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Default Making your own bacala salted cod


"D. Winsor" > wrote in message
> the salting or drying process.
>
> Pack the fish in rock salt for a coupla days and dry outside but not in
> strong sun. Fans or a sea breeze will keep the flies off. Strong
> sunshine will cause the fish bronze in colour.
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I'd use solar salt, not rock salt sold for ice melting as that can contain a
lot of impurities. Morton sells a rock salt for making ice cream that may
be OK.