After the explosion, the cats had sardines everywhere they looked.
Posted on 08/19/2013 5:57:12 PM PDT by JoeProBono
The last sardine cannery in the United States closed its doors for good last month, due to "global competition, corporate consolidations and a general lack of appetite, at least in the United States." But not only is the small, oily, silvery fish inexpensive, easy to prepare, and loaded with things that are good for you, like Omega-3 fatty acids and calcium, it’s also one of the most sustainable fish around: The Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program lists sardines as a "Best Choice" due to their abundance and high production rate. Usually canned sardines are thought of as a last resort for when you can’t be bothered to cook, but reconsider. Here are some recipes......
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King Oscar sardines packed in olive oil are the best. I always keep a few tins with me when I’m on the road. If I ever need a quick lunch, I can pull into a McDonalds, order one of their garden salads sans dressing, then I dump a tin into the salad. The olive oil provides the dressing and the sardines provide the protein.
You had it tougher than I did!
LOL!
My Mom would serve them with thin-sliced onions on white bread. These days I just eat them out of the can. Afterwards I have to put the empty can in a baggie before I throw it away or it gets pretty ripe out in the dumpster.
After the explosion, the cats had sardines everywhere they looked.
A slab of rye bread, some decent mustard with character, some sardines, coupla dashes of Cholula, top with some slabs of sliced onion and another slab of rye bread (you can toast the bread if you prefer..)
Makes a great samidge. Especially if you're not planning on kissing anyone for 24 hours... ;-)
Especially if they're Tiny Tots.
Add Saltines and Tobasco and a nice cold beer and you have a banquet of a snack.
My mom would pack me mustardized sardine sandwiches for school on occasion.
One day in first grade they decided not to agree with me and I hurled them on the floor in no uncertain fashion.
The nun was appalled. Hopefully she got over it.
(Fifty years later) I’m eating a can with Triscuits right now. Packed in oil, though.
I’ve never been able to tolerate either sardines or anchovies, they just taste repulsive to me, spoiled or rotted actually. I can’t even split a pizza with somebody who wants anchovies on their half, it’s like the foulness spreads and infects the cheese on the whole thing. Can’t imagine why anyone not on their last leg from starvation would even consider putting them in their mouths.
Ahh man, seriously?
Tuna fish sandwiches got “ripe” enough in the coat room after 4 hours, but sardines? Ack. Don’t even what to think about that.
Incidentally, the only time a nun got REALLY mad at me in 1st grade was when I misprounced the word “ace”. I opted for the short vowel sound... yeah... didn’t go over real well.
This has been the best thread here in the longest time...
Epically considering snot hill....
LMAO...
Oh and I love sardines.....
I guess they had enough salt in them to last the morning.
Don’t get me wrong, I ate them without incident dozens of times.....Must have been some pre existing condition that particular day.
My daughter and I used to joke about getting my mom/her grandma gifts - “Be careful what you buy Grandma, because you are probably going to inherit it”, so we always shopped with care and made sure it was something we really liked as well. Now I tell my kids the same thing. Although there is truly nothing I need, they do seem to put more thought into gifts.
It’s great that you get him a bag of “odds and ends”. These are obviously things that mean a lot to him but that he probably wouldn’t make a special trip to buy on his own. Older people also appreciate it if their kids just spend some time with them. Play a game of cards, take them for a drive to special places, maybe even endure a game of Bingo or rent a movie from their era and watch it with them. Older ones who have their home, like me, really appreciate the younger ones spending an afternoon working on the yard or changing out filters on the A/C. It’s easier to buy a gift but the giving of time means more.
My daughter and I used to joke about getting my mom/her grandma gifts - “Be careful what you buy Grandma, because you are probably going to inherit it”, so we always shopped with care and made sure it was something we really liked as well. Now I tell my kids the same thing. Although there is truly nothing I need, they do seem to put more thought into gifts.
It’s great that you get him a bag of “odds and ends”. These are obviously things that mean a lot to him but that he probably wouldn’t make a special trip to buy on his own. Older people also appreciate it if their kids just spend some time with them. Play a game of cards, take them for a drive to special places, maybe even endure a game of Bingo or rent a movie from their era and watch it with them. Older ones who have their home, like me, really appreciate the younger ones spending an afternoon working on the yard or changing out filters on the A/C. It’s easier to buy a gift but the giving of time means more.
My daughter and I used to joke about getting my mom/her grandma gifts - “Be careful what you buy Grandma, because you are probably going to inherit it”, so we always shopped with care and made sure it was something we really liked as well. Now I tell my kids the same thing. Although there is truly nothing I need, they do seem to put more thought into gifts.
It’s great that you get him a bag of “odds and ends”. These are obviously things that mean a lot to him but that he probably wouldn’t make a special trip to buy on his own. Older people also appreciate it if their kids just spend some time with them. Play a game of cards, take them for a drive to special places, maybe even endure a game of Bingo or rent a movie from their era and watch it with them. Older ones who have their home, like me, really appreciate the younger ones spending an afternoon working on the yard or changing out filters on the A/C. It’s easier to buy a gift but the giving of time means more.
I take a can of anchovies in olive oil and toss them into a salad. Same thing.
I had it on good authority that the sardine factory closed for a lack of skilled help. The guy that squeezed the poop out of the sardines before they were processed and canned died and they couldn’t find a American citizen to take the job although several illegal immigrants had applied for the job.
Slippery slope?
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