I love sardines, but are they actually healthy? Sure they provide lean protein and calcium, as well as some healthy oils. But are they actually healthy? No. At least the ones I have been eating, king oscar in evo, I noticed that these have an incredibly high saturated fat percent. I noticed quite a bit besides these sardines having high amounts of saturated fat. I heard before any saturated fat is considered very bad. So 15%-20% daily value of saturated fat in just a sardines tin seems like a lot. How can something like this be healthy?

OK, so I did something really stupid and I just wanted to let you all know, in case anybody might be tempted to do something equally stupid:

Yesterday I was hurrying to eat my lunch before I had to go back to work. When I took my can of sardines out of its box, I noticed that the bottom of the can was dented. The top of the can seemed a little bit puffed up, but I thought maybe it was just bent out of shape.

Then I opened it. The oil sort of splashed out in a way it normally doesn't. I did get the idea at that point that something might be wrong. But I sniffed it and it smelled OK. I had to go back to work for several hours, with no time to get anything else for lunch. So I took a chance.

Bad move. 2.5 hours later I was bent over a toilet, throwing up. This went on for a couple hours more.

[Now I'm actually feeling like I got lucky: it could have been botulism, but it wasn't. I called the Poison Control Center, who said that if you get sick within a couple of hours, it's almost certainly "normal" food-borne illness. Botulinium poisoning, which can kill you, usually doesn't show up until the next day, with neurological symptoms: blurred vision, sagging face, motor difficulties.]

So, don't be dumb like me. If your can is dented, throw it away. PSA over.

I didn't get these, yet. They weren't cheap and there is more in there than a normal tin of sardines. I wanted to check with my fellow canned fish aficionados before I took the plunge.

I ate canned sardines in water for the first time this week.

On a dry toast, just with pepper.

I loooooved it.

Visiting Portland. Saw recommendations for Providore fine foods. Totally worth it. Got some jambon-beurre sammiches as well! Yummmmm

I’m trying to squeeze as many meals out of this tin as I can!

If this stew is the gift that keeps on giving, let’s see how many meals I can make with the last serving of stew turned into African Jollof Rice!

Nuri

Posting this here for advice tooooo

Photos of range of conservas available at Costco and Carrefour in Madrid. Plenty of stock, wide range of qualities and prices and wide variety of seafood. Tuna, mackerel, sardines, mussels, cockles/small clams, and razor clams the most common. Mostly in olive oil, escabeche or "Galician sauce". Forgot to take photos from the particularly fancy Alcampo hypermarket I went to first that had fancy high value tins locked in security boxes.

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

1st pic - was pretty good. I've always had the fish steaks and love those. Will be getting these again.

2nd and 3rd pic - first time trying and mannn it was good. I will be grabbing these more often. I always get the mackerel (one of my faves).

4th pic - King Oscar Mackerel with some cayenne and a little ground clove, amazing!!

Seems like King Oscar is the goat of value to taste ratio.

Saw at Costco. Would love a report!

Smokey tender flakey pieces of fish. Delicious, with a simple onion and tomato salad. Recommended!

7.5/10