# What Is This New York Reference? Sounds Like "Save-Oss" \[Zabar's Deli\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [October 11, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-new-york-reference-sounds-like-save-oss-zabars-deli/922729 "2020-10-11T17:52:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-new-york-reference-sounds-like-save-oss-zabars-deli/922729/21 "2020-10-13T20:03:08Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Nova salmon (Gaspe Nova, originally from the Gaspe Peninsula in Nova Scotia), which is lightly smoked. Often confused with lox, which is cured in salt. Gravelax is salmon cured in salt and sugar. Traditionally eaten on a bagel with a _schmeer_ of cream cheese. On a NY bagel? No price would be unreasonable. What I would give for one today… ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-new-york-reference-sounds-like-save-oss-zabars-deli/922729/22 "2020-10-13T21:07:08Z")
never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-new-york-reference-sounds-like-save-oss-zabars-deli/922729/23 "2020-10-13T21:26:34Z")
Since the factual part of the question has been answered, and we are now talking about bagels and lox, let’s move this to Cafe Society. Title edited correspondingly. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-new-york-reference-sounds-like-save-oss-zabars-deli/922729/24 "2020-10-13T22:00:11Z")
Nitpick: The Gaspe is in Quebec, not Nova Scotia. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-new-york-reference-sounds-like-save-oss-zabars-deli/922729/25 "2020-10-13T22:13:26Z")
That will teach me to rely on [geographical information from a deli site](https://www.eater.com/2019/9/14/20865463/whats-the-difference-between-lox-nova-smoked-salmon).😉 (Well, they don’t actually say the Gaspe Peninsula is in Nova Scotia, but that “Gaspe Nova” is named for the location it comes from, Nova Scotia.) ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-new-york-reference-sounds-like-save-oss-zabars-deli/922729/26 "2020-10-13T22:24:19Z")
As long as I get salmon on a NY bagel with a schmeer​:bagel:. Followed by a street vendor hotdog (one each from both NY 🌭 and Chicago 🌭). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-new-york-reference-sounds-like-save-oss-zabars-deli/922729.md?page=1)