sardines does anyone eat them?

brandy · Post by **brandy** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:10 pm

Hi everyone,

Does anyone eat sardines or the other tinned fish? How do you eat them? What do they taste like? Any comments? Thanks......I'm looking for more to add to the mix. Brandy

Post by **tex** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:17 pm

It's been years since I've eaten any canned fish. I think the last I ate was a can of sardines, several years ago. They tasted like . . . well,

sardines.

Tex

Joefnh · Post by **Joefnh** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:22 pm

Hi Brandy I do like sardines, although some are better than others. I like the Norweign ones packed in a lite olive oil. They do have a fishy smoked taste. I usally eat them right out of the tin with a fork. They are full of protein and omega 3.

Joe

Post by **tex** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:37 pm

Brandy,

Thanks for the reminder - I need to pick some up. They make a quick, easy snack or meal, and they're good for a change, now and then.

Tex

Martha · Post by **Martha** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:38 am

I like sardines, although I don't buy them often.

Zizzle · Post by **Zizzle** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:44 am

I eat sardines in oil occasionally. Tuna too. I tolerate mayo OK so I usually make a standard tuna salad with mayo and Old Bay seasoning, I also shred carrots into it and add diced dill pickles. I find tuna is just as good with olive oil instead of mayo.

MaggieRedwings · Post by **MaggieRedwings** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 11:50 am

I am not a sardine person but do eat canned salmon, tuna and love canned smoked oysters.

Maggie

GF-aka Oma · Post by **GF-aka Oma** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 12:00 pm

I will eat canned salmon and tuna~I tolerate sardines fine~Just wont eat them~

harma · Post by **harma** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 2:26 pm

I eat sardine out of a can, smoked mackerel out of a can (my favorite), tuna out of can and I once tried salmon out of a can, but that was a bad idea it tasted horrible. Lately I eat more and more fish and since I am one of those lazy cooks, often the fish comes out of can. What I find disgusting is haring (fresh, in a yar, in a can, any)

Compared to Holland there is not that much fish availalbe in Jordan (looking at the location not suprizing).

Only problem I have noticed with sardines is, quite often it is "vegetable oil" what most of the time mean soy bean oil.

barbaranoela · Post by **barbaranoela** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 3:08 pm

Sardines happen to be my favorite lunch sandwich-----BUT---as U know or maybe dont know--I have no sense of smell nor taste---since 04---
why--what happened --how come---I wish I could say--no one seems to know what happened to me????? so I eat to live--

YET--I do savor my ice cream----

taste or no taste tis nice and cold going in and down---

Barbara

Lesley · Post by **Lesley** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 3:36 pm

Oh Barb, how awful. Not to taste your food! I'm sorry!

I LOVE sardines. I get them in water from TJ, and eat them with lemon juice. I can't have tuna, which is a pity because I love it. I get canned wild salmon from Costco, and love it, though I haven't tried it with mayo. I loved smoked fish of all types.

Harma - I can't believe, as a Dutch woman, you don't like Herring. Practically Holland's national food! I LOVE herring, especially fresh. You can't get it here. I like pickled, but it causes heartburn.
I must get some smoked oysters. Oysters of any ilk. I love them.

harma · Post by **harma** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 4:10 pm

Harma - I can't believe, as a Dutch woman, you don't like Herring. Practically Holland's national food!

I know!!! But only the smell is enough...also I see I wrote haring, dutch name for the herring. Well you did understand it.

But I do like the Dutch cheese, but goodbye milk, there goes the cheese too.

brandy · Post by **brandy** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 4:29 pm

Zizzle, I never thought of putting old bay on tuna. I'll definitely try that as I have a tin I use for crab cakes in the cupboard.

Everyone else, thanks for the feedback so I'll try sardines and smoked oysters and depending on how that goes I'll try the mackeral and herring.

Appreciate everyones help! Brandy

Lesley · Post by **Lesley** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 4:44 pm

I wish we could get fresh mackerel. I love it! We used to catch it in S. Africa and bring it straight home from the harbor, and into the pan. Wow!
But smoked mackerel is also delicious. I find I am eating fish almost every day.

Harma - it's haring in Afrikaans too!
Herrings were cheap in England and we had no money. I used to make what the British call soused herring, sort of pickled. We loved it.
Ingredients
Serves: 6

6 x 200 Gram Fresh herrings (7 oz), preferably with soft roes
300 ml Cider vinegar (1/2 pint)
300 ml Dry cider (1/2 pint)
Salt
4 Bayleaves
4 Thyme
12 Black peppercorns
4 Cloves
2 Mace blades
Method
Scrape the scales off the herrings. Cut off their tails and heads, clean them thoroughly reserving the soft roes, then wash them under the tap. Pat them dry, put back the roes and lay them in a large pie dish, heads to tails.

Cover with vinegar and cider. Strew some salt, the herbs and the spices on top, cover with a sheet of oiled foil (this will prevent the smell from spreading) and stand the dish in a tin of boiling water.

Bake at 180 °C / 350 °F / Gas 4 for 30 minutes then allow to cool. Serve cold garnished with watercress and with a green salad with hard-boiled eggs chopped into it.

Herring is expensive and rare nowadays as is mackerel, the fish we used to eat when we had no money.

Deb · Post by **Deb** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:08 pm

I just recently found smoked trout at Trader Joes' which I'm also enjoying (I like most smoked fish).

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sardines does anyone eat them?

sardines does anyone eat them?

Sardine eater here also