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?

On Sep 30, 9:10*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?

When I was young, I loved sardine sandwiches. I haven't purchased any
in decades ... don't know why, really.

N.

I definitely like 'em, too, but in the tomato sauce. The big treat I only
do around Easter (dunno why) is a jar of herring, with fresh bread.
All things in moderation. I try to keep it down to about 1 or 2 a week, and
only when they're on sale.

I usually buy something to use with my breadmaker whole wheat bread, and
never get the quantity right to use up both the bread and topping.
I use the sardines (or herring) to finish off the loaf.

Just make sure you get a variety of foods (fruit and veggies), and keep the
treats in moderation. (same old song)

"Nancy2" > wrote in message
...
On Sep 30, 9:10 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?

When I was young, I loved sardine sandwiches. I haven't purchased any
in decades ... don't know why, really.

N.

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:10:18 -0700 (PDT), 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?


I like them a lot.

My nutritionist says they are an excellent source of calcium, too. We
have not discussed daily intake, and I am a great believer that all
things should be eaten in moderation, but you could do a lot worse
than tinned sardines, assuming you are not getting them with fat-laden
sauces.

Boron

Amateur Cook > wrote in news:51213841-b51a-47da-818a-
:

> 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?
>

Now, yes. When I was a boy the budget for school meals was set at the
beginning of the school year, so in the fall for the winter term. By the
following summer, inflation had taken its toll and we had lettuce from the
garden and tinned sardines for a dinner "salad" about 3 times a week. The
very smell of sardines would make me retch for years. Then one magical
evening I had freshly caught sardines cooked on a driftwood fire on a beach
by the Bay of Biscay, and the trauma of my awful schooldays was reversed.

Mark.

--
Verbing weirds language--Calvin

On Sep 30, 11:04*am, "Ralph" > wrote:
> I definitely like 'em, too, but in the tomato sauce. *The big treat I only
> do around Easter (dunno why) is a jar of herring, with fresh bread.
> All things in moderation. *I try to keep it down to about 1 or 2 a week, and
> only when they're on sale.
>
> I usually buy something to use with my breadmaker whole wheat bread, and
> never get the quantity right to use up both the bread and topping.
> I use the sardines (or herring) to finish off the loaf.
>
> Just make sure you get a variety of foods (fruit and veggies), and keep the
> treats in moderation. (same old song)

Good point. I may be getting carried away saying 1 tin of sardines
*every day*. I have to be careful about mercury content, not to
mention the other fish i have for dinners. So 2 or 3 tins a week
should be ok along with my 2-3 fish meals.

>
> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
>
> ...
> On Sep 30, 9:10 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?
>
> When I was young, I loved sardine sandwiches. *I haven't purchased any
> in decades ... don't know why, really.
>
> N.

Amateur wrote:
> I'm not sure if sardines packed in a tin sold at a supermarket are the
> healthiest thing to snack on,

Tinned sardines are one of the most nutritious protein rich foods
there is... the best tasting most nutritious are the tiny brislings in
olive oil; Crown Prince, Polar, and Goya are excellent brands. If you
ever needed to pack a survival kit about all you'd need is water and
tinned sardines.

Oh, yeah! Packed in oil, on a PF white-bread sandwich with thinly sliced
onion, mayonnaise, lots of crisp iceberg lettuce and a squirt of lemon
juice. A memorable lunch!

Felice

Water packed sardines are (obviously) lower in fat than oil packed. I
like mustard sardines with fresh lemon (or lime) and unsalted
crackers. I would eat them daily but they are high in purine and I
have had one bout of gout and don't EVER want another.

My really guilty fish pleasure is "Blind Robins" - those fillets of
salted & smoked herring. A real sodium BOMB!

Lynn in Fargo
Faithfully taking allopurinol daily/

Lynn from Fargo wrote:

> Water packed sardines are (obviously) lower in fat than oil packed. I
> like mustard sardines with fresh lemon (or lime) and unsalted
> crackers. I would eat them daily but they are high in purine and I
> have had one bout of gout and don't EVER want another.
>


Yep, I have to stick to fairly - low purine stuff and I really don't miss
anything too much, but I *really* miss sardines...specifically sardine
sammiches. I like[d] the mustard - packed ones with red onion on rye
bread...

Oh well...

:-(


--
Best
Greg

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.

How do you know they are low in mercury?

Mark Thorson wrote:

> 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.
>
> How do you know they are low in mercury?

Well, they don't *feel* very heavy......


--
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Killing all posts from Google Groups
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Need a new news feed? http://blinkynet.net/comp/newfeed.html

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?

Well, I like sardines. I bought some about a year
ago because I got a sudden craving and I had gotten
out of the habit of eating them - it had been years.
Well, after I got them home I never got around to
eating them - they're still in the cupboard waiting.
I'm going to make a point of eating them this weekend.

Here is the story I put in a book of Family Stories
that I did for our family a couple of years ago. It
was my aunt's idea. We collected stories from everyone
in the extended family and I made up a book and had
copies printed for everyone at a big family reunion.

THE SARDINE KISS
by
Kathleen Ann Connally

When I was 9 years old our family moved to the country. Mom and Dad,
along with Gram and Pop, bought an old farmhouse which they remodeled
into a duplex. Gram and Pop lived upstairs and we had the downstairs.
After we went to live there, Pop introduced Jean and me to sardines.
Gram and Mom hated sardines, including the smell, so we were exiled to
the basement for our sardine parties. We would take our sardines, a box
of saltine crackers, and a stick of butter, along with plates and
cutlery, down to the cellar where we had set up a little table and chairs.
The way Pop liked to eat sardines was on saltine crackers with butter,
so that's the way Jean and I learned to eat them. Afterwards we had to
wash all our dishes in the basement to get rid of any sardine odor
before returning them to Gram's kitchen.
It was our custom at these parties to feed the sardine oil left over in
the can to our dog, Penny. We would crumble up some crackers into the
oil and then put the can down for her to lick clean. She loved it. One
day it so happened that Mom was taking a nap upstairs on the couch while
we were having our sardines. After Penny finished licking the sardine
can she went back upstairs and found Mom sleeping on the couch. She
gave her a great big, sloppy, doggy-sardine-breath kiss on the mouth.
That was probably the last time Mom took a nap while there were sardines
in the house.

Kate
--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

"Gregory Morrow" wrote:
>
> I have to stick to fairly - low purine stuff and I really don't miss
> anything too much, but I *really* miss sardines...specifically sardine
> sammiches. �I like[d] the mustard - packed ones with red onion on rye
> bread...
>
> Oh well...
>
> :-(

You miss mustard sardines with onions... you can always sniff Cyber's
Kipper Snack. hehe

On Sep 30, 3:29*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> 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.
>
> How do you know they are low in mercury?

i googled it, and found they have .001 ppm. or maybe it's .001ppm. but
they are one of the lowest types of fish because they don't eat other
fish like tuna, for one.

Sheldon wrote:

"Gregory Morrow" wrote:
>
> I have to stick to fairly - low purine stuff and I really don't miss
> anything too much, but I *really* miss sardines...specifically sardine
> sammiches. ?I like[d] the mustard - packed ones with red onion on rye
> bread...
>
> Oh well...
>
> :-(

You miss mustard sardines with onions... you can always sniff Cyber's
Kipper Snack. hehe
---------------

GM replies:

Jeez now, I don't think science has come up yet with an adequate HAZMAT suit
to protect against *that*...WHEW...!!! If her "Kipper Snack" ever gets to
the point of exploding it will make Chernobyl look like a whoopee
cushion...she'll forever be known as cyberBIG-BANG...

Lol...


--
Best
Greg

" I find Greg Morrow lowbrow, witless, and obnoxious. For him to claim that
we are some
kind of comedy team turns my stomach."
- "cybercat" to me on rec.food.cooking

On Sep 30, 4:46�pm, "Gregory Morrow" > wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
> "Gregory Morrow" wrote:
>
> > I have to stick to fairly - low purine stuff and I really don't miss
> > anything too much, but I *really* miss sardines...specifically sardine
> > sammiches. ?I like[d] the mustard - packed ones with red onion on rye
> > bread...
>
> > Oh well...
>
> > :-(
>
> You miss mustard sardines with onions... you can always sniff Cyber's
> Kipper Snack. hehe
> ---------------
>
> GM replies:
>
> Jeez now, I don't think science has come up yet with an adequate HAZMAT suit
> to protect against *that*...WHEW...!!! �If her "Kipper Snack" ever gets to
> the point of exploding it will make Chernobyl look like a whoopee
> cushion...she'll forever be known as cyberBIG-BANG...
>
> Lol...

I wouldn't want to be the UNlucky ******* who has to bang her... not
even if she's power washed with northern tool's biggest and badest.
<G>

Sardines are good on egg matzo with a schmear... and washed down with
frozen Stoly.

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.

maxine in ri

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.

On Sep 30, 5:50*pm, Sheldon > wrote:
> 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.

Well, like I said, after I started carrying the kidlet, I lost my
taste for them.
DH like them, and he's the one who eats them, so his is the only
opinion that counts there<G>.

best,
maxine in ri

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.
>
> maxine in ri

Fluffernutter!!! Haven't heard that in awhile. Mmmm we got peanut
butter at home, now I just need the fluff!

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:04:03 -0400, Ralph wrote:

> I definitely like 'em, too, but in the tomato sauce. The big treat I only
> do around Easter (dunno why) is a jar of herring, with fresh bread.
> All things in moderation. I try to keep it down to about 1 or 2 a week, and
> only when they're on sale.
>

what brand of herring do you like? sour cream or wine sauce?

your pal,
blake

blake murphy > wrote:

>what brand of herring do you like? sour cream or wine sauce?

Definitely do not buy the jars of herring with sour cream in
them. That sour cream has been sitting there mixed in
with the herring for weeks.

Instead, buy herring in wine, or plain, or some other flavor that
does not include sour cream, and add good fresh sour cream when
you serve it. It is way way better.

Steve

"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
...
> blake murphy > wrote:
>
>>what brand of herring do you like? sour cream or wine sauce?
>
> Definitely do not buy the jars of herring with sour cream in
> them. That sour cream has been sitting there mixed in
> with the herring for weeks.
>
> Instead, buy herring in wine, or plain, or some other flavor that
> does not include sour cream, and add good fresh sour cream when
> you serve it. It is way way better.
>
> Steve

And don't forget the thinly sliced onion.

Felice

On Oct 1, 6:38�pm, "Felice" > wrote:
> "Steve Pope" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > blake murphy > wrote:
>
> >>what brand of herring do you like? �sour cream or wine sauce?
>
> > Definitely do not buy the jars of herring with sour cream in
> > them. �That sour cream has been sitting there mixed in
> > with the herring for weeks.
>
> > Instead, buy herring in wine, or plain, or some other flavor that
> > does not include sour cream, and add good fresh sour cream when
> > you serve it. �It is way way better.
>
> > Steve
>
> And don't forget the thinly sliced onion.
>
> Felice


Matjes.

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:10:18 -0700 (PDT), 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?
Only in sild oil, haven't seen them in years so I haven't been buying any. Used to
love sardine and onion sandwiches.

On Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:47:49 +0000 (UTC), Steve Pope wrote:

> blake murphy > wrote:
>
>>what brand of herring do you like? sour cream or wine sauce?
>
> Definitely do not buy the jars of herring with sour cream in
> them. That sour cream has been sitting there mixed in
> with the herring for weeks.
>
> Instead, buy herring in wine, or plain, or some other flavor that
> does not include sour cream, and add good fresh sour cream when
> you serve it. It is way way better.
>
> Steve

this makes sense, thanks. i've been having a craving, and they're on sale
at my grocery for rosh hashanah.

your pal,
blake