dried fish
Salt-cured catch
Dried fish is fish preserved by removing moisture through sun-drying, salting, or smoking.
A staple protein source in many coastal and tropical cultures, it keeps without refrigeration and develops intense, concentrated flavors.
Common varieties include stockfish, bacalao, and various Asian preparations: The soup gets its depth from dried fish.
Often rehydrated before cooking.
- saltedTreated with sodium chloride
- salted codBrine-cured dried fish
- curedRestored to health
- stockfishAir-dried unsalted fish
- jerkyCured meat snack
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- Asian Seafoodprawns, crab curry, prawn curry, chili crab, black pepper crab
- Dried Meatsjerky, beef jerky, biltong, turkey jerky, pork jerky
- traditional foodspemmican, bannock, jerky, smoked meat, maple syrup
- solar dryingdehydration, moisture removal, jerky, raisins, evaporation
- fish byproductstrimmings, viscera, fins, tails, cod liver oil
- Gwich'in CultureOld Crow, mukluks, trapline, subsistence hunting, fur trapping
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