Fish and Ships

Weblog about pre-modern international trade in the North Atlantic

Welcome to the weblog about research into the late medieval and early modern international trade on the North Atlantic islands. It investigates the economic and cultural connections of merchants from Northern German cities, such as Bremen and Hamburg with the North Atlantic islands of Iceland, Shetland and Faroe during the 15th to 17th centuries. The research is based at the German Maritime Museum (Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum) in Bremerhaven in cooperation with the University of Highlands and Islands in Orkney. The research is carried out by four team members, each with their individual research objectives and disciplinary background. With this blog we want to provide information about the current state of our research, and create a platform to make available results and new knowledge. Read more...

Stockfish in Bavaria • Recipes

Hans Christian Küchelmann, 12 April 2025

Not from Bavaria but preparations of two 16th century stockfish recipes from Mainz and Gent. Photo: Bart Holterman.

Andreas Pehl, journalist from Bavaria researched traces of stockfish consumption traditions in Bavaria and created two radio podcasts. Part two is concerned with the recipes in medieval and early modern cookbooks and has been broadcasted on the 12th of April 2025 by the Bavarian radio station Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bayern 2) in the series “Zeit für Bayern“:
Kabeljau im Freistaat: Der Stockfisch und die Bayern
including interviews with Jörg Vogel, Klaus Adelt, Bjørg Helen Nøstvold, Hans Christian Küchelmann and Bart Holterman.

Podcast in the “Audiothek online” (24 minutes)

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