Upstream cods project: racks and cods under the snow in Lofoten Island

racks and cods under the snow

racks and cods under the snow

Racks and cods under the snow in Lofoten Island. Stockfish is unsalted fish, especially cod, dried by cold air and wind on wooden racks on the foreshore, called “hjell”. The drying of food is the world’s oldest known preservation method, and dried fish has a storage life of several years. The method is cheap and effective in suitable climates.

Upstream cods is our way to tell people the story, using pictures, about stockfish and salted cod, how these two products gets fished, prepared and presented to everyone’s table.
The meaning of Upstream Cods is to follow the full production chain backwards: we’ll start from Liguria’s festivals and restaurants concerned stockfish and salted cod, going upstream to the Lofoten islands, Norway, where the cods are fished and prepared to be sold to public, as we know it…be sure that we are also going to snoop around on how they are cooked in their native land. And, by the way, will photograph the natural beauty of these remote islands located beyond the Arctic Circle!

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Upstream Cods: cods in the garden

cods in the garden

cods in the garden

Cods in the garden ….people buy or fish cods so it is not difficoult to see it hanged up in the garden or against windows to dry out. This picture was taken in Ramberg during a big snowfall. Ramberg is a village on the island of Flakstadøya in the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. The village is also the administrative centre of Flakstad municipality. It has approximately 350 inhabitants.

Upstream cods is our way to tell people the story, using pictures, about stockfish and salted cod, how these two products gets fished, prepared and presented to everyone’s table.
The meaning of Upstream Cods is to follow the full production chain backwards: we’ll start from Liguria’s festivals and restaurants concerned stockfish and salted cod, going upstream to the Lofoten islands, Norway, where the cods are fished and prepared to be sold to public, as we know it…be sure that we are also going to snoop around on how they are cooked in their native land. And, by the way, will photograph the natural beauty of these remote islands located beyond the Arctic Circle!
So, if you’d like to follow us in this adventure, and you want to follow Upstream Cods project plaese, like and share this page https://www.facebook.com/UpstreamCods

Upstream Cods staff at Ramberg Gjestegård

Upstream Cods project at Ramberg Gjestegård

Ramberg Gjestegård a view of the restaurant in Ramberg with a very popular Arctic Menu restaurant does mainly fish dishes and its own Flakstad Menu (cod, cured roast lamb and rhubarb compote for dessert).

Upstream cods is our way to tell people the story, using pictures, about stockfish and salted cod, how these two products gets fished, prepared and presented to everyone’s table.

The meaning of Upstream Cods is to follow the full production chain backwards: we’ll start from Liguria’s festivals and restaurants concerned stockfish and salted cod, going upstream to the Lofoten islands, Norway, where the cods are fished and prepared to be sold to public, as we know it…be sure that we are also going to snoop around on how they are cooked in their native land. And, by the way, will photograph the natural beauty of these remote islands located beyond the Arctic Circle! So, if you’d like to follow us in this adventure, and you want to follow Upstream Cods project plaese, like and share this page https://www.facebook.com/UpstreamCods
All pictures are visible here