Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
canch . - noun A box or bin for use in salting fish or skins.
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Examples
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Several methods of salting are commonly used: dry salting, kench salting, brine salting, and pickle salting.
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Pickle curing is recommended in preference to kench salting as it produces a more even salt penetration and provides a better protection of the fish against insects and animals since they are covered with brine.
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During trials, the fish were prepared by washing, splitting, kench salting in tanks for 18-24 hours, draining and drying in the tunnel to
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In the tropics, fish are usually left in the kench pile for 24 to 48 hours after which it is dried.
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The edges of the kench pile should also be regularly sprinkled with salt to prevent contamination.
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In kench salting, the fish are mixed with dry crystalline salt and piled up, the brine which forms as the salt takes water from the fish being allowed to drain away.
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In making the first kench pile, 30-35 parts by weight of salt should be used for each 100 parts of fish.
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There are three main salting methods: kench salting, pickle curing and brining.
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In rainy weather, the fish may be left in the kench pile for longer periods.
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The advantage of kench salting is that the fluids are drained off leaving the flesh fairly dry.
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whichbe commented on the word kench
(Obsolete) To laugh loudly.
July 31, 2008