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“The most highly developed salt cod cuisine in the world is that of the Spanish Basque provinces. Until the nineteenth century, salt cod was exclusively food for the poor, usually broken up in stews.”

Food Anthropology Food History Cod Codfish Basque Salt Cod Saltfish

Book:Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World

Source: Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World

“Typical of Iberia, both the Basques and the Catalans claim the word comes from their own languages, and the rest of Spain disagrees. Catalans have a myth that cod was the proud king of fish and was always speaking boastfully, which was an offence to God. "Va callar!" (Will you be quiet!), God told the cod in Catalan. Whatever the word's origin, in Spain lo que corta el bacalao, the person who cuts the salt cod, is a colloquialism for the person in charge.”

Food Anthropology Food History Cod Catalan Basque Salt Cod Bacalao

Book:Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World

Source: Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World

“Your language looks like a treasure map,' she said, 'if you forget all the rest of the letters and focus in on the x, it looks as if you could find out where the treasure is.”

Language Basque

Book:Bilbao-New York-Bilbao

Source: Bilbao-New York-Bilbao

“« Chaque heure blesse, la dernière tue. » - (proverbe basque, mais aussi latin).”

Latin Proverbs Basque

Author:Trevanian