I kept an open mind on anchovies, and when I had an opportunity, I tried them (on pizza). I can now say that I have an informed opinion that anchovies taste terrible. I’ve never yet tried sardines, but I’m told they’re similar to anchovies, so I probably wouldn’t like them.
On the other hand, it was only a few years ago that I tried lox, and I didn’t have high expectations, but it turned out to be quite good.
Being a vegetarian has yet another benefit I hadn’t thought about before!
I rather like sardines. Though not on pizza
Anchovies are a bit strong but they’re ok, too, if used on the right dishes. Never understood why you’d want them on pizza. Then again, some people put pineapple on pizza, so I guess anything goes these days
Sardines and anchovies don’t seem very similar to me. I don’t like anchovies, but I do like most sardines. – sardines vary quite a bit, though. It’s a pretty general term.
– oh, I agree, not on pizza!
Or right out of the tin or jar.
Because anchovies on pizza are good!
Agree. I eat sardines out of the tin. I don’t share with the cats. Seems like the ones I usually get are smoked.
Anchovies are certainly not a popular item, but if you, like me, are really in to umami saltiness they are great.
My local pizza place does a mushroom black olive and anchovy pizza that is my go to. I sometimes bump it up with feta.
I love marmite too.
For me they’re so salty I can’t taste the umami.
No. Vegemite.
I’ve never tried American-style anchovies. The ones I love are Korean style: dried anchovies sautéed with some added flavor.
That’s one way Koreans eat them (had some last night, as a matter of fact). But we’ll also eat them larger. And less crunchy.
Bones and all, of course, because that’s just the way it’s done
Calcium!
I do not care much for salmon and usually avoid it. (I know, I’m from the PNW so it’s sacrilegious but whatever.) I once tried lox with capers and cream cheese on a bagel in a soup/sandwich deli and it was HEAVEN.
I’m rather the other way around. I had smoked salmon several times when I lived in the northwest and loved. I moved east and ordered smoked salmon somewhere (I think it was the Algonquin in NYC) and it was a completely different dish. The northwest style was cured in salt and brown sugar, and hot smoked. It wasn’t as dry or chewy as beef jerky, but similar idea; dried and preserved. The stuff I had in New York was like they cut very thin slices of salmon and waved them over a candle.
probably the reason for not being allowed to bring it on a plane … those have internal airpressure like 2 or 3.000m altitude, contributing further to the overpressure in the can - and making rupture-mess more likely.
Do we need to change the thread title to Stupid Foods?
When we order pizzas at work I always get one with anchovies and jalapenos. That way I know I’ll have pizza to take home with me.
Cure worse than the disease?
A food can be a stupid MFer. It’s a flexible term.
Be stupid MFer, eat stupid MFing food.
Like pay stuoid games, win stupid prizes. It’s all of a piece.
the proper term is ‘toilet hooch’ ;-D