Isinglass place of Russian isinglass. The bladders, once removed from the fish, processed, and dried, are formed into various shapes for use. Before the inexpensive production of gelatin and other competing products, isinglass was used in confectionery and desserts such as fruit jelly and "blancmange". Isinglass finings are widely used as a processing aid in the British brewing industry to accelerate the fining, or clarification, of beer. It is used particularly in the production of cask-conditioned beers, although a few cask ales are available which are not fined using isinglass. The finings flocculate the live yeast in the beer into a
Dried and salted cod countries on 'meatless' Fridays and during Lent. In Middle English dried and salted cod was called "haberdine". Dried cod and the dishes made from it are known by many names around the world, many of them derived from the root "bacal-", itself of unknown origin. Explorer John Cabot reported that it was the name used by the inhabitants of Newfoundland. Some of these are: "bacalhau (salgado)" (Portuguese), "bacalao salado" (Spanish), "bakailao" (Basque), "bacallà salat i assecat" or "bacallà salat" (Catalan), μπακαλιάρος, "bakaliáros" (Greek), "Kabeljau" (German), "cabillaud" (French), "baccalà" (Italian), "bakalar" (Croatian), "bakkeljauw" (Dutch), "makayabu" (Central and East Africa), "kapakala" (Finnish).