning of Buster crab referred to either a soft-shell that had yet to complete molting, or to a soft-shell that had died before being provided to a seafood vendor, and was then consumed by the crabber. In Japan, various species are