Chowder sounds good for that 'dayafter kitchenparty feeling'
Yes I know someone who hailed from Ireland's Eye too! My godmother's husband, family friends from way back and in their eighties, but they live in Ottawa now. That is Newfoundland, everybody connected one way or another.
Yes it is easy to overdo cod, it cooks really quickly. 20 minutes in the oven give or take the size of fish and temperature, not always easy to control in a woodstove maybe check at 15 even!