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Default Frozen anchovies? Are they safe?

On Jun 27, 12:16*pm, Sqwertz > wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:11:08 -0700, Kent wrote:
> > Have any tried frozen anchovies? Are they any kind of a worry regarding food
> > borne infection. I have a package staring at me from the freezer from Ranch
> > 99. It comes from somewhere in the Orient. It looks unsalted, though there
> > isn't anyway to know. They aren't oil packed, and they aren't dry salted? At
> > Ranch 99 they are very well priced. A 12 oz package of frozen anchovies only
> > costs a couple of bucks.

>
> How big are they? *Are they at least gutted? *If not, throw them
> away. *Otherwise they're probably just like a smelt. *How you cook
> them depends on how big they are.
>
> I buy all my smelts from the Asian grocer.


You are brave.
>
> -sw