Explore the Arctic Cod through the lens of history, culture and gastronomy. Discover here routes and locations which developed around the fishing, the eating and the processing of Arctic Cod. Dive into our archive simply typing a word or choosing among our categories.
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Crispy pan fried Cod Tongues // Sprøstekte Torsketunger
A delicacy associated with the seasonal skrei fishing. A long and important tradition at the coast of northern Norway, is youth cutting cod tongues in the skrei season. After the fish has been brought to shore and gutted, the heads get delivered to the tongue cutters. The tongue is a muscle in cod fish’ neck […]
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Drying the cod
Natural drying is one of the oldest and most used methods for preserving food since ancient times What is Natural drying? The process of cod drying consists of some operations needed to extract a large part of the water from the fish tissues, at a level that salting has not yet achieved, thus increasing its […]
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Eastbound Cod – the Pomor trade
The Pomor trade was the trade carried out between the White Sea area in Russia and Northern Norway for 150 years. Read more about the history of trade. The Pomor trade began as a barter trade between people in the area, trading grain products from Russia with fish. Over time it developed into a regular […]
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Egusi Soup
A Stockfish soup from Nigeria. Share this: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
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Espetada de Bacalhau
Espetada de Lombo de Bacalhau com Gambas com Molho de Manteiga e Alho (Cod Loin Skewer with Prawns, Butter Sauce and Garlic) Share this: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
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European cooperation Projects: The case of SKREI Convention
Through the case study of the SKREI Convention, a cultural cooperation project with partners in Norway, Italy and Portugal focussing on the historic trade routes of dried and salted codfish, this paper aims to analyse how regional identities can be understood and portrayed as well as represented within cross-cultural contexts. The findings place questions and […]
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Fishing life – Video Portrait
Jarle Meløy lives in Øksnes and he has been a teacher and politician. In this video portrait shares his stories of the fishing life in the North of Norway. Share this: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
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Frozen Greenland
One of SKREI Convention artists in residence, Héctor Zamora, is working on an installation using the architectural elements of the Maritime Museum of Ílhavo to explore the traditional Portuguese cod drying methods, the movements and rhythms of the work of the women who did the job, the songs that animated the daily life of a hard and intense […]
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Gadus morhua and its many names
Gadus morhua, know is English as Atlantic cod, bears many names which seem to connect languages, cultures and places. Altantic cod bears many names across the world and here are some examples: Bacalhau (Portuguese), bacalao (Spanish), bakaiļao (Basque), bacallà (Catalan), μπακαλιάρος, bakaliáros (Greek), kabeljau (German), baccalà (Italian), bakalar (Croatian), kabeljauw (Dutch), makayabu (Central and East […]