Dried and salted cod
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Dried and salted cod, sometimes referred to as salt cod or saltfish or salt dolly, is cod which has been preserved by drying after salting. Cod which has been dried without the addition of salt is sto
Salt-dried cod for sale in Porto, Portugal
Piles of salt dry cod in Alta, Norway, 1907
Portuguese bacalhau sundrying in Peniche, Portugal
Cod bacalao served at a restaurant in Norway
Bacalhau
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Bacalhau is the Portuguese word for cod and—in a culinary context—dried and salted cod. Fresh cod is referred to as bacalhau fresco.
Dried and salted cod
…root bacal-, itself of unknown origin. Explorer John Cabot reported that it was the name used by the inhabitants of Newfoundland. Some of these are: bacalhau (salgado) (Portuguese), bacalao salado (Spanish), bacallau salgado (Galician), bakailao (Basque), bacallà salat i assecat or bacallà salat (Catalan), μπακαλιάρος…
Salted and dried cod, produced in Norway
Traditional bacalhau dish