"Pegotes"

English translation: packages frozen together; packages adhering to one another

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10:33 Oct 17, 2000

Spanish to English translations [PRO]Science

Spanish term or phrase:"Pegotes"

During the processing of frozen mussels sometimes 2 or more units get "stuck or frozen" together,hence the term "pegotes". Does anybody know the technical expression for this(rather than the ones I've used in this explanation?)

Explanation:I don't think there's a technical term for this. Nor does "pegotes" look like anything technical, for that matter. I've looked at a number of frozen mussel web sites, and, essentially, the content says that they pack their mussels in the stock from cooking the mussels." When you freeze food that way, moisture is certainly likely to get on the outside of the packages, and if they are frozen stacked, some of the those are going to stick together. and when they are at 0oF, they might as well be glued together. I know--I've got a bunch of those packages in my freezer right now, because I ran out of room to freeze them separately. It is a real pain in the neck to get them apart: I've had to resort to pry bars on a number of occasions. I've also tried throwing them against the concrete wall in the basement. Both solutions work **sometimes**...

I have to thank all of you for your efforts. I had to pick one so I thought that the person who did the most explaining deserved it. You were all in the money however. Thanks again.3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Explanation:I don't think there's a technical term for this. Nor does "pegotes" look like anything technical, for that matter. I've looked at a number of frozen mussel web sites, and, essentially, the content says that they pack their mussels in the stock from cooking the mussels." When you freeze food that way, moisture is certainly likely to get on the outside of the packages, and if they are frozen stacked, some of the those are going to stick together. and when they are at 0oF, they might as well be glued together. I know--I've got a bunch of those packages in my freezer right now, because I ran out of room to freeze them separately. It is a real pain in the neck to get them apart: I've had to resort to pry bars on a number of occasions. I've also tried throwing them against the concrete wall in the basement. Both solutions work **sometimes**...

Explanation:The term is not related to mussels or freezing by itself. This term is not technical but colloquial. Plasterers when using sticking tape and the tape sticks to itself forming a sticky mess of unusable tape, they say it is a "pegote" (from the word pegar-stick-)