# Real World Bass-O-Matic

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-world-bass-o-matic/851132>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 5, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-world-bass-o-matic/851132 "2020-04-05T15:20:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-world-bass-o-matic/851132/1 "2020-04-05T15:20:28Z")

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A month ago I picked up a couple of cans of jack mackeral for my pandemic pantry. I’m tempted to puree the contents and see if it works as a high-nutrient soup base, or (with vegetables and spices) as a sauce for rice or lentils.

Madness? Completely mundane?

(In my early 20s I’d often make mackerel croquettes — a cheaper alternative to salmon croquettes — but haven’t bought canned mackerel in many a decade.)

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**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-world-bass-o-matic/851132/2 "2020-04-05T16:29:17Z")

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If you don’t cook much, bear in mind that a thick liquid can end up burning and sticking to the bottom of the pan when you cook something like rice. Depending on how thick the liquid is, I’d be sure to use a non-stick pan and to drag a spatula or spoon through once in a while it to see if it’s sticking.

Actually, if I were you, I’d make the croquettes. Love those things.