Eating Sardines

[R.Wold]

Perch like em too

[rgvtexan]

I make a protein sandwich like this. Sourdough bread, slab on peanut butter (to keep the sardines from slipping out), a layer of the fish, and spread the other slice of bread with mustard for flavor. Um Um Good!

[Jayco19]

Originally Posted by Trekkar

Sardines are probably the best daily fish you can eat. Sustainable species, less contaminants than other fish, (small size) etc. Very economical, but very good for you.

Very good in sandwiches, salads, egg dishes, or any other ways you want to prepare fish.

Yep. People often don't like the smell. Too bad.

I'll stick with my lake caught crappie - catfish with a occasional walleye!

[Solo_RV_Guy]

Anchovies! What about the anchovies? Who'll save the anchovies?



I'll dice a single anchovy fillet to use in a salad or as the source of salt in a fish recipe... but they're too salty to eat like sardines.

[Down South]

Before I retired, this ole country boy was working in a high rise downtown Houston. Anyway, we had one guy down from my office who evidently loved the smelly little buggers. "I like em too".

But to pop the top of a can of them in a office building where people wear dress clothes and ties is a mortal sin.

I was sitting at my desk one day doing my normal not much of anything and all of a sudden I smelled something rank. I couldn't put my finger on what was causing the odor. I was smelling of my trash can, looking under stuff trying to figure out where the foul odor was coming from.

Within a couple minutes one of the secretaries came running around the corner heading for a office a couple doors down from me and the butt chewing began.

Evidently the guy had been guilty of this offence before and she knew who to look for.

If memory serves me correct, that was the last time I ever smelled sardines on my office floor after that.

[R.Wold]

Originally Posted by Solo_RV_Guy

Anchovies! What about the anchovies? Who'll save the anchovies?



I'll dice a single anchovy fillet to use in a salad or as the source of salt in a fish recipe... but they're too salty to eat like sardines.

Just don’t put them in a sandwich with peanut butter and mustard!

[ratherberv]

Originally Posted by Solo_RV_Guy

Anchovies! What about the anchovies? Who'll save the anchovies?

As one comedian said (can't remember which one) "Anchovies are plentiful because even other fish won't eat them!"

[LargeMarge]

Excellent choice!

Sardines are considered too small to accumulate heavy metals.
Much of their diet is plankton and krill.
Larger pelagic predators -- tuna, swordfish, mahi mahi -- have the potential to accumulate more heavy metals.

Sardines canned with organic olive oil 'leaches' more calcium from the fish bones to increase my intake of this necessary nutrient.
DHA and EPA are essential nutrients not found in a vegentarianist diet.
Pregnant women shift their DHA to the fetus, so they must increase sardines or fish oil supplements to compensate.

I always carry several cans in the truck.
Sardines are far better snack choice than a soy-burger or soy-taco from a "fast-food" joint... although those should accurately be called 'slow-poison'.

Breakfast and brunch -- Sardines with scrambled pastured eggs.
Lunch -- Sardines diced over an organic salad.
Snack -- Sardines tossed in the blender for a savory 'unami' smoothie of fresh organic greens and an avocado... with maybe a dash of coconut aminos.

Keto/Primal all the way!

[LargeMarge]

I didn't know the amount of fish supplements I take, so I pulled the bottles to check:

Five cod-liver capsules at a half-gram (500mg) each,
plus
Five krill capsules at a gram (1,000mg) each,
plus
Five or more general 'fish oil' capsules at a gram each,
plus
At least one can of sardines or kippered herrings.

Plus I live and work down the street from Oregon Lox Company... wild smoked salmon... YUM!

No Norwegian ludifisch(sp?)... but the day is young.

[MSHappyCampers]

I think I'm gonna be sick...

[Jayco1]

This is the sardines I like and try to never be without some on hand.

Season sardines in 100% olive oil 1700mg omega-3 fatty acids 4.375 oz.
total fat 12g

NUTRITION
Serving Size: 1/2 cup drained (85g)
Amount per Serving My Daily Value
Calories 200Kcal 12%
Total Fat 12g 19%
Saturated Fat 3g 18%
Trans Fat 0g 0%
Cholesterol 56mg 19%
Sodium 340mg 15%
Potassium 210mg 6%
Total Carbohydrate 0g 0%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Sugars 0g 0%
Protein 22g 46%
Calcium 70mg 7%
Iron 1.44mg 8%
Vitamin D 60IU 15%

[cavie]

Originally Posted by Solo_RV_Guy

Anchovies! What about the anchovies? Who'll save the anchovies?



I'll dice a single anchovy fillet to use in a salad or as the source of salt in a fish recipe... but they're too salty to eat like sardines.

Anchovies, beer and pizza. it's the law!!!

[Earl II]

Originally Posted by MSHappyCampers

I think I'm gonna be sick...

I like a good pickled herring recipe too.

[R.Wold]

In Sweden, Norway, Ice Land etc, you can get fish paste in a tube like tooth paste and just squeeze it out on crackers or whatever. Very efficient.