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Post by terrapinflyer on Jun 23, 2022 23:03:32 GMT -5
We like buying and stuffing the squid like you do with stuffed manicotti. Using the squid instead of the pasta. Saw an Anthony Bordain show once & he was with a gal eating canned fish at some restaurant in Europe. That restaurateur built a heck of a business selling canned stuff & making everyone believe it was better than fresh. And at a premium. Wish I was that smart. God bless him. If my manicotti was as tough as a squid I wouldn't be able to eat it. You're cooking one or both of these things wrong.  I've done the manicotti thing. I like to toss them, sliced, in a stir-fry with some rice wine vinegar and such. The squid cooks quickly and does turn tough quickly. I've not seen them in the hinterland, though. I'll not recount my youthful prairie squid experiences here. |
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Post by Zach on Jun 24, 2022 10:39:59 GMT -5
The smoked trout was very tasty but a fairly small portion at only 150 calories per can (I think it's 3.5 ounces I'll have to double check) and nearly $4 per can. Worth keeping a few tins for special occasions. It's very light and flaky with just the right amount of smoke and it's tinned in canola oil. Be on the lookout for Bumble Bee smoked trout.
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Post by terrapinflyer on Jun 24, 2022 10:44:08 GMT -5
The smoked trout was very tasty but a fairly small portion at only 150 calories per can (I think it's 3.5 ounces I'll have to double check) and nearly $4 per can. Worth keeping a few tins for special occasions. It's very light and flaky with just the right amount of smoke and it's tinned in canola oil. Be on the lookout for Bumble Bee smoked trout. I just might! I wonder if they have it canned in water? |
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Post by Silver on Jun 24, 2022 10:50:34 GMT -5
The smoked trout was very tasty but a fairly small portion at only 150 calories per can (I think it's 3.5 ounces I'll have to double check) and nearly $4 per can. Worth keeping a few tins for special occasions. It's very light and flaky with just the right amount of smoke and it's tinned in canola oil. Be on the lookout for Bumble Bee smoked trout. I'll have to try that! |
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Post by Zach on Jun 24, 2022 10:55:49 GMT -5
The smoked trout was very tasty but a fairly small portion at only 150 calories per can (I think it's 3.5 ounces I'll have to double check) and nearly $4 per can. Worth keeping a few tins for special occasions. It's very light and flaky with just the right amount of smoke and it's tinned in canola oil. Be on the lookout for Bumble Bee smoked trout. I just might! I wonder if they have it canned in water? A quick search around Amazon and I'm not seeing in water but did see other gourmet brands of smoked trout in olive oil for get this, a whopping $15 per tin!
That company also sells this fancy "spiced squid in ragout sauce" for $14 per tin!
Lastly, all of it is farm raised trout.
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Post by Zach on Jun 24, 2022 11:51:35 GMT -5
This josegourmet.com make a lot of really good looking specialty gourmet tinned fish but tracking them down, and the very high cost is the issue. They have fried mussels in sauce, various tuna and trout fillets, "squid stuffed in ink", and longer pieces of sauced squid and tiny round pieces, Octopus in Olive Oil and Garlic, Hake roe pate, tuna belly. All types of sardines and others like I've never seen before in stores. Garlic and olive oil cod. Sounds amazing.
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Post by Silver on Jun 24, 2022 12:34:18 GMT -5
This thread is triggering some TFAD.
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Post by Plainsman on Jun 24, 2022 12:44:22 GMT -5
My 12 tins of mackerel with lemon arrived. 4.05 oz and 220 cals. Excellent. I’ve been eating it over TaiPei chicken-fried rice. I recommend you keep all the olive oil it’s packed in. I’ll be ordering more of this.
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Post by terrapinflyer on Jun 24, 2022 14:04:12 GMT -5
TFAD. Heh. I shouldn't laugh, because I'm the only consumer in the house and I always have anchovies and several varieties of sardines and kippers in the pantry, but I'm thinking about smoked trout now.
I don't play in the $15/tin league, though. I'll wait until Smoking Trouts has it in bulk.
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Post by Silver on Jun 24, 2022 14:09:44 GMT -5
When people buy sardines by the sleeve, then you know TFAD is real.
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Post by terrapinflyer on Jun 24, 2022 14:18:55 GMT -5
When people buy sardines by the sleeve, then you know TFAD is real. Right? I've never even seen them like that! For cellaring, naturally!. |
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Post by Silver on Jun 24, 2022 14:21:10 GMT -5
TFAD. Heh. I shouldn't laugh, because I'm the only consumer in the house and I always have anchovies and several varieties of sardines and kippers in the pantry, but I'm thinking about smoked trout now. I don't play in the $15/tin league, though. I'll wait until Smoking Trouts has it in bulk.  |
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Post by Zach on Jun 24, 2022 14:46:08 GMT -5
When people buy sardines by the sleeve, then you know TFAD is real. Well that's basically how anyone would order them online from say, Amazon or Walmart. I'd hope people aren't only buying one can at a time online. But I go into Meijer or Walmart and I buy the entire box off the shelf of the couple that I like to stock. When the pandemic started, I bought about 100 cans of the King Oscar's Mediterranean sardines, and as many of Polar smoked brisling sardines, King Oscar's Mackerel in lemon and olive oil, and the Mediterranean styles combined thinking I'd be locked down for an extended period of time so I started stocking survival foods with long shelf life. But maybe it's just me because I also bought the family brand new chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threat level gas masks and a pile of filters for CBRN and virus filtration.
Now's the time to start cellaring the tinned fish, it's all imported and will all cost 2-3x by October. 
Buy different types and mix it up. I don't eat sardines daily I have about one can a week. If you eat them even a few tins per week, your mercury and other heavy metals levels in your blood skyrocket. You can go have a blood panel done to see where you're at. Same with any fish from the ocean unfortunately but especially with tuna and sardines and older fish.
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Post by Silver on Jun 24, 2022 15:04:00 GMT -5
TFAD. |
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Post by instymp on Jun 24, 2022 17:44:47 GMT -5
What is tfad
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Post by Silver on Jun 24, 2022 18:08:31 GMT -5
Tinned fish acquisition disorder. |
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Post by Plainsman on Jun 24, 2022 19:34:03 GMT -5
Acquiring tinned fish is only a disorder if you are a fish.
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Post by Silver on Jun 24, 2022 20:28:09 GMT -5
Acquiring tinned fish is only a disorder if you are a fish. Haha, good one. Also known as successful completion of life cycle. |
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Post by trailboss on Jun 24, 2022 22:32:04 GMT -5
TFAD. Probably not a bad way to roll. Inflation is on a precipitous rise, best to prepare. |
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Post by Baboo on Jul 1, 2022 7:39:46 GMT -5
I often enjoy King Oscar's Wild Double-stacked Sardines packed in virgin olive oil... a frequent choice for me because it's very low in saltiness and the sardines are tender and tasty. I save the oil for future uses.
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Post by Silver on Jul 1, 2022 10:29:28 GMT -5
Picked up a dozen tins for the pantry yesterday. 4 each, packed in oil, mustard sauce and hot sauce.
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Post by Gypo on Jul 2, 2022 14:26:53 GMT -5
Picked up a dozen tins for the pantry yesterday. 4 each, packed in oil, mustard sauce and hot sauce. I need to get to the store and see what they have and branch out a little. Hoping to do so this weekend. |
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Post by Silver on Jul 2, 2022 19:28:07 GMT -5
My wife had to make another run. Came home with 7 tins of kippers. One was lunch yesterday.
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Post by Gypo on Jul 3, 2022 18:28:05 GMT -5
My wife had to make another run. Came home with 7 tins of kippers. One was lunch yesterday. Which one was in hot sauce? |
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Post by Silver on Jul 3, 2022 21:52:57 GMT -5
My wife had to make another run. Came home with 7 tins of kippers. One was lunch yesterday. Which one was in hot sauce? Some random brand of sardines from Aldi. |
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Post by orley on Jul 4, 2022 11:13:49 GMT -5
Well I went off the deep end with the anchovies. Local markets in rural MS only have Crown Prince and King Oscar. I prefer the Crown Prince. I ordered some jars of anchovies from Amazon, Ortiz, Roland and Agostino Recca. Well they all taste like anchovies should, but some are definitely better than others. The best for me was the Ortiz, plump and meaty with the least bones. Worst was the Roland, just too many bones make it unpleasant to eat by itself. However Ortiz are rather expensive, and aren't worth the additional expense for me. All of them are fine used in a Ceasar salad or for any dish. So I'll just stick to my Crown Prince which are fine to eat alone or in a salad.
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Post by Gypo on Jul 4, 2022 18:38:04 GMT -5
4 tins of Bar Harbor Smoked Wild Kippers 6 each of Brunswick herring in lemon & cracked pepper and golden smoked a tin of king oscar mackerel in olive oil and a tin of king oscar sardines olive oil and hot jalapeno peppers.
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Post by Gypo on Jul 6, 2022 19:43:59 GMT -5
Tried the sardines and jalapenos yesterday they weren't bad but still like the herring better then tried the mackerel n olive oil ok but think I would like to try it smoked.
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Post by trailboss on Jul 6, 2022 19:56:09 GMT -5
4 tins of Bar Harbor Smoked Wild Kippers 6 each of Brunswick herring in lemon & cracked pepper and golden smoked a tin of king oscar mackerel in olive oil and a tin of king oscar sardines olive oil and hot jalapeno peppers. Sounds like a lot to eat in one sitting… |
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Post by Gypo on Jul 6, 2022 19:59:48 GMT -5
4 tins of Bar Harbor Smoked Wild Kippers 6 each of Brunswick herring in lemon & cracked pepper and golden smoked a tin of king oscar mackerel in olive oil and a tin of king oscar sardines olive oil and hot jalapeno peppers. Sounds like a lot to eat in one sitting… usually one tin a day in the lunch box but keep a few in there just in case. I eat more protein now and less carbs. Old guy needs all the help he can get including eating better. |
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