Salted Fish Cakes: 18th Century Cooking Series at Jas Townsend and Son

 Another video by jastownsendandson As is mentioned, New England was the main supplier, but it was coming from the Grand Banks off the Atlantic coast of Canada. Cod was one of the reasons for warfare in the Atlantic region. If you controlled the cod fishery, there was alot of money to be made. As well, if English fisherfolk were sailing, you had trained ship crews for the navy!