To Crimp Cod
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Soak the cod pieces in a mixture of vinegar and salt for 37 hours.
Cook
Cook the cod by boiling, frying, or broiling as preferred.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Cod
- Forms the main body of the dish, becoming firm and flaky once cooked.
- Vinegar
- Acidity that works with the salt to firm and season the cod during soaking.
- Coarse sea salt
- Draws moisture out of the cod and seasons it during the long soak.
The step that matters
Soaking the cod in vinegar and salt. The soak is long, and the salt and acid change the fish's texture and seasoning. Timing matters because too long a soak can make the cod overly salty and tough, while too short a soak leaves it under-seasoned and less firm.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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