DCHP-3

salt struck

Nfld, Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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of cod, sufficiently impregnated with salt as to be adequately pickled.

See: struck

Quotations

1957
The fish were left in the stage until they became "salt struck", then the family removed the fish from salt, washed them, piled them to press out excess water and finally spread them several times for complete sun-drying on the green-bough­covered (longer) framed "flakes" which are still such a prominent feature of the Newfoundland coastal settlements.