Lofoten - cod drying to become stockfish

This is my entry for #monomad challenge by @monochromes.

Hello to all!

Today I'll show you some pictures about the cod drying, to obtain stockfish, a delicious speciality of these islands.
In spring you can find hundreds of cods hung on wood structures, along the rocky shores of almost every town. In may stockfish will be ready.
During my visit the fishes were still losing liquid; it was snowing, so I didn't notice this drip on my clothes, but after some minutes my jacket has a very bad smell.

The part of the cod that has a bad smell is the head, not the body. They use to hang cods with head because of also head is good to eat, and less expensive of the body.

There were a lot of seagull in every town, but no birds were eating the fish. In Norway people have a great sense of civilization, and nobody stoles anything. You can leave open the house, the car, and no one allows himself to take things that are not his own. I love Norway also for the peace and the trust they have for others people, and maybe also seagulls know this rule, and they don't touch the fish ;-).

Pictures taken with my Sony Alpha 7iii.
Reine, Lofoten, Norway.
Late march 2024.