Salt Cod Cakes
Let me tell you this: the very last thing I need in my life is some idiot locavore wagging a finger in my face, telling me how I must only eat in season. In my part of the world--rural New England--there's nothing in season right now. Not even eggs. The chickens have stopped laying with the loss of daylight. Nothing. Zip.
Which is why salt cod was invented. (Well, not because of the chicken part of all that.) It's a way to preserve the catch for the long winter: the fish so highly salted that it can't go bad. In other words, the only way to eat locally in a world of snow.
Isn't it funny that something that was created as a means of survival has now got high-falutin' culinary aspirations? We can even find salt cod at our local supermarket these days!
Mark Scarbrough | Posted on
Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 10:15PM | in
Comfort Food,
Fish and Shellfish,
Main Courses
locavore,
salt cod,
salt cod cakes,
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