BACCALA SOUP IS GREAT FOR A COLD AND FEVER

The best decision I made was to make baccala soup which has lots of tomato broth in it to feed the fever and what ailed me. Barb had to cook but she never minds doing it. After a little nap yesterday I found a bacon and tomato sandwich plated on my Sudoko puzzle. I didn't feel like eating the garden salad with chicken chunks but Barb made lots as she knows I will probably snack on it later. Meanwhile I will finish my soup. With the fresh bread Barb made in the bread maker, it will be tasty.

LA LA LA PESCE FRITA- BACCALA

Baccala  is the common dish for any Christmas Eve Seafood dinner. It is salted cod. The trick is to soak the cod in water for even as long as a day to reduce the amount of salt before cooking.
Dishes include simply frying some pieces in oil and garlic on the stove.

It can be rolled in a breaded  mixture or  flour and baked in the oven along with other fish/seafood dishes.

My mother used to make a baccala soup by putting some pieces in a tomato mixture.

I don't make the soup because no one else really eats it. My family like some baked cod or baccala from the oven.

This can be dish # 3 and # 4 depending on whether you make the soup.

Baccala is a good addition  to have for anyone who has a shellfish allergy and wants to partake in the Christmas Eve Seafood dinner.

Added note- don't over soak the fish in water to remove the salt. One year I did that and there was no taste left of the fish. It was very bland!

An old Italian rhyme- la la la, pesce frita, baccala!