DCHP-2

cod tongue DCHP-2 (October 2016)

• n. — Newfoundland, Food

  a dish made from the flesh from a codfish's throat (see Image 1).

  Type: 5. Frequency — In Newfoundland, where the cod fishing industry was traditionally the economic backbone of the province (see Clarke 2010b: 109-110), cod dishes are a staple part of the diet. Cod tongues, which are bits of flesh from the throats of codfish and not actually "tongues" at all, were often discarded when cod were plentiful, but as they declined, every part became valuable (see the 2007 quotation). Currently, cod tongues are considered a delicacy and are often seasoned with fried pork fat called scrunchions (see the 2006 quotation). While cod tongues are also eaten in Norway and other Scandinavian countries (see the 1978 quotation), the term is most frequent in Canada (see Chart 1). Within Canada, Chart 2 shows its regionally focused distribution.
  See also COD-2, s.v. "cod tongue", which is marked "Cdn (Nfld)", DNE, s.v. "cod(s) tongue".

  See also: cod moratorium  scrunchions