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18 July 2007
20:30:00 o'clock BST
Had another addition to my Recipe Book journal:
Ceann Cropaig
Ingredients
1 medium / large cod
Cod is not easily available these days; 2 small haddocks or ling will do as well
liver of the same fish, chopped finely
enough fine oatmeal to make a binding mixture
rough salt to taste
Required utensils
one large pan
a pudding bowl
grease proof paper / aluminium foil
string
Method
Clean the head of the cod
Stuff the mixture of liver, oatmeal and rough salt into the head.
Sprinkle with flour or dry oatmeal to seal
Cover with grease-proof paper and tie with cotton or string
Place the remainder of the fish in a large pan and add water until it just covers the fish. Bring the water to the boil
When boiling point is reached, place the prepared head in the pan. The water should come halfway up the head
Reduce heat and simmer gently for 20 or 30 minutes depending on the size of the fish
Any surplus of the liver/oatmeal mixture can be placed in a pudding bowl in the water alongside the boiling fish and head, allowing water to come halfway up the side of the bowl
Local variations
Finely chopped onions are added to the liver/oatmeal mixture in some districts
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20:30:00 o'clock BST
Ceann Cropaig
Ceann Cropaig
Ingredients
1 medium / large cod
Cod is not easily available these days; 2 small haddocks or ling will do as well
liver of the same fish, chopped finely
enough fine oatmeal to make a binding mixture
rough salt to taste
Required utensils
one large pan
a pudding bowl
grease proof paper / aluminium foil
string
Method
Clean the head of the cod
Stuff the mixture of liver, oatmeal and rough salt into the head.
Sprinkle with flour or dry oatmeal to seal
Cover with grease-proof paper and tie with cotton or string
Place the remainder of the fish in a large pan and add water until it just covers the fish. Bring the water to the boil
When boiling point is reached, place the prepared head in the pan. The water should come halfway up the head
Reduce heat and simmer gently for 20 or 30 minutes depending on the size of the fish
Any surplus of the liver/oatmeal mixture can be placed in a pudding bowl in the water alongside the boiling fish and head, allowing water to come halfway up the side of the bowl
Local variations
Finely chopped onions are added to the liver/oatmeal mixture in some districts
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I will try anything at least once (I think), and I would try this if someone made it for me; but I don't think it's anything I'd be tempted to make for myself, even if cod were easily accessible. Did you know "cod's head" used to be a slang term that meant "fool"? Whenever I see or hear "cod's head" I think of Othello.
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