Maritime

Salt Cod Dinner

Name: Salt Cod Dinner
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Salt codfish, cut in serving pieces; Boiled New Brunswick potatoes; Onions, cooked until tender; Butter, flour, milk (white sauce); Salt and pepper

Aida Boyer McAnn — The New Brunswick Cook Book (1938)

Prep15 min

Cook30 min

Total45 min

Makes4

The simple and nourishing salt cod dinner of the New Brunswick Maritime kitchen — freshened salt cod simmered and served on the same platter with boiled potatoes and creamed onions. Plain, honest, and deeply traditional.

Source: Aida Boyer McAnn — The New Brunswick Cook Book (1938)

Ingredients

Salt codfish, cut in serving pieces
Boiled New Brunswick potatoes

For the creamed onions

Onions, cooked until tender
Butter, flour, milk (white sauce)
Salt and pepper

Instructions

Soak the codfish for at least 12 hours (longer if too salty), changing the water several times.
Simmer the fish about 20 minutes — do not allow it to boil hard, as boiling toughens the fibres.
Boil potatoes separately until tender.
Make creamed onions: cook onions until tender, drain, and add to a white sauce made from butter, flour, and milk.
Serve the cod on the same platter with the boiled potatoes and creamed onions.

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