what is a Scrod
Scrod (variant, schrod) refers to young cod, haddock, or other whitefish that are prepared and eaten as food, often after preparation that involves splitting and boning the fish.crod appears in a cookbook published in 1851 in reference to cooking a young cod or the split tail of a large cod after preparation by scrawing. In scrawing, fish are split open, dried in the sun or salted overnight (to remove moisture), then broiled.