Cod Tales And Military History At Castle Hill National Historic Site

The sun sets on Castle Hill National Historic Site in Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador/Parks Canada Christopher Newhook pulls out a pair of ado...

May 24, 2023
11:20 AM

The sun sets on Castle Hill National Historic Site in Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador/Parks Canada Christopher Newhook pulls out a pair of adorable cloth cod and two fabric knives at Castle Hill National Historic Site and gets to work showing why this humble fish changed the world. He deftly cuts off their heads with a throating knife, noting how people once used every bit, eating the eyes, tongues, jowls and cheeks and using the head for soup. Then he slices open the belliies, removing the innards for fertilizer but saving the livers to render down for oil that once lit the streets of Europe and then became a medicine to treat rheumatism and prevent rickets.