Cod Drying
ODT "From The Sea"
Cod Drying in the sun. I don't think this is something you will see any more, The photo ws scanned from a 35 mm slide that I took back about 50 years ago on the Gaspe peninsula in the Province of Quebec, Canada.
The fish would be cleaned and opened like a butterfly and then laid out on the racks (I believe they are called "flakes") to air dry. The racks were made of spruce/pine trees that formed the frame and had chicken wire stretched across them. Quite an evvective way to dry the fish, but required a lot of labour to turn them regularly and fend off the sea gulls and other hungry birds.
I don't recall how the fish was stored once dried. If anyone can elaborate on that I would appreciat your comments.
Cod Drying
ODT "From The Sea"
Cod Drying in the sun. I don't think this is something you will see any more, The photo ws scanned from a 35 mm slide that I took back about 50 years ago on the Gaspe peninsula in the Province of Quebec, Canada.
The fish would be cleaned and opened like a butterfly and then laid out on the racks (I believe they are called "flakes") to air dry. The racks were made of spruce/pine trees that formed the frame and had chicken wire stretched across them. Quite an evvective way to dry the fish, but required a lot of labour to turn them regularly and fend off the sea gulls and other hungry birds.
I don't recall how the fish was stored once dried. If anyone can elaborate on that I would appreciat your comments.