salt cod
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of salt cod
First recorded in 1730–35
Example Sentences
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The food was next-level good, whether we ate dishes showcasing local ingredients, fusion cuisine that brought together Japanese and Portuguese flavors, or traditionally-prepared pastel de nata — custard tarts — and salt cod.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2024
I could easily start a graze-a-thon with salt cod fritters, too.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 11, 2022
Chives and paper-thin wheels of serrano chiles give the whipped house-cured salt cod the kind of bright, fresh attitude you’re more likely to associate with a peekytoe crab salad.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2021
He concealed the name of the place where he first ate this cream of salt cod, which has led to much pleasurable but fruitless speculation.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 26, 2017
“Hard bread, hard cheese, oat cakes, salt cod, salt beef, salt mutton, and a skin of sweet wine to rinse all that salt out of my mouth. I will not die of hunger.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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