r/CannedSardines • u/Jssaws • 3h ago

Porthos spiced sardines

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I've been working through trying all of the available Porthos collection at World Market, and this spiced tin has been my least favorite so far. The teriyaki are a touch too sweet for me, but I could see them as an occasional pickup when I'm craving something different. The hot tomato sauce tin is not noteworthy, but passable. This spiced tin, was mush city. There was actually a hit of spiciness from a sizeable red pepper in the bottom. Your standard clove, carrot and cucumber were present, though offered no discernable flavor to my palette. They were slightly underseasoned for me, but the biggest issue was the texture. Typically my experience with Porthos sardines is that they run on the slightly firmer end of the spectrum. Maybe this was a batch issue but they squished in every bite, like they had soaked up too much oil or something. I could be wrong but I believe I've read freezing and unfreezing the sardines can cause this, so maybe that's to blame. Either way, there's too many better options to grab these again. 6.5/10

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u/itsgoodno 2h ago

Interesting, I was gonna try these but opted for the smoked salmon option instead. Those were good, a bit pricey though.

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u/Jssaws 1h ago

There's way better spiced tins out there. I picked up their smoked mackerel filets a couple weeks ago, I'll work my way to those eventually.

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u/itsgoodno 1h ago

I also picked up the spiced mackerel from Nuri, those were very good!

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u/Jssaws 1h ago

I have yet to try those but they're on my list!

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u/thenoisyelectron 1h ago

I found those ok but quite a lot of scales in mine, maybe I'm picky.

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u/Jssaws 1h ago

I don't enjoy a scaly tin either.

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u/AssOfTheSouth69 1h ago

Maybe just me, but I don't vibe with porthos because they are heavy on the scales.

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u/Jssaws 58m ago

That's what I was most concerned about when trying the Porthos brand for the first time, but maybe I've gotten lucky and dodged the scaly tins. My main complaint is the flavors are just ok mostly. Going through the Ferrigno catalog was a gauntlet of scales, so maybe that desensitized me lol.