Happy National Sardines Day! Love em 😋 or Loathe em 🤢?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

😋

[Cirque du So-What]

1. Love 'em. To an extent.

And that extent is not finding one of the little fish full of roe. I have a strong stomach, but finding that was more than I could handle.

[democratisphere]

3. Hey! What do you have against caviar!

Buy sardines, get caviar. What a deal!

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Yum! Going to open a can for lunch.

[NotASurfer]

4. If there is a Hell, these are on Satan's Buffet of Eternal Torment

Personal opinion. One of the foods I understand people enjoy straight from the tin, but to me it tastes like something the dog rolled in

[TexasBushwhacker]

5. Just too fishy for me

I know they are good for you and I've tried to like them, but I just can't. From the funky taste to the mushy texture -

[NotASurfer]

6. And those are their good points n/t

[safeinOhio]

7. I love em fresh and

roasted on a stick. The Best.

[DashOneBravo]

8. No

It’s no different from a bucket of minners

[mitch96]

9. And healthy too!!

Small oily cold water fish.. Full of ?3 fatty acids like Salmon... and less expensive.. I get the brisling sardines from the north Atlantic... in water.. I like my own EVOO...
I get some sourdough and cut it thin for toast.. Sherri vinegar, sardines and alvovado..
Delish!! Alton Brown came up with this I think and it's brill!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=iwymlh-cOzw

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[sorcrow]

10. I miss the little key

They're still delicious with pop tops, but I liked the whole ritual of breaking breaking off the key and unrolling the top.

Regards,
Crow

[becca da bakkah]

11. Love Them. But....

.....I can't hardly find any bone-in, skin-on anymore. What's left is.....mush! And for a real treat, try cod livers. Canned, in the same section with sardines. Or on Amazon. No, I'm not kidding. Delicious!

[mitch96]

12. ".I can't hardly find any bone-in, skin-on anymore."

If you can find 'em try the King Oscar brand.. They are from Norway and they are European sprats... aka Brisling sardines.. Skin on and bone in... Delish.. the only brand I get.

https://www.kingoscar.com/products/brisling-sardines/

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[becca da bakkah]

13. Cool. Thanks....

....I'm going grocery shopping at our local chain market on Sunday,and a trip to CostCo this Thursday. Hoping I find them at either/or.

[DiverDave]

14. Eww

Eom

[yellowdogintexas]

15. I loathe the canned awful stuff that everyone else in my family loved

My college roommate and one of the women across the hall loved them. Her roommate and I hated them. When they went into a sardine frenzy, we found something else to do and left our rooms with orders to deposit the cans on another floor.

Now fresh sardines are a different thing. We ate them in Spain, fried crispy and on a fish platter. We did not know what we had, except it was good. Turns out we had fresh sardines and fresh anchovies (another abomination when canned) Needless to say we were shocked!