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Default Frozen anchovies? Are they safe?


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>> 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.

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> Why would they not be fresh frozen untreated fish? I have not cooked
> frozen anchovies, but fresh ones are incredibly delicious. They make up
> my favorite part of seafood fritto misto, batter fried mixed fishes. They
> are small so it takes no time to cook them, so since they're frozen, I'd
> stick with battering and frying them. A tempura style thin batter is
> best-- no egg.
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Guisi, what do you do with that portion of the anchovy that isn't in the tin
that we're all used to daily? [head and skin] How do you salt it? How do you
cook it if you want to put in in a Caesar salad?

Kent