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Default Frozen anchovies? Are they safe?

On Jun 27, 2:45*pm, brooklyn1 > 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.

>
> There is no such fish as an "anchovy" just like there is no such fish
> as a "sardine"... could be any small fish prepared in many ways,
> including cured in oil, cured in salt, cured in salt and dried...
> typically the larger ones are dried and need to be soaked in several
> changes of water to remove the excess salt.


The anchovy is salty and hairy. It's not just any small fish. Now
having said that,
I come to the conclusion that there is no such thing as cod either.
So, since
there is no such thing as cod fish, then it stands to reason that
there is no such
thing as as an anchovy which is a specific fish. So in other words, I
agree with
your post. Just don't **** around and try and make me look like a
stupid ****ing
jackass and I'll be your huckleberry. I used to eat anchovies until I
found out that
they were not a specific fish, but were a specific fish found off of
the coast of
Peru. And other western South American lands. So go and do drug
crime in
your favourite lands, and I'll forgive you; although the Drug
Enforcement Administration will not.