Substack Extra Lofoten special

...with a celebration layer-cake and a recipe to celebrate the cod-harvest

The fishermen of the Lofotens - above is the fishing port of Henningsvaeg in 1985 - celebrated the arrival of the cod-shoals at spawning-time with a communal cod-feast (what else?), accompanied by the lengthy telling of cod-sagas (mostly involving Lief Ericson), followed by a red-wine hangover.