Tried sardines.....
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canadianlbs wrote: »Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »WOW what is this nice crunchy salty stuff it tastes so good.
use that wasn't anchovies? they are terrific on pizza but sardines aren't usually salty. more just a rich, oily taste that puts some people off.
Whoops you're right! I got them mixed up. It was anchovies. Guess I never have tried sardines.2 -
slimgirljo15 wrote: »TheDevastator wrote: »King Oscar sardines are the best I can get at the grocery store. My favorite sardines are the jalapeño ones in oil. I'm trying to eat the ones in spring water but they really don't taste too good.
I agree love the King Oscar the best..I like the ones in olive oil mooshed on toast
yummm
Don't know of King Oscar. Brunswick is my usual brand.
I find Brunswick bigger and more firm..I like the King Oscar because they squish nicely on my toast. I only ever eat sardines on toast with some cracked pepper ..yummmm
Oh and I prefer the ones packed in olive oil, not spring water.. Damn now Im hungry0 -
I do like sardines. Havent had them in a long time but this is a nice reminder to add this to the grocery list. Thanks!0
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Sardines are awesome fried up with some onions and peppers. I’ll put the mixture on top of rice and add a fried egg on top with sriratcha. So good and cheap.4
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Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »canadianlbs wrote: »Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »WOW what is this nice crunchy salty stuff it tastes so good.
use that wasn't anchovies? they are terrific on pizza but sardines aren't usually salty. more just a rich, oily taste that puts some people off.
Whoops you're right! I got them mixed up. It was anchovies. Guess I never have tried sardines.
Yes...I thought that was one 'weird' pizza with the sardines lol!1 -
I just had the King Oscar sardines in oil with jalapino. Had them on a piece of bread. They were OK - guess I just don't love em. But maybe if I had them with some rice and beans too...I'm determined to find a way to love them because they are so healthy and inexpensive to boot.0
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Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »canadianlbs wrote: »Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »WOW what is this nice crunchy salty stuff it tastes so good.
use that wasn't anchovies? they are terrific on pizza but sardines aren't usually salty. more just a rich, oily taste that puts some people off.
Whoops you're right! I got them mixed up. It was anchovies. Guess I never have tried sardines.
Anchovies are delicious and underrated.3 -
I prefer pickled herring. Best in cream sauce. Or Matjes herring- my favorite- which my store stopped carrying
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Need2Exerc1se wrote: »LearningToFly13 wrote: ».....and they weren't bad. Had a can of sardines sitting in hot sauce. Read the nutritional value and they were touted as being healthy as well as high calcium.
Put them on toast for breakfast so to the store I go to get other flavors. Pleasantly surprised!
I love sardines. I buy them boneless in tomato sauce, spread them on toast and top them with pickled jalapeños. ..:)
Oh, I will have to look for this. I don't mind the taste of sardines but have texture issues with the bones. I didn't know they sold them boneless.
Look for these. Not much more than the "run of the mill type", but great quality.
I second that!
this brand:))
Where snd what store are these?0 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »LearningToFly13 wrote: ».....and they weren't bad. Had a can of sardines sitting in hot sauce. Read the nutritional value and they were touted as being healthy as well as high calcium.
Put them on toast for breakfast so to the store I go to get other flavors. Pleasantly surprised!
I love sardines. I buy them boneless in tomato sauce, spread them on toast and top them with pickled jalapeños. ..:)
Oh, I will have to look for this. I don't mind the taste of sardines but have texture issues with the bones. I didn't know they sold them boneless.
Look for these. Not much more than the "run of the mill type", but great quality.
I second that! this brand:))
This one....where?0 -
Sorry the raincoast image is not coming up.0
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Beach Cliff sardines are so delicious. I get the sardines in soybean oil with green chilies. You can get them for about $1.00 at Walmart or order them on Amazon if you don't live near a Walmart. They are great on saltine crackers but since I am gluten intolerant now I just eat them straight out of the can. They have a great flavor without being spicy at all. A great source of protein and Omega 3's Baby!!0
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This is one of many reasons I love the MFP community. I bypass the sardines every time I go to stock up on tuna pouches, but I never picked up a can until after reading this thread. Inspired, I ran to the nearest 24 hr Walmart after work last night, grabbed the cheapest ones they had (Bumble Bee) in hot sauce, got home and dove in. They tasted exactly like I already know canned fish tastes like. Not sure why I was always so afraid of them. My friends and family were repulsed when I posted about it on Facebook, so it's a win all around.10
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PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »This is one of many reasons I love the MFP community. I bypass the sardines every time I go to stock up on tuna pouches, but I never picked up a can until after reading this thread. Inspired, I ran to the nearest 24 hr Walmart after work last night, grabbed the cheapest ones they had (Bumble Bee) in hot sauce, got home and dove in. They tasted exactly like I already know canned fish tastes like. Not sure why I was always so afraid of them. My friends and family were repulsed when I posted about it on Facebook, so it's a win all around.
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PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »This is one of many reasons I love the MFP community. I bypass the sardines every time I go to stock up on tuna pouches, but I never picked up a can until after reading this thread. Inspired, I ran to the nearest 24 hr Walmart after work last night, grabbed the cheapest ones they had (Bumble Bee) in hot sauce, got home and dove in. They tasted exactly like I already know canned fish tastes like. Not sure why I was always so afraid of them. My friends and family were repulsed when I posted about it on Facebook, so it's a win all around.
Try that exact one and add salt pepper and lemon juice mushed up on toasted rye bread.0 -
Going to try to pan fry some canned sardines later today.
The ones I buy come in water in a large 7 oz (wet wt) can (over twice the size of normal sardine cans). There are usually two full sized 2 oz (dry wt) sardine bodies (gutted w/tails and heads cut off) in each can; not the tiny things than come in the smaller cans. As close to whole sardines as you can get w/o buying them fresh.
Just going to fry them in olive oil to warm then thru & crisp/brown the skin and then season w/salt, pepper & lemon juice to see how they taste.
May also add some nutmeg which is my favorite fish seasoning; works well w/an oily fish like salmon and should work w/sardines as well.0 -
Going to try to pan fry some canned sardines later today.
The ones I buy come in water in a large 7 oz (wet wt) can (over twice the size of normal sardine cans). There are usually two full sized 2 oz (dry wt) sardine bodies (gutted w/tails and heads cut off) in each can; not the tiny things than come in the smaller cans. As close to whole sardines as you can get w/o buying them fresh.
Just going to fry them in olive oil to warm then thru & crisp/brown the skin and then season w/salt, pepper & lemon juice to see how they taste.
May also add some nutmeg which is my favorite fish seasoning; works well w/an oily fish like salmon and should work w/sardines as well.
NUTMEG!? That sounds utterly scandalous!!!0 -
My sister let me know that the kitchen smelled like a fish market this morning. :lol1
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Going to try to pan fry some canned sardines later today.
The ones I buy come in water in a large 7 oz (wet wt) can (over twice the size of normal sardine cans). There are usually two full sized 2 oz (dry wt) sardine bodies (gutted w/tails and heads cut off) in each can; not the tiny things than come in the smaller cans. As close to whole sardines as you can get w/o buying them fresh.
Just going to fry them in olive oil to warm then thru & crisp/brown the skin and then season w/salt, pepper & lemon juice to see how they taste.
May also add some nutmeg which is my favorite fish seasoning; works well w/an oily fish like salmon and should work w/sardines as well.
Just cooked and ate this. Added the nutmeg to the other seasonings and ate it w/sauerkraut that I also made previously. It tasted pretty good.
Got rid of almost all of the metallic fishy smell w/the EVOO, s&p, nutmeg and lemon juice. Still didn't have the texture of fresh fish, of course, but it was a heck of a lot better than eating it straight out of the can.
Can probably elevate it further w/some more thought. I'm thinking of perhaps some kind of sauce. We'll see . . .1 -
I don't really eat bread. I'll just eat them out of the can.
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I like the king oscar sardines in mustard, I drain them, smash em up with half an avocado, a bit of minced red onion and celery and spread it on rye toast, or make a lettuce wrap.
And I will be trying nutmeg with fish - that's interesting and I never would have thought of it 0 -
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mmmm, sardines in mustard, mmmmmmm0
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Need2Exerc1se wrote: »LearningToFly13 wrote: ».....and they weren't bad. Had a can of sardines sitting in hot sauce. Read the nutritional value and they were touted as being healthy as well as high calcium.
Put them on toast for breakfast so to the store I go to get other flavors. Pleasantly surprised!
I love sardines. I buy them boneless in tomato sauce, spread them on toast and top them with pickled jalapeños. ..:)
Oh, I will have to look for this. I don't mind the taste of sardines but have texture issues with the bones. I didn't know they sold them boneless.
Oh yeah, I couldn't eat them with the bones in. When I was little, I very clearly remember my mum spreading them into her toast, spines and all and crunching her way through them. Ugh
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Trader Joe's has tinned farm raised smoked trout in canola oil, in a can about the size of a small sardine can. 90 calories for 2 oz (56 grams) drained. I love sardines, but I like this trout for a change. A bit lighter and less fishy.0
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LearningToFly13 wrote: »Oh yeah, I couldn't eat them with the bones in. When I was little, I very clearly remember my mum spreading them into her toast, spines and all and crunching her way through them. Ugh
spoilered because i'm not that kind of personthat was the only thing that made saturday-night 'things on toast' supper tolerable after mass every week - getting to stretch out those little sardine spines like a necklace and then crunch them up.
i never could handle fish, apart from anchovies and pickled herrings which are both so violently flavoured they don't taste like fish. but as an adult i've found a weird pocket in that that allows me to be okay with the oilier types like salmon so long as they're canned and i don't live on them.
i just went and broke out one of the flat tins of sardines in water that i bought as an 'in case the apocaplypse comes' protein source. can see why people are advocating things like lemon and onion and pepper with them, to cut into the taste, but they were okay. don't think i could take a whole tin just on its own. i could actually see mashing them into tuna to soften the dryness a bit. canned tuna is something i can't see eating even in the apocalypse.
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I actually liked the bones, which is what surprises me the most.2
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I usually love fishy stuff, and I realllly wanted to like sardines but they're just poop in my mouth2
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