SARDINES

[Pre 29]

Love em or hate em? I have tried a bunch of different brands and always come back to King Oscar. I love the ones canned in extra virgin olive oil with hot jalapeno peppers. For lunch I will hit a salad bar and dump a can of these over them for salad dressing. A top source of Omega-3's and calcium. Naturally rich in protein, vitamins B12 and D, iron, phosphorus, and potassium. And they taste great.

 

[David LaPell]

Sardines are the one snack I know I can put in the cupbaord that the wife and son won't eat on me.

 

[vt_shooter]

I like 'em, never tried the jalapeño peppers version, but I will. I buy King Oscar brand too, packed in olive oil. A sardine sandwich always tastes good, I don't know why sardines aren't more popular here.

 

[Salty RI]

You eat them I always thought they were bait.

 

[Comrad]

Don't forget about Kipper snacks. Good stuff right there.

 

[Drm50]

Sardines and soda crackers were a staple in backpack. Ate the
Sardines and poured juice on logs and stumps. Kind of set up
a scent line while after Spring Black Bear in Ontario, back when
they had spring season.

 

[bricker]

Are y'all serious?

 

[Rustyt1953]

Sardines in mustard sauce, crackers and beer....Bliss.

 

[Pre 29]

Are y'all serious?

I know they don't have sardines in Georgia, just moon pies and royal crown cola. haha

 

[THE PILGRIM]

I like them packed in salt water.
Sardines feel more at home there, they are saltwater fish.
Then I pour off the water and slosh on the LA Hotsauce.

 

[4barrel]

Sardines are dead fish. You don't wont that smell on a date. They smell like battery acid & taste like a copper penny.

 

[shouldazagged]

Love the King Oscar Kipper Snacks, especially since real kippers are as expensive as platinum in this part of the country now. I used to be able to buy them at Kroger, years ago--good Scottish ones--but no more.

I like sardines in hot sauce, mustard sauce, olive oil, or soybean oil. Not too picky in my broke old age.

 

[Arik]

I like them. I buy Latvian ones. No additives no copper taste, no dead smell. Just good sardines

 

[vt_shooter]

Are y'all serious?

If you think sardines are gross, where do you rank Vietnamese fish sauce that's made from fermented fish?

 

[THE PILGRIM]

If you think sardines are gross, where do you rank Vietnamese fish sauce that's made from fermented fish?

I love Thai food which also uses fermented fish sauce.
You got to be very careful when adding it.
A little goes a long ways.
To say it's 'strong' is an under statement.

 

[DoubleAdobe]

Sardines, kipper snacks, smoked oysters all good eating, and like the guy said, no one in my house, except my son when he comes over will eat them. Just like chicken livers, ha.

 

[msinc]

Sardines are dead fish. You don't wont that smell on a date. They smell like battery acid & taste like a copper penny.

Buddy you are buying yours in the wrong place...or something!!!

Personally, I love them. There is even a brand that sells them skinless. I use the skinless ones in a lot of different recipes, especially oysters rockefeller. Now as to the hot sauce or peppers....I cannot put something in my mouth that causes pain and call that enjoyable.

 

[Arik]

Sardines, kipper snacks, smoked oysters all good eating, and like the guy said, no one in my house, except my son when he comes over will eat them. Just like chicken livers, ha.

Ooooo....Chicken livers! And hearts!

 

[Bahamaroot]

Love em or hate em?.....

 

[Marshwheeling]

I love this thread! In college, I had a girlfriend who loved sardine picnics in bed. The blend of aromas was magnificent. Gimme sardines, kippers, smoked oysters, herring filets, you name it.

Trader Joes has some smoked trout filets that take the art of canned fish to new levels. There's a europsche deli where I go for ikkra that always gives a can of Russian sardines as a spiff when you buy something, sometimes quite good, sometimes not.

And how about Calamari en su Tinta? Not that good right out of the can, but with some linguini, chopped olives, capers, olive oil and balsamic vinegar. As a late-night supper to feed a date, it has never failed me. Conchita won't touch it, though.