On Sep 30, 5:38�pm, maxine in ri > wrote:
> On Sep 30, 10:10�am, Amateur Cook > wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure if sardines packed in a tin sold at a supermarket are the
> > healthiest thing to snack on, but they are low in mercury, have omega
> > 8's, yadda yadda.
>
> > I just like them. Whenever I crave a salty snack, it used to be chips
> > or other junk. Now lately it's been sardines. I have about 4 tins a
> > week. I might increase that to 1 a day.
>
> > Is this garbage food? I mean it can't be any worse than Spam can it?
>
> > I want to try them on crackers and such.
>
> > Anyone else enjoy sardines?
>
> My husband. �He almost had me eating them, but when I got pregnant, I
> couldnt' stand the taste ever after. �He eats the ones that come in
> the 15 oz oval cans with tomato sauce, mixes them up with mayo and
> mashes it for a sandwich filling. � Eats that and a fluffernutter
> every day for lunch (shudder). �They're high in calcium as well as the
> other fishy good things, and being small, they don't have a lot of
> mercury, unlike the larger tuna/sword/etc fish.
>
> They're not low calorie, but they are good for you.

They're not low calorie with the mayo. Those used to be called tomato
herring but they're no longer made with herring (sardine is any small
schooling fish, there is no such fish as a sardine). Those tomato
packed sardines are larger than typical sardines. I like them dumped
on a bed of lettuce with sliced cukes and red onion, all doused with
fresh lemon juice. The idea of mayo mashed with those tomato sardines
doesn't sound too appetizing.