Torrfisk and Bokna fish
Dried fish is eaten mainly as snacks in Norway, but as it gives you a fairly foul breath afterwards, this isn’t too popular anylonger either. Colgate destroyed this culture. However, dried fish (torrfisk) is a huge export product, mainly to Latin America, the Iberian Penninsula, Italy and England in Europe, and Nigeria. It’s proper name in English is Stockfish.The lesser quality ends up as pet food, especially dog food.The dried fish is gutted, split along the backbone and hung to dry on “hjell”, drying racks. These are highly visible features of coastal communities in the west and north of Norway. See photo. Dried fish like this is unsalted. The salted version is klippfisk (see my tip on this, the raw material for bacalao).Boknafisk is a variety with is only half-dried, and often hung on nails on the outer walls so sea gulls and cats don’t get to them. Maybe close to the kitchen window,...
