Cod
perhaps because of its commonness and its economic importance, a huge vocabulary has built up to describe cod at various stages and in various conditions. Add regional variation into this kedgeree and you have half a dictionary. Some of the choicest terms include the Shetland word Scots-Willie for a young cod. A shingler or a soosler are Caithness words for a thin, badly nourished cod with a big head. A ware-cod or maroochan is a poor cod at the start of the season. Cod have been air dried without salt as stockfish since at least the thirteenth century and these dried cod are sometimes called wind fish in Kincardine because of the method of drying. Other regional words for cod are droud, killine, kleg, pullach, ruggie, purr, slink and stuckie to name but a few.