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05 July 2007

I ate sardines for the first time today. They weren't that bad. Maybe even good.
I love sardines. Especially in a Cesar salad.
posted by LoriFLA 05 July | 21:46
Remember last night how you were talking about how you thought you might smell like garbage?

Yeah. That was better.

Gross.

;-)
posted by mudpuppie 05 July | 21:46
I just had two more. They're definitely good. I've decided to like sardines.
posted by youngergirl44 05 July | 21:47
I don't mind a little sardine in my puttansca; they're an essential part of the dish. But just eating them straight? No thanks. (Although Science Girl loves them on crackers. Eesh.)
posted by bmarkey 05 July | 21:53
Though I eat an almost entirely vegetarian diet, sardines are one of the foods I periodically crave. Every year or two, I buy a tin and ate them on bread or crackers.

I like their oily smackiness, though sometimes I have to pick bits out of and off of them. Bits I won't discuss.
posted by Elsa 05 July | 21:56
Aren't you two, Lori and bmarkey, confusing sardines and anchovies? Are they interchangeable?
posted by mudpuppie 05 July | 21:58
oh jeez, I am confusing them! DUHHHHHHHHHHH!
posted by LoriFLA 05 July | 22:00
I've never tried a sardine in my life.
posted by LoriFLA 05 July | 22:01
Sardines are delicious, especially in sandwiches. Fresh (fresher the better) white bread, butter, one tin of sardines crushed in the tin with a fork and spread thickly enough that there is just enough for two sandwiches - awesome. None of that namby-pamby stuff with spring water, though - they have to be the ones in either oil or tomato sauce.

Yum.
posted by dg 05 July | 22:05
Russia's ruler was the Czar. His wife was the Czarina. His children? Czardines.

(sorry)
posted by jonmc 05 July | 22:08
They come in tomato sauce?! I must have those!
posted by youngergirl44 05 July | 22:11
D'oh! You're absolutely right, pup.

Back to Franco-American out of the can for me.
posted by bmarkey 05 July | 22:12
Also, LoriFLA confused me, so it's all her fault.
posted by bmarkey 05 July | 22:13
I know my stinky fishes. I don't eat them, but I know them.

Please to not be reading into that vis a vis other threads.
posted by mudpuppie 05 July | 22:16
When I was a kid, I used to LOVE sardines in tomato sauce. I'd pop open a can and eat them with white rice. I thought it was such a treat! :) It's been YEARS though and now you've made me all nostalgic for a taste of them...
posted by phoenixc 05 July | 22:21
Fresh sardines are awesome too, but I think only tapas restaurants are allowed to purchase them, since that's the only place I can find them.
posted by small_ruminant 05 July | 22:22
sardines... sardines... sardines... I love sardines. I want to kiss sardines, hug sardines, make love to sardines.

The greek recipe (you thought you'd escape, huh?):
Buy dried sardines from a store near you. Greek or otherwise middle eastern store. Rinse off excessive salt, unless you want a heart attack. Swish around in a lot of flour (swish the sardines but yourself too if you like) while blowing off the excess to those around you. Dance in a flour cloud. Be dramatic. It does not help the cooking but it distracts the others. Then fry in hot olive oil. Turn off the heat. Pour vinegar. Your special occasions vinegar. Eat.

My mom's recipe. Step by step.
posted by carmina 05 July | 22:24
That's awesome! Thanks for sharing, carmina. I will now be seeking out sardines in tomato sauce and dried sardines. Maybe I'll get them in time to take pictures for photo friday.
posted by youngergirl44 05 July | 22:32
OMG, I've just recently discovered sardines for myself. All the little grocery stores around here carry tins of sardines-in-tomato-sauce, from Mexico, for 99 cents each. They are SO GOOD. Even though the sight of these industrially-sliced fish bodies is so disgusting, and even though I have to remove the spine & internal organ things (though they are edible -- I just can't deal with them), and even though I'm mostly a vegetarian, sardines are YUMMY.
posted by treepour 05 July | 22:42
I like to eat sardines with club crackers, outside, with my mutt. I like the ones with mustard sauce, but he prefers his packed in spring water, or better yet, oil.

We go out on the back patio, and I open the two tins. He'll start whining in anticipation. I flip him one of his, and eat one of mine. He'll go nuts if I make him wait very long for the second and subsequent sardines. He wolfs his down a lot faster than I eat mine on my crackers though, so he's always done before I am. He plans that, I'm convinced, so that he can stare up at me with mournful brown eyes, while I eat my last 3 or 4 sardines.

Sometimes, he looks so pitiful, I give him the last one of mine. And he always remembers, too late, that he hates the mustard sauce.
posted by paulsc 06 July | 00:36
I like them.
posted by tangerine 06 July | 00:57
A traditional English recipe using sardines is Stargazey Pie, but it's a bit gruesome because the fish are put in the pie whole (wrapped in bacon) with their heads sticking out around the crust.
posted by essexjan 06 July | 00:57
Eewww no! Just no! Sardines are like Salmon: vile, vile, vile and should not be eaten by anyone with tastebuds. You know who like Sardines? Hitler. Himmler loved a nice plate of salmon.
posted by TheDonF 06 July | 01:05
Mustard or tomato sauce for me, yeah they are good good. but they stink stink.
posted by bigmusic 06 July | 01:35
I can understand someone not liking sardines -- I didn't go near them until a few months ago, and it's taken pretty much since then to get over certain aspects of them -- but salmon?!? I mean salmon might not be your thing, but "vile"? That's like calling clouds vile. Or oceans. Or forests. Or cute kittens and/or puppies.
posted by treepour 06 July | 01:38
Fish. Fish is vile. As are all things fishy.

Maybe that will clear it up?

[NOT PESCIST]
posted by mudpuppie 06 July | 01:47
Nope - Salmon in all its forms is is disgusting. I almost retched the last time I tried to eat smoked salmon.
posted by TheDonF 06 July | 01:50
In Spain, we would go down the the mercat every day and get fresh seafood, fruit and veg. The sardines were particularly amazing.
posted by chuckdarwin 06 July | 09:50
Post-purchase remorse || Recompsense for not be around.

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