corned caplin

caplin n Many outport families put away a barrel of corned caplin - lightly salted and sun dried - for the winter, and some make an extra barrel for their dogs. These cured fish need only two or three minutes cooking in a frying pan or a hot oven. They are smoked not only in smoke houses or smokers...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/12848
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Summary:caplin n Many outport families put away a barrel of corned caplin - lightly salted and sun dried - for the winter, and some make an extra barrel for their dogs. These cured fish need only two or three minutes cooking in a frying pan or a hot oven. They are smoked not only in smoke houses or smokers improvised out of barrels or puncheons, but even in the tops of chimneys, with green spruce boughs in the stove to produce planty of aromatic smoke. But the best smoking mixture includes blackberry bushes, peat, and wood chips. PRINTED ITEM G.M. Story JAN 1970 JH 1/70 Used I and Sup Not used 1 Used I capelan, capellin, capeling, caplain, capline, capling, capon, ceaplin, ~bait, ~baiting, ~bunting, ~cart, ~fishery, ~mesh, ~pit, ~run, ~scull, ~season, ~seine, ~sick, ~spawn, ~time, ~trap, ~trip, ~voyage, ~weather, ~glut, ~skiff, BAITSKIFF, BAITING, SEINE Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Mon 30 Mar 2015