when I was in your beautiful country a few months ago I had to try it at a nice restaurant. I was surprised that tho a bit salty it was not as salty as expected. Curious how long dried salted cod lasts as I saw it in all the grocery stores. Is it preferred older or newer?
It's easy to do but why cant i find a ssingle recipe or video showing to fry it after soaking on water, but WITHOUT any flour, breading, or even any seasoning? Is how I was brought up eating it and im puzzled as to how it's not more common?
I ate this once in Lisbon and I really loved it! I remember them asking me if I wanted a normal or big portion, I chose the big one but I underestimated how much they give. I could only finish half 😅 I will try to make this myself now!
I am guessing there is a reason they haven't singled out those restaurants. 1) It is common enough to find similar quality and cost all over Lisbon. OR 2) they just might know the restaurants and their owners in their community....Who should they leave out? What friend should they favor over the other friends? Sign up for one of their classes or find some other less public way to ask them.
If you're going to cook it anyway you can save ot of time by just boiling it for a while to remove excess salt. Change the water and nip a lil piece to till you have it the way you like it.
If you're going to cook it anyway you can save ot of time by just boiling it for a while to remove excess salt. Change the water and nip a lil piece to till you have it the way you like it.
Cod fish is not even native to Portugal. You guys get your cod fish from Newfoundland or Alaska. It's a Newfoundland fish. Saltfish why do people keep trying to take it for themselves? Same thing as Jamaica. There is no cod fish in Jamaica but salt, cod, fish and ackee is their national dish. Newfoundland salt cod fish is our national dish?
You want to know why? Because there are many types of codfish and they are found worldwide, not just in the colder waters of the north. The funny thing is the entire sea is cold at its depths and its not uncommon to pull up some cod species while fishing deep. To the second part of your question, it's because we come from slaves. You fancy cod now but it was once a poor man's food, one of the foods commonly fed to slaves because raw meat was expensive and required killing livestock while salted fish was relatively cheap and didn't go bad. It's commonplace on thr Caribbean because it's thier history. The same applies to Portugal, a food eaten throughout their history. Did you know Alaska, historically, didnt even use salt as the preferred curing/preservation method? What are you so sour about anyway?
Could you please share the addresses of the restaurants you visited and show in your video, I will be traveling to Lisbon in September. Thanks for the video very informative , eat where the locals eat.
