Do you like sardines?

polls ^ | March 21, 2013

[NEMDF]

Yes, in mustard. I might have a couple cans at home, that I always forget about. Do you think they are good for YEARS? Or not worth the risk?

[353FMG]

U answered my question — I finally will be able to get a good night’s rest.

[Grams A]

I agree. My father who died many, many years ago used to eat a tin of sardines every single night with Ritz crackers before he went to bed. The smell just did me in.

[NEMDF]

I did not know smelt were from Michigan, as were my parents. My mom, as a single mother in about 1966 with 5 kids born between Oct 1954 and Oct 1960... she would buy these huge bags of frozen smelt for just pennies, and then bread and fry them. She could stretch a food dollar SO FAR. That was back in the days before food stamps and when most people actually cooked.

[Epsdude]

It’s like the original sushi!

[Daffynition]

Smoke 'em if ya got 'em.

[JRios1968]

I prefer cheese.

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

[Charles Martel]

Now you've done it... you've gone and flung a craving on me.

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

[nascarnation]

That pic looks like somebody put a Schrader valve in Bill Clinton’s butt and pumped him up to 110 psi.

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

[Revolting cat!]

(Note Huma Abedin in the front row, poor thing forced to use public transportation.)

[a fool in paradise]

I don't know if I like them. I only know one.

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

[Grams A]

That is just gross!!!!!! (And yes I am a wuss)

[JoeProBono]

LOL!

[Marie Antoinette]

That is the ONLY kind I like and eat. Delicious on crackers or by themselves. :)

[Chickensoup]

Do Sardines put lead in your pencil, as do raw Clams and raw Oysters?

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More lead than you can imagine, Seafood Breath.

[JoeProBono]

[Rebelbase]

I like these:

I used to eat them all the time in college, great for taking camping and hiking. They were 3 cans for a buck then; the last time I looked in the store they were $1.89/can.

[JoeProBono]

[Slyfox]

Yum.

[Daffynition]

I have no idea what you are talking about.

[Arrowhead1952]

Ya shoulda axked bout pickled herring too............

[Daffynition]

EUUUUUWWWWWWWWWW!

[Daffynition]

Aren't those smelts?

[editor-surveyor]

Sardines are great, as long as the skins are intact. Can’t see any reason to bother eating them otherwise, since all of the food value is in the skin and the fats they contain.

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

[editor-surveyor]

What do they threaten?

[Daffynition]

Remember when the last sardine factory in the US [Maine] closed? I'm pretty sure there is a thread.

America’s Last Sardine Factory Closes Its Doors

[Grams A]

You just had to do this didn’t you. May the fleas of a thousand camels invade your armpits and all the elastic in your undergarments break tomorrow at 2 p.m.

[Daffynition]

[editor-surveyor]

>> “a sealed and undamaged container will last a lot more than....t ashree years.” <<

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U Bet!

I had a can last week that was marked with an expiration date of june, 1994. They were excellent. Packed in fragrant virgin Olive oil.

[editor-surveyor]

About 32,000 sarcdines to the ton.

[Daffynition]

[editor-surveyor]

>> “Gout attacks” <<

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Spend more time walking in dry beach sand.

[editor-surveyor]

I still can’t understand why you divorced her....

[editor-surveyor]

Dat’s pretty old!

They quit using the long key back in the early ‘60s.

[P.O.E.]

I’m more of an anchovy man myself:

Saute diced garlic in olive oil until light brown in a deep pan.
Add two cans anchovies AND all oil in cans. Stir occasionally to break up filets.

Meanwhile:

Cook angel hair pasta until al dente. Drain.

Add pasta to garlic/anchovie pan.

Toss.

(Add 1/3 cup capers or so, to taste).

Serve.

Add grated parm or red pepper flakes, to taste.

Mangia!

[Slyfox]

Fried smelt dunked in catsup. Mmm-Mmm-Mmmm.

[editor-surveyor]

Have you ever seen how they make catsup?

They squeege the tomatoes across the slab after the trucks have driven through them, and everything goes into the vat.

[TheOldLady]

That’s it! With the purple banner! Mmmm, mmm, mmm! They’re good eatin’!