Sardines

I have this bad feeling that a 500-year-old sardine under some other name will seek us out for revenge.

@wolfgang59

Fish is rich in omega-3. Thats the ingredient preventing alsheimers to a large degree.
You should come to the south coast of Africa, we have a sardine-run every year about this time, and its a magnificent sight to see. Millions and millions of sardines, moving up the coast eastwards, to warmer water in the Indian ocean.
They're always followed by sharks, dolphins, and sea birds, feeding from them.
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@badradger said
rather have mackerel

Have you tried Tesco’s rollmops? They are lovely 😋

The Scandinavians have been picking herrings for centuries. You have to admit, they look amazingly healthy!


https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/nordic-delights-the-scandinavian-diet-is-among-the-healthiest-and-most-delicious-in-the-world-1654155.html

@caesar-salad said
I have this bad feeling that a 500-year-old sardine under some other name will seek us out for revenge.

Not to worry, they're quite small. One swift blow then fillet and fry with garlic and onion.

@petewxyz said
Sild are basically younger or smaller sardines. You can eat the bones in sardines but the bones in sild are even softer. It's more about how the fish are graded for size, both are tinned, enjoy both. If you go to the southwest coast of Bretagne in France though, you can buy sardines fresh off the boat. They grow bigger down there so you do need to fillet them but they taste really good fresh.

Would love to try them. The sardines we have in cans here don't have to be de-boned and are very soft. I don't don't know if they are as soft as Sild as I've never ate that kind. I'm not one to travel a lot but do like to try out different foods from other parts of the world. Probably not a good time for that right now though! 😉

-VR

@drewnogal said
Have you tried Tesco’s rollmops? They are lovely 😋

The Scandinavians have been picking herrings for centuries. You have to admit, they look amazingly healthy!


https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/nordic-delights-the-scandinavian-diet-is-among-the-healthiest-and-most-delicious-in-the-world-1654155.html

yeah the mops are ok but I prefer the smoked. if i am making fish cakes at home i mix smoked makerel with Pollock(Coley) with a bit of mash.

@badradger said
yeah the mops are ok but I prefer the smoked. if i am making fish cakes at home i mix smoked makerel with Pollock(Coley) with a bit of mash.

Now that is a mixture I don't remember having had. Could you tell the the rest of us the indgredients you use?

-VR

@very-rusty said
Now that is a mixture I don't remember having had. Could you tell the the rest of us the indgredients you use?

-VR

egg to coat the fishcakes with panko breadcrumbs(salt n pepper) thats it then shallow fry in sunflour oil. it also works with smoked haddock.

Straight from the can and grilled on toast like you would cheese with salt n pepper and maybe some balsamic or Worcester sauce.

Admittedly I am straying from the OP but just had a tin of Mackerel in korma sauce. Mix that with a bit of rice and coleslaw and you are good to go now that we only socialise in open spaces.

@badradger said
egg to coat the fishcakes with panko breadcrumbs(salt n pepper) thats it then shallow fry in sunflour oil. it also works with smoked haddock.

Hmmmm...Different and something I've never tried before. Will have to keep that one in mind, better yet write it down in my notes. 😉

-VR

@petewxyz said
Admittedly I am straying from the OP but just had a tin of Mackerel in korma sauce. Mix that with a bit of rice and coleslaw and you are good to go now that we only socialise in open spaces.

Well you're still in the fish family. I Love Mackerel too, have you ever jigged Mackerel?

-VR

@very-rusty said
Well you're still in the fish family. I Love Mackerel too, have you ever jigged Mackerel?

-VR

I hitched up to Cape Wrath (West Scotland) when I was a student and stayed on a camp site where there was a rowing boat you could use, but I wasn't successful trying for Mackerel with shiny metal on the line. I did get Cole fish by using shell fish as bait. They were good fried over a little gas ring I had. Good food for free!

@petewxyz said
I hitched up to Cape Wrath (West Scotland) when I was a student and stayed on a camp site where there was a rowing boat you could use, but I wasn't successful trying for Mackerel with shiny metal on the line. I did get Cole fish by using shell fish as bait. They were good fried over a little gas ring I had. Good food for free!

The most effective way of catching mackerel is to use a string of feathers. These basic lures are retrieved through the water, mimicking small bait fish, such as sandeels, which is the staple diet of mackerel.

-VR

i made a pot of rice and dumped a tin of mexican sardines in it

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