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sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sat, 02/18/06 12:06 PM
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Last night I opened a can of delicioussardines and as I enjoyed them over the frown of my wife Linda (she hates them). I begin to wonder if there were many people left on this planet that still partake in this delicacy?
It seams that a good can of sardines like a good woman, their harder and harder to find. A lot of grocers don't even keep them stocked on the shelves and I have to wonder just how long it will be before they are no longer there. A sad day for sure.
Young people wouldn't eat a sardine if it killed them........... and they act as if it would kill them ................ so I wonder just how long we sardine lovers have before they're gone.
Bumble Bee sardines in oil from Poland have got to be the best I have eaten in 50 years
What about you folks? find any better? ...............
things I like to do with sardines....... toss a bowl of iceburg lettuce with mayonnaise and dump a can of sardines atop, oil and all..................
open a can, take a fork and press the fish into it's oil to form a semi paste and fork that onto some soft fresh white bread. add a little mayo and lettuce and you have a wonderful sandwich............

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sat, 02/18/06 12:20 PM
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MY favorite not sardines but canned smoked herring. Love with some good flat bread, some diced onions, and (yes), hot salsa. Nothing better. Good fish oil content (Omega 3) also. At least twice a week 4 me.


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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sat, 02/18/06 12:25 PM
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Love sardines and hope they are never taken off the shelves. Love them for snacks, salads, spreads, or anyway that I can think of to fix them. I really prefer the ones in mustard but love them all.

So many things are being lost along the way. Thought of the canned codfish cake mixture that used to be available.....my Grandmother would make the best codfish cakes using that canned product. Haven't seen it in 50 years.

Change is inevitable, but it doesn't have to be liked, does it?

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sat, 02/18/06 12:29 PM
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I too am a sardine fancier, and I agree with you that the availability of this item may likely decrease as the younger population seems to be either ignorant of these little delicacies or is at least unwilling to try them (after all, if it isn't available at a fast food joint, how good could it be? )

Even though I enjoy eating sardines, I am not fond of dealing with their heads, so I buy the headless ones, packed in water, from the Season company. I like to make a salad of tossed baby greens, with lots of onions & some roasted peppers, and then I top it with a couple of cans of drained sardines. Then, I mix up a batch of lemon/olive oil dressing, toss it together, and...YUM!

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sat, 02/18/06 12:43 PM
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Of course, there is always Surströmming...



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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sat, 02/18/06 12:58 PM
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I have been known to enjoy a sardine or two on occasion. Not a big fan, but every once in a while I get a craving.

My dad on the other hand makes sardines with dark bread and a little Swiss cheese a semi-regular lunch. When my older daughter, Lucy, was a little girl, she used to watch her Zaidie (Yiddish for Grampa) eat his sardine lunch. She was fascinated by all those fish crammed into that little can. She would sit and watch my Dad consume the entire tin, requiring him to name each fish prior to consumption!

"What's that one's name?"

"Earl" (chomp, gulp)

"What's that one's name?"

"Betty" (chomp, gulp)

"How about that one?"

"Mike" (chomp, gulp)

And so on.

They both enjoyed this ritual so much that after a while my daughter got up enough nerve to try a sardine herself. The most bizarre thing happened; this three year old girl fell in love with sardines! Every time her Zaidie sat down for a sardine lunch, he had to make sure there were a couple of fish in reserve for his grand-daughter.

When we closed on our house twenty one years ago, my folks took us all out to a celebratory dinner at The Bagel restaurant in its original location on Devon Avenue in Chicago. In addition to the meal, Mom & Dad bought us a bunch of small house-warming gifts that were presented at the end of dinner. If you held a gun to my head I couldn't tell you what they bought me, but for the rest of my life I'll never forget what they bought my daughter-a can of sardines! Now, you would think a four year old girl would be disappointed by anything less than a new doll or stuffed animal. Not Lucy. She unwrapped the little package, and in that moment of realization and excitement, screamed out at full piercing volume, "SARDINES". There were quite a few startled diners at The Bagel that evening.

Anyway, Frank, I wouldn't worry about the decreasing popularity of your little fishies. I've got to think there are enough ethnic markets in the Bay Area that you would be able to find a consistent supply of sardines for a long time to come.

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sat, 02/18/06 1:44 PM
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I buy King Oscar brisling sardines in olive oil. I'll eat them as a snack on crackers, mashed with chopped onion and mayonnaise as sardine salad for a sandwich, on a plate with a kipper snack and sliced onions, and with Vienna sausage and crackers while out fishing.

Sardines! It's what's for dinner.

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sat, 02/18/06 2:49 PM
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I, too, just love sardines. The King Oscar brand in olive oil, I agree, is great, but I also like Maine sardines. They're a little larger fish, but good. Also, Kipper Snacks (smoked herring in oil) are a favorite of mine. I eat any and all of these with toast (any kind) for lunch frequently. And, as mentioned, the Omega-3 supplied is a healthy plus.
At a Portugese Festival in Ludlow, Mass., they serve fresh sardines, grilled over a smoky fire. You just step up and order as many fish as you can eat. They slap them on a paper plate and hand you a Portugese Roll or two, and you are in heaven. This is an annual fest and worth it for the Portugese food alone.

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sat, 02/18/06 3:19 PM
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I can't find any other sardines in olive oil here. The other brands are packed in soybean oil, mustard, and some other stuff.

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sat, 02/18/06 4:03 PM
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This site really brings back memories of long forgotten foods. I can't remember the last time I had sardines. My father loved them as well as kippers. He used to open a can of kippers and saute them for a few minutes in a frying pan for breakfast with his eggs. He also loved sardine sandwiches on rye, with a slice of onion.

I used to get sardines and eat them on a plate with a few squirts of lemon juice, some sliced tomato on the side, and toasted rye bread with butter. I don't think I've had them for 25 years, but I'll be looking for them the next time I'm at Wegmans.

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sat, 02/18/06 4:34 PM
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Most of our crew at work are Polish.Every Friday they eat either sardines,herring or some other fish from a can.I like sardines and will now look for King Oscar in the olive oil.I really like the herring in wine sauce in the tiny tins from the German deli but they are $$$.Also the Salmon Pate with Dill in the tube very much.

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sat, 02/18/06 9:22 PM
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As a matter of fact---My absolutely marvalous wife,Janie,presented me with a can of Brislings--in olive oil!!---for Valentines Day!!!! --oh--she got flowers AND chocolate!--and a surprise 2nd box of chocolate left in her car for her find when she left for work!

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sat, 02/18/06 9:51 PM
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I love your little fishy on the subject line.

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sun, 02/19/06 12:08 AM
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I like sardines. And anchovies. And my wife still lets me kiss her.

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sun, 02/19/06 12:25 AM
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Those sardines in mustard sauce are absolutely delicious.
People who hate the overly salted anchovies normally served here in the US should really give the Mediterrean anchovies (similar to sardines) a try. A very different taste, and quite good, IMO.

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sun, 02/19/06 4:28 AM
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Sardines can't say as I ever had one but checked pantry got 4 cans on hand, all different brands I might add. I think I bought them at different times because they were on sale or something or maybe picked them up for the Millienium Bug. I got more useless crap or better still STUFF on my pantry shelf that I don't use but there for that emergency that thank the Lord never comes. Thats good fodder for another thread though. Anyway I agree with Tacchino Mediterrean Anchovies are super, now those I eat. I love Anchovies with my pasta, with apizza,salads and even eggs on occasion. Got to explain the egg thing before someone asks. I use them in a fritata with sun dried tomatos not too much you don't want to overpower the eggs. Now my farther inlaw I've seen him mix sardines with Spam and chopped red onions and spread on crackers for a snack Oh yea I got spam on the shelf also thats for the next impending disaster. Chow Jim

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sun, 02/19/06 11:53 AM
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I searched "sardines" in Google Images and found this pic. ........... lol, this ought to put the last nail in the coffin of the good folks that don't like Sardines. ...................
Sardine Worker

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sun, 02/19/06 12:13 PM
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Originally posted by fpczyz

Last night I opened a can of delicious sardines and as I enjoyed them over the frown of my wife Linda (she hates them). I begin to wonder if there were many people left on this planet that still partake in this delicacy?
It seams that a good can of sardines like a good woman, their harder and harder to find. A lot of groceries don't even keep them stocked on the shelves and I have to wonder just how long it will be before that are no longer there. A sad day for sure.
Young people wouldn't eat a sardine you killed them........... and they act as if it would kill them ................ so I wonder just how long we sardine lovers have before there gone.
Bumble Bee sardines in oil from Poland have got to be the best I have eaten in 50 years
What about you folks? find any better? ...............
things I like to do with sardines....... toss a bowl of ice-burg lattice with mayonnaise and dump a can of sardines atop, oil and all..................
open a can, take a fork and press the fish into it's oil to form a semi paste and fork that onto some soft fresh white bread. add a little mayo and lattice and you have a wonderful sandwich............
I'm with you, but a subtle hint. Never compare sardines with a good woman. Anyway, back to those wonderful little cans of fun. Did I say that? I eat them out of the can, especially love the Spanish lunker varieties in tomato sauce. I love the tin of anything sardines. I have eaten them like your prescribed recipe as well. I also love kipper snacks, smoked oysters in a tin, clams....One of my most memorable meals with me on the road in redwood country, CA....Bottle of white wine, can of Campbell's pork and beans, 2 cans of sardines and a loaf of french. I fell asleep to sweet dreams gazing up under the redwoods.

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sun, 02/19/06 9:19 PM
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..One of my most memorable meals with me on the road in redwood country, CA....Bottle of white wine, can of Campbell's pork and beans, 2 cans of sardines and a loaf of french. I fell asleep to sweet dreams gazing up under the redwoods.


Hey Pancho---you didnt happen to share that meal with a big old hippie with a full beard. did you!!??? You brought back some fine memories!!

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sun, 02/19/06 11:54 PM
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I like my Sprats from Riga, Latvia. 99 cents a can here at the Russian Market.. (Sprats are sardines in oil)... Love em when ya open a can at room temp! Great flavor burst...


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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sun, 02/19/06 11:56 PM
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I searched "sardines" in Googel Images and found this pic. ........... lol, this ought to put the last nail in the coffin of the good folks that don't like Sardines. ...................
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mmmm... Smoked Sardines!

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Mon, 02/20/06 2:08 AM
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I like pretty much all those little canned seafoody things: sardines, anchovies, smoked oysters, minced clams. I probably eat more anchovies than the others though. Haven't had any sardines in a long time, but not sure why. Maybe I'll go looking for the BumbleBee ones Frank recommends and renew the relationship.

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Mon, 02/20/06 2:35 AM
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Originally posted by UncleVic

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Originally posted by fpczyz

I searched "sardines" in Googel Images and found this pic. ........... lol, this ought to put the last nail in the coffin of the good folks that don't like Sardines. ...................
Sardine Worker


mmmm... Smoked Sardines!


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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Mon, 02/20/06 8:52 AM
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Love sardines! Those little guys helped me survive the late and near post college years! Best part was that no roomie liked them so I never had to worry about someone else helping themselves to them! I like the ones in hot sauce now.

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Mon, 02/20/06 1:43 PM
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Sardines sandiches: One of our favorites!

Spread boneless and skinless sardines packed in olive oil on well-toasted rye. Add tomato and cucumber slices. Salt, pepper and drizzle a little olive oil on top.

My wife adds cream cheese. I don't.

YUMMM!

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Mon, 02/20/06 2:06 PM
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Sardines sandiches: One of our favorites!

Spread boneless and skinless sardines packed in olive oil on well-toasted rye. Add tomato and cucumber slices. Salt, pepper and drizzle a little olive oil on top.

My wife adds cream cheese. I don't.

YUMMM!

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Mon, 02/20/06 2:12 PM
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Long, and true, story: When I was around 6, my folks took a week long trip leaving my 9 year old brother and me with a baby sitter. She was an older, East Europe immigrant lady, Mrs. Plotzker. My conscientious mother left a house fully stocked with food and enough money to buy more. Upon their return she saw that all was well, paid the sitter and that was that.

Then she looked in the refridgerator and pantry. To her surprise, there was no food missing. Nothing. She asked why that was and what we ate. We told her we were fed sardines. She asked what else? We told her sardines. Just sardines. Every day. Every meal.

To this day, I have no desire for sardines.

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Mon, 02/20/06 3:42 PM
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I love Sardines packed in hot sauce. The ones packed in olive oil are my next favorite !

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Mon, 02/20/06 4:00 PM
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I buy King Oscar brisling sardines in olive oil. I'll eat them as a snack on crackers, mashed with chopped onion and mayonnaise as sardine salad for a sandwich, on a plate with a kipper snack and sliced onions, and with Vienna sausage and crackers while out fishing.

Sardines! It's what's for dinner.
Thanks!I bought a can yesterday of the King Oscar in OO.My lunch today-really great!!!I like the small size alot.I just stopped and bought two more cans!Really great.

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Mon, 02/20/06 4:30 PM
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Originally posted by Michael Hoffman

I buy King Oscar brisling sardines in olive oil. I'll eat them as a snack on crackers, mashed with chopped onion and mayonnaise as sardine salad for a sandwich, on a plate with a kipper snack and sliced onions, and with Vienna sausage and crackers while out fishing.

Sardines! It's what's for dinner.
Thanks!I bought a can yesterday of the King Oscar in OO.My lunch today-really great!!!I like the small size alot.I just stopped and bought two more cans!Really great.

Glad you enjoyed them.

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Mon, 02/20/06 4:48 PM
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love season sardines in tomato sauce right out of the can. bruswick maine sardines in water on multi grain toast lettuce tomato onion and lots of butter. down in so. florida they have dozens of brands to pick from.

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Mon, 02/20/06 5:54 PM
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OK. It's a typical February day in Central Ohio. Grey skies, temperatures in the teens -- that sort of thing. So I didn't go fishing. Instead, I was cleaning out one of my tackle boxes, and decided to have a fishing lunch as a result of all the sardine talk. One can of King Oscar brisling sardines packed in olive oil, one can of Armour Vienna sausage and half a sleeve of Saltines later I'm sort of happily unhungry.

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Mon, 02/20/06 9:00 PM
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Sardines sandiches: One of our favorites!

Spread boneless and skinless sardines packed in olive oil on well-toasted rye. Add tomato and cucumber slices. Salt, pepper and drizzle a little olive oil on top.

My wife adds cream cheese. I don't.

YUMMM!


Subsitute the tomato and cucumber for onion, and you have my sardine comination. Try to buy at least six cans at a time -- like the fancy ones, but Brunswick sardines do just fine too.

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Thu, 02/23/06 7:04 PM
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Sardines are *WONDERFUL*.
But along with a lengthy list of other foods I am supposed to avoid ... I have to pick my battles ... I have GOUT.

No sardines; no anchovies (my *absolute favorite* - that really kills me - I LOVE anchovies); no organ meats like pate or chopped liver (my favorite sandwich is a pastrami and chopped liver) ... Beefsteak and Kidney pie? fuggedaboudit; no turkey (my favorite white meat); nothing made with any meat reductions so no gravy, no stews ... no mussels (my favorite at the Belgian restaurant in Detroit); no smelt (something I make every year when they are running); nothing with yeast; no salmon, veal, bacon, scallops, trout ... believe me this list goes on and on ... and I haven't even gotten to the vegetables.
OH, and absolutely positively NO ALCOHOL WHATSOEVER ... *especially* no alcohol.

This, along with my doctors admonitions to lay off the cigars (thank God they keep; I have over $400 worth of cigars) ... what's left?

It's like I must have been a very, very horrible person in a previous life or something ... crossed the Alps on elephants and razing whole villages.

Only through ardent prayer and the purchase of indulgences from the Bishop have I been able to get my gout into remission (and without medication for the time being).
During this reprieve I have been able to carefully indulge in those prohibited foods ... but I know ... I'm always eating on borrowed time.



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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Fri, 02/24/06 4:53 PM
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Eyuck re sardines! When I was little we used to have them on crackers for lunch every now and then. All I remember is sometimes
they'd be in a mustard sauce and sometimes in a red sauce. I did not like them --- and I hated anchovies as well. I'm sure my parents still eat them, and I still say eyuck!

Andrea

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Fri, 02/24/06 5:13 PM
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Sardines are *WONDERFUL*.
But along with a lengthy list of other foods I am supposed to avoid ... I have to pick my battles ... I have GOUT.

No sardines; no anchovies (my *absolute favorite* - that really kills me - I LOVE anchovies); no organ meats like pate or chopped liver (my favorite sandwich is a pastrami and chopped liver) ... Beefsteak and Kidney pie? fuggedaboudit; no turkey (my favorite white meat); nothing made with any meat reductions so no gravy, no stews ... no mussels (my favorite at the Belgian restaurant in Detroit); no smelt (something I make every year when they are running); nothing with yeast; no salmon, veal, bacon, scallops, trout ... believe me this list goes on and on ... and I haven't even gotten to the vegetables.
OH, and absolutely positively NO ALCOHOL WHATSOEVER ... *especially* no alcohol.

This, along with my doctors admonitions to lay off the cigars (thank God they keep; I have over $400 worth of cigars) ... what's left?

It's like I must have been a very, very horrible person in a previous life or something ... crossed the Alps on elephants and razing whole villages.

Only through ardent prayer and the purchase of indulgences from the Bishop have I been able to get my gout into remission (and without medication for the time being).
During this reprieve I have been able to carefully indulge in those prohibited foods ... but I know ... I'm always eating on borrowed time.





Well bless your heart! What the hell can you eat???

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Fri, 02/24/06 5:16 PM
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Eyuck re sardines! When I was little we used to have them on crackers for lunch every now and then. All I remember is sometimes
they'd be in a mustard sauce and sometimes in a red sauce. I did not like them --- and I hated anchovies as well. I'm sure my parents still eat them, and I still say eyuck!

Andrea


Down here the popular sardine is packed in Louisana Hot Sauce. Notice however, I didn't say I ate them. Oysters on the other hand, let me at em'!

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Fri, 02/24/06 6:24 PM
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Thou, Sonny, can send me your cigars and void yourself of all temptation! Especially if they're Cohiba or Romeo y Juliet. No Bishop is required!
And yah Rusty --- oysters are never a bad choice, unless they're bad!

Andrea

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Fri, 02/24/06 7:20 PM
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An early 20th century gourmand, I'm pretty sure it's Joseph Wechtberg, he wrote a book called 'Blue Trout and Black Truffles,' one of my fave food books, anyways, he or someone like him wrote that at one point sardines aged in the can were a gourmet item, and that 10 years or more was considered the appropriate time to eat them. Wonder if that's still the case some places?

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Fri, 02/24/06 7:28 PM
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Originally posted by Sonny Funzio

Sardines are *WONDERFUL*.
But along with a lengthy list of other foods I am supposed to avoid ... I have to pick my battles ... I have GOUT.

No sardines; no anchovies (my *absolute favorite* - that really kills me - I LOVE anchovies); no organ meats like pate or chopped liver (my favorite sandwich is a pastrami and chopped liver) ... Beefsteak and Kidney pie? fuggedaboudit; no turkey (my favorite white meat); nothing made with any meat reductions so no gravy, no stews ... no mussels (my favorite at the Belgian restaurant in Detroit); no smelt (something I make every year when they are running); nothing with yeast; no salmon, veal, bacon, scallops, trout ... believe me this list goes on and on ... and I haven't even gotten to the vegetables.
OH, and absolutely positively NO ALCOHOL WHATSOEVER ... *especially* no alcohol.

This, along with my doctors admonitions to lay off the cigars (thank God they keep; I have over $400 worth of cigars) ... what's left?

It's like I must have been a very, very horrible person in a previous life or something ... crossed the Alps on elephants and razing whole villages.

Only through ardent prayer and the purchase of indulgences from the Bishop have I been able to get my gout into remission (and without medication for the time being).
During this reprieve I have been able to carefully indulge in those prohibited foods ... but I know ... I'm always eating on borrowed time.





Well bless your heart! What the hell can you eat???


That's a good question ... uh,
That's a fair question ...
I'm glad you asked that question .......



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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Fri, 02/24/06 7:30 PM
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Thou, Sonny, can send me your cigars and void yourself of all temptation!


Andrea


Dear Andrea. Thank you for your generous offer. You must know my doctor, he said the same thing.

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sun, 02/26/06 1:29 PM
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Lots of great ideas about how to eat sardines. Im gonna try em all, thanks!

Hmm, I might start a new thread about those little smoked oysters in a can.
Joe

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sun, 02/26/06 2:10 PM
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I enjoy the sardines packed in Tabasco but my wife makes me take them out on the deck. They tend to stink up the house a bit.

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Wed, 03/15/06 3:47 PM
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My hunting vest always has a few tins of the wonderful fish. One tin of the spreadable Sapm is also in there. I couldn't count the number of lunches under a tree in the middle of no where I've had a lunch of sardines, crackers and water. My wife used to ask me if the plastic bag was for the game...no dear...the empty sardine can. Still a tree hugger in some ways.

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Wed, 03/15/06 4:01 PM

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Fri, 04/21/06 2:48 PM
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I love sardines and my bunch will put up with me enjoying them,even though it is a solo endeavor. The wonderful taste does not compare to the great memories they bring me. Fishing with my folks,hunting with my friends,camping as a kid.I guess it's true comfort food to me

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Fri, 04/21/06 3:21 PM
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You know, something that is the same about many of the folks who hunt and fish. They always have sardines available. I have a buddy who bass fishes. He has got the whole nine yards of a boat with a hot rod motor, all kinds of fishing gear and a galley full of sardines, vienna sausages and both of them were packed with all kinds of flavors. From tabasco hot, onion and various other things. I thought it was weird until about 5:00PM and then he brought out the liquor and then I thought they tasted good

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Fri, 04/21/06 3:57 PM
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Paul... Your living the good life there!

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Fri, 04/21/06 4:10 PM
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I like the boneless, skinless kind from Morocco on a Ritz cracker with some Inglehoffer stone ground mustard. The Ritz and mustard work well with the bizarre smoked oysters from Korea as well.

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Fri, 04/21/06 4:14 PM
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Actually Uncle Vic, it has been a tough day. I started out with Mellow Joy coffee on the deck at 4:00AM during a super thunder and lightning display with about two inches of rain. I followed that up with a couple more cups of Mellow Joy, took the wife, Mamaw Smith and brother to the S & S cafeteria where I had a super veggie plate with some Mexican cornbread for lunch. It is now 4:00PM, I am having a cocktail on the deck watching my geese, ducks and osprey on the Tennessee River and getting ready to take the grandkids to dinner.

I may have another cocktail when I return

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Fri, 04/21/06 5:24 PM
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Well Jinjo, looks like those mooseabecks are gone forever. I have never had the pleasure but if someone could reserict them... hmmm?

And to get to watch an osprey fly over tha Tennessee river.... lucky you Sundancer!
Joe

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Fri, 04/21/06 7:01 PM
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I was out on an archeological dig today, and when it came time to break for lunch, 3 out of 5 of us pulled out canned fish.
Of course, several of my colleagues are Chesapeake water people, so the fisherfolk connection holds true.

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Fri, 04/21/06 10:36 PM
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Originally posted by Sonny Funzio

Sardines are *WONDERFUL*.
But along with a lengthy list of other foods I am supposed to avoid ... I have to pick my battles ... I have GOUT.

No sardines; no anchovies (my *absolute favorite* - that really kills me - I LOVE anchovies); no organ meats like pate or chopped liver (my favorite sandwich is a pastrami and chopped liver) ... Beefsteak and Kidney pie? fuggedaboudit; no turkey (my favorite white meat); nothing made with any meat reductions so no gravy, no stews ... no mussels (my favorite at the Belgian restaurant in Detroit); no smelt (something I make every year when they are running); nothing with yeast; no salmon, veal, bacon, scallops, trout ... believe me this list goes on and on ... and I haven't even gotten to the vegetables.
OH, and absolutely positively NO ALCOHOL WHATSOEVER ... *especially* no alcohol.

This, along with my doctors admonitions to lay off the cigars (thank God they keep; I have over $400 worth of cigars) ... what's left?

It's like I must have been a very, very horrible person in a previous life or something ... crossed the Alps on elephants and razing whole villages.

Only through ardent prayer and the purchase of indulgences from the Bishop have I been able to get my gout into remission (and without medication for the time being).
During this reprieve I have been able to carefully indulge in those prohibited foods ... but I know ... I'm always eating on borrowed time.


Dude, tell your doctor to go scr*w himself. For reasons unknown to me, but proved by my experience, 99% of "mainstream" physicians don't know SH*T about nutrition. I could talk to you for hours about the advice given to family and friends for the almost 50 years I've been on this planet. It's not that the doctors aren't well-meaning, they just don't know sh*t from Shinola about how foods affect your body.

I've had bouts of gout over the last 15 years of my life. All my uncles have suffered from it; most likely because we're all a bunch of drunks. So, I'm not speaking from ignorance.

The best thing you can do is drink LOTS of water. Gout is really nothing more than an excessive amount of uric acid in your body. It tends to gather in the joints and crystallize. That accounts for the extreme pain (and IT IS an extreme pain).

Anti-inflammatory drugs help. Motrin works best for me, but your doctor could prescribe a stronger drug.

Your diet can definitely affect this, but you should NOT stay away from sardines. Sardines are an EXCELLENT food. And frankly, any person, doctor or not, who tells you to stay away from salmon is a moron. I once went to a nutritionist at the advice of a doctor many years ago. She said I should not eat salmon because it had too much fat.

The majority of the nutrition advice in the "mainstream" is total BS. Do your own research. Instead of staying away from any certain food, stay away from processed foods as much as you can. Don't buy farm-raised fish, buy wild-caught. Buy locally-raised fruits and veggies and much as you can. Ditto for chicken and beef if you can get them raised locally.

If you want a meat to stay away from, it's pork. Any pork product.

Tell your doctor to contact me if he takes offense at my advice.

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Fri, 04/21/06 11:23 PM
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Eat, Drink, & Be Merry
America's Doctor Tells You Why The Health Experts Are Wrong
by Dean Edell
In Eat, Drink, & Be Merry, Dr. Dean Edell exposes the sloppy, irresponsible, and dangerous health reporting that is the daily fodder of newspapers, talk shows, and TV news segments. Dr. Dean tells you what has been scientifically proven and what has not. Seasoned, frank, funny, and compassionate, Dr. Dean is an iconoclast who takes on the medical establishment, the health-and-fitness industry, and the media with equal gusto.

In Eat, Drink, & Be Merry he offers you the truth about healthy living. And there will be many surprises along the way. For instance, did you know that. . .

• Some canned and frozen foods can be more nutritious than fresh?...but I dont think he means
Dinty Moore Beef Stew

Dean Edell’s Biography:
Dean Edell, M.D., probably has the largest medical practice in the United States -- his hugely popular radio and television broadcasts are heard by more than ten million fans every week. A graduate of Cornell University Medical College and the author of the national best-seller Eat, Drink, and Be Merry, he lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sat, 04/22/06 12:59 AM
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Eat, Drink, & Be Merry
America's Doctor Tells You Why The Health Experts Are Wrong
by Dean Edell
In Eat, Drink, & Be Merry, Dr. Dean Edell exposes the sloppy, irresponsible, and dangerous health reporting that is the daily fodder of newspapers, talk shows, and TV news segments. Dr. Dean tells you what has been scientifically proven and what has not. Seasoned, frank, funny, and compassionate, Dr. Dean is an iconoclast who takes on the medical establishment, the health-and-fitness industry, and the media with equal gusto.

In Eat, Drink, & Be Merry he offers you the truth about healthy living. And there will be many surprises along the way. For instance, did you know that. . .

• Some canned and frozen foods can be more nutritious than fresh?...but I dont think he means
Dinty Moore Beef Stew

Dean Edell’s Biography:
Dean Edell, M.D., probably has the largest medical practice in the United States -- his hugely popular radio and television broadcasts are heard by more than ten million fans every week. A graduate of Cornell University Medical College and the author of the national best-seller Eat, Drink, and Be Merry, he lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.


Dean Edell is not very smart. I've read both of his books, and I've listened to his show for YEARS. He's had a lot of education and experience in the medical field, but he has NO common sense. He constantly bloviates about himself, and he does nothing in that but prove himself to be an idiot.


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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sat, 04/22/06 2:27 AM
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Bushie Posted - 04/22/2006 : 00:59:48
Dean Edell is not very smart. I've read both of his books, and I've listened to his show for YEARS. He's had a lot of education and experience in the medical field, but he has NO common sense. He constantly bloviates about himself, and he does nothing in that but prove himself to be an idiot.


Thanks for the medical information Dr. Bushie...................... I suppose your right about Dr. Dean for if anyone here was an expert on bloviation it certainly would be you.
Now I wonder how you made it through Med School? It must of been tuff for you, did they really call you Dr. Bushie then? I could just hear it now on the PA system throughout the medical facility ....."doctor Bushie, ...paging doctor Bushie your wanted in the OB-GYN clinic "

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sat, 04/22/06 11:49 AM
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....."doctor Bushie, ...paging doctor Bushie your wanted in the OB-GYN clinic "

Bushie did offer free services in a parking lot a while back...

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sat, 04/22/06 11:57 AM
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Ah, Bushie, congratulations. You've just been pecked by a rubber-billed hummingbird.

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sat, 04/22/06 12:10 PM
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King Oscar sardines, packed in olive oil. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

You take 2 large slices of good, crusty rye bread, toast it just so, spread some of the olive oil the sardines are packed on it.

Using an egg slicer, slice a hard-boiled egg, distribute the slices evenly, layer the sardines on top, put the other piece of rye toast coated with the sardine-flavored olive oil on top, and there's a lunch fit for a king!

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RE: sardines SARDINES <'((((>< - Sat, 04/22/06 11:08 PM
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Ah, Bushie, congratulations. You've just been pecked by a rubber-billed hummingbird.

Yeah, and I always thought that California idiot (fpczyz) and I agreed on things. Go figure.

I'm not a doctor, but I like to play "Doctor" with Mrs. Bushie. The pelvic exams are my favorite part.

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