Fish are preserved through such traditional methods as drying, smoking and salting. The oldest traditional way of preserving fish was to let the wind and sun dry it. Drying food is the worlds oldest known preservation method , and dried has a storage life of several years. The method is cheap and effective in suitable climate : the work c... an be done by the fisherman and family and the resulting product is easily transported to market.
Salted fish, such as kippered herring or dried and salted cod , is fish curd with dry salt and thus preserved for later eating. Drying or salting , either with dry salt or with brine , was the only widely available method of preserving fish until the 19th century.+ More
