Codfish Cakes
I was thinking about codfish cakes a few weeks ago. My
father used to make them when i was a child. You start with dried salted
codfish. Rinse it in clear water to remove most of the salt, then mix it with
mashed potatoes, eggs and sour cream. Cook in a skillet and serve with
applesauce. It was hearty, filling, a nice traditional working class dish.
Well, last week, for the first time in years, i found the
same brand of codfish, dried and salted in a wooden box, at a local grocery
store. It was ten dollars a pound!
Working class no more. That's what we've come to, fish is a luxury. I recently
read a claim that by mass, the amount of fish in the oceans is just one tenth
of what it was a hundred years ago. I saw a very compelling set of photographs,
trophy fishing pics from tourists at a single Florida resort over the decades.
The fish get smaller as time goes on. I wonder if anything can be done.
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