Fried Cod Tongues

Description
A great traditional recipe with a few new ingredients to refine the taste to an even higher level of excellence. Requires average cooking skills and is double worth the bother ! Enjoy !

Ingredients

 * 2 lbs cod tongues, fresh or frozen
 * ½ cup flour
 * 1 – 1 ½ tsp salt
 * 1/8 – ¼ tsp pepper
 * ¼ - ½ lb salt pork

baked cod tongues:


 * 2 lbs cod tongues
 * 1 cup milk
 * 2 tsp salt
 * 1 cup biscuit or bread crumbs

Directions
Carefully wash cod tongues and dry with paper towel. Allow 6-8 tongues per person. Put flour, salt and pepper in a plastic bag; add tongues and shake until evenly coated. Cut up salt pork and fry until fat is rendered out an pork ( scrunchions) are crisp and brown. Remove scrunchions. Fry tongues over medium hot heat until browned and crisp on both sides. Serve with potatoes and peas.

Baked cod tongues: Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Wipe cod tongues with a damp cloth. Soak cod tongues in milk ( in which salt has been dissolved) for about 10 minutes. Drain and roll in bread crumbs. place on a greased baking sheet and bake at 450 degrees F for about 10 minutes.