Even the non-vintage version of this seems to be priced at around €3 a tin...
Anyway, lesson learnt.
Anyone a fan of tinned fish?
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Anyway, lesson learnt.
I had a tin of octopus today.
It was nice enough, but certainly not worth the €7.85 that I paid for it.
Thin slices of tentacle, in olive oil, quite bland.
It was nice enough, but certainly not worth the €7.85 that I paid for it.
Thin slices of tentacle, in olive oil, quite bland.
I'm late to the party having been in Australia for 5 months, with more to do than surf the 'net, but smoked cod's roe, finely mixed 50/50 with unsalted butter and a squeeze of lemon juice is transcendentally delicious.
Extra fishy: your tinned mackerel may not be what you think it is
Substitution with jack mackerel, a different species, because of dwindling stocks is criticised by consumer group Which?
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I did notice this the other day when I grabbed a few cans - if the change is due to dwindling fish stocks I can understand , but it does seem to be a sleight of hand in it's can/content markings.Extra fishy: your tinned mackerel may not be what you think it is
Substitution with jack mackerel, a different species, because of dwindling stocks is criticised by consumer group Which?
The only downside for me ( and id imagine others ) is if it's not as high in healthy heart supporting fats as true mackerel.
Just back from Lidl. I had a look and I was gutted to see that there is no more mackerel in olive oil (there was none, nor was there a place for it on the shelves, i.e. no longer offered). But they still had mackerel in sunflower oil, so I grabbed a whole box of 20 -I use them a lot on hikes and when working outdoors and they sometimes go at a rate of 2 a day! I ate one as we arrived home, and there's very little difference in taste from the olive oil one - I find Lidl's to be the best canned mackerel around; well-pleased.Extra fishy: your tinned mackerel may not be what you think it is
Substitution with jack mackerel, a different species, because of dwindling stocks is criticised by consumer group Which?
Their 'Mackerel in spicy tomato' has now been replaced by jack mackerel, but at least it's very clearly labelled. The price is still that of mackerel though...
On that note, don't be fooled by statements like 'Jack Mackerel is 1/3 the price of Mackerel' in the article; the price of a can on the shelves is not varying linearly with the price of the raw produce that went into it. The price of a can is the contents, plus the can itself, plus the canning process, plus storage, distribution, and a profit margin of the shop, plus probably many other things. The price of the raw fish that went in those cans is probably pennies, so the difference in species' price makes very little difference on the price of the can. What I mean is that the article may be a little sensational on the price front -although it's perfectly correct on many of its other statements.
I've been looking for salted bacalhau, we used to have it almost weekly when I lived in Greece and I recently found it again in Italy.
If yer into the tinned mackeral beware for a fair few brands and shops have started to use what it calls ' Jack ' Mackeral of which given it's full name is Chilean Jack Mackeral (Trachurus murphyi) of which is a different species of fish to the Atlantic Mackeral (Scomber scombrus)
The move is possibly due to the need to keep shelf prices roughly the same in the face of declining Atlantic Mackeral stocks due to over fishing. Though at a third of the price of Atlantic Mackeral after importation there could be another reason for accusations to have come about pertaining to the practice of skimpflation (there's a BBC article on the situation)
Problems with the Chilean Jack Mackeral is that it contains half the omega 3 of Atlantic Mackeral and a 100 fewer calories per 100g and tasters of the stuff report it is more red meaty as opposed to whitish tan fishy and the juice the fish comes in is stained slightly red.
The move is possibly due to the need to keep shelf prices roughly the same in the face of declining Atlantic Mackeral stocks due to over fishing. Though at a third of the price of Atlantic Mackeral after importation there could be another reason for accusations to have come about pertaining to the practice of skimpflation (there's a BBC article on the situation)
Problems with the Chilean Jack Mackeral is that it contains half the omega 3 of Atlantic Mackeral and a 100 fewer calories per 100g and tasters of the stuff report it is more red meaty as opposed to whitish tan fishy and the juice the fish comes in is stained slightly red.
I've heard of a Land Rover that was fuelled with Sardine oil, clearly one of the old series types that were actually designed to run on fuels of varying quality.
Those are the ones I’ve been after for years. They’re delicious. If they’re back in I’ll be heading to Lidl later to find out if they’re near me!
Yes, anything up to the 2.5 NA diesel should be able to run on straight veg oil, though I would be careful with using anything cooked and make sure it's perfectly filtered. Might be tricky in winter, but there are additional systems like fuel and tank preheaters, starting tanks with normal winter diesel etc.
But... why waste that lovely oil? Mash everything in the can with its oil, and eat it, drinking every last drop of it. So many wasted calories by draining it away! We always scoop every last drop on hikes, giving you around 500-600kcal per tin, 3-4 tins doing you in a day if in a pinch.
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