Bacalhau
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Bacalhau is a family of food dishes made from codfish, which has been dried and salted for preservation. Bacalhau originated in Portugal, but is very popular in many countries from Brazil to several countries in Southeast Asia.
Bacalhau à braz (Port.): salt cod and french fries in thin strips combined with scambled eggs and garnished with parsley, in an onion sauce.
morue, brandade, bacalao, bacalhau, lutefisk, and finnan haddle
it is often preferred to fresh cod. Haddock, hake, and pollock are
members of the cod family.
coda di bue (It.) Oxtail.
codorniz (Sp.) Quail.
For centuries, much of the European diet depended on dried cod, known as salt cod or bacalhau (with salt) or stockfish (without).
To the French Cod is morue (cabillaud for fresh), baccala to the Italians, bacalao to the Spanish, bacalhau to the Portuguese; Scandinavians know it as lutefisk, and to the Norwegians it is torsk.
 See also: Potato, Water, Salt, Cod, Salt cod
  
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