The Fascinating Way Sardines Became The 'Hot Girl Dinner' Of The Year

Your Tango ^ | September 15, 2023 | Megan Quinn

[Red Badger]

The price of sardines has gone up about 25% this past year.

Now I now why.................

[No name given]

Brandonflation would be my guess.

[Dr. Sivana]

Mr. Enoch Snow was prescient.

Carrie
Who's gonna eat all that herring?

Enoch
[Spoken]
They ain't gonna be herring. I'm gonna put 'em in cans an' call 'em sardines.

Aha... Gonna build a little sardine cannery. Then a big one, then the biggest one in the whole country. Oh, Carrie, I'm gonna get rich on sardines. Ah!

I mean, we're gonna get rich. You an' me an' all of us...

[ansel12]

All this stuff used to be in the Women’s section of the newspaper.

Now the Women’s section and women’s interests and trends, and celebrity gossip, whatever the new health headlines are and the latest diets are what Americans see all day.

[PGR88]

My dad would eat sardines on rye bread, with a thick slice of onion

He was not a hot girl, but he did have good skin

[blackdog]

I left sardines consumption and moved to canned mackerel. I drain it, remove. Bigger bones, drizzle olive oil on it, smoke it for an hour in my cold smoker using Applewood. I left the canned sardines due to inflated cost.

By the way, nothing better than large fresh sardines and mackerel when you come across them. Don't pay the marked price. Half it and offer to buy a larger lot. I've gotten fresh large sardines for as little as $1 per pound. Be smart.

[Red Badger]

I eat sardines for lunch a lot and noticed that they have gone up from 99 cents a can to $1.29 a can here.

I wondered why, since they are usually scorned by people as the article says as , ‘poor peoples food’.

I looked up ‘sardine news’ and this article came up.

This is probably why they are now more expensive, demand is way up, so price goes up.

Supply and demand.................

[C210N]

Why do sardines have to be packed like sardines.

Could they, for instance, be packed loosely like potato chips?

[waterhill]

You can make a very nice pot of Pasta Putanesca with sardines instead of anchovies. Capers and black olives are key.

[rlmorel]

LOL, I would never in a million years eat sardines, but when I was in the USN and we had been out at sea for a while, the ship’s store ran out of everything except...Sardines!

Out of desperation for something to snack on between meals, I got a can of the sardines in mustard...and...to my surprise, they tasted okay!

Never developed a longstanding affinity for them, though. As soon as I could get something other than sardines, I went for that...:)

[Red Badger]

The Koreans do..............

[Herodes]

Sardines are the new “breath mint”...Eat a can of sardines and your breath would knock a buzzard off a shit wagon.

[rlmorel]

Did anyone else ever play “Sardines” as a kid?

[Red Badger]

They are one of the healthy snack foods. Especially rich in omega3 fatty acids and potassium that everybody needs!..............

[Flaming Conservative]

My dad used to eat canned sardines in tomato sauce, on saltine crackers. I have eaten them that way occasionally, though not for many years. A little goes a long way with me. I understand the English eat fresh sardines. Does anyone know how they taste? Much different than canned?

[Red Badger]

Never heard of that game..............

[waterhill]

I have a dozen cases of sardines, anchovies, kipper, Halibut, and red salmon. Plus tuna.

[Red Badger]

Probably a lot like sushi...............

[lee martell]

Sardines sold retail should come with recommendations for the top five Super Duper Deluxe Breath Mints.
Altoids come to mind, along with Peppermint Tea.
Sardines are not to be consumed within two hours of an important job interview or a “serious” Date.

[Bullish]

One of my long time favorite midnight snacks is ‘Tiny Tot’ sardines in oil, placed on saltine crackers and doused with plenty of Tabasco sauce. Chase them with a nice cold beer...

It’s wicked and heavenly at the same time.