Tinned Fish - Who's Into It?

[Hoosh]

Some Tango sardines and accoutrements…

[Hoosh]

I’ll keep this thread alive 😆

[my happy place]

9 hours ago, Hoosh said:

I’ll keep this thread alive 😆

Isn't that octopus (pulpo)?

[Hoosh]

3 hours ago, my happy place said:

Isn't that octopus (pulpo)?

It is, or rather, was. Really tasty with the olives and feta. I eat a lot of tinned sea items. 🙂

[my happy place]

2 hours ago, Hoosh said:

It is, or rather, was. Really tasty with the olives and feta. I eat a lot of tinned sea items. 🙂

I enjoy tinned fish also. I was asking because the packaging says "Calamari". 

[Hoosh]

12 hours ago, my happy place said:

I enjoy tinned fish also. I was asking because the packaging says "Calamari". 

Hmmm…now you’ve got me wondering, because calamari, which is squid, is not octopus. 

When one thinks of “calamari,” one tends to think of the body rings and not the actual tentacles… without having the packaging, I guess I never really know. It certainly reminded me of octopus, though…

Edit: I found a picture of the packaging on the world market website, and it says the ingredients are “cephalopods tentacles.” The scientific name though, Docidicus Gigas is indicative of a giant squid.

So, I was wrong in my response to you, it was not octopus. 🙂

[my happy place]

8 hours ago, Hoosh said:

Hmmm…now you’ve got me wondering, because calamari, which is squid, is not octopus. 

That's why I asked. The packaging confused me. 😆 I've never had tinned squid and even thought it was octopus, I'll be on the look out for squid now.

[Hoosh]

Yesterday…all my troubles seemed so far away. 🙂

[potpest]

One of my favourite Instagrams:
https://www.instagram.com/tinned_fish_reviews?igsh=aGU1eGw1NGNuNG9y

[Hoosh]

A worthwhile follow for sure - as is tinnedfishreview and also Matthew Carlson on YouTube. 

[BrightonCorgi]

Great to see renewed interest. I bought about 40 tins of fish at Portugalia Marketplace | Fall River, MA. Biggest selection in North America.

[JDoughty]

High salt products (anchovies, I'm looking at you) do very well in a tin. Fatty fish like sardines also survive the process reasonably okay, though they don't hold a candle to fresh grilled. Low fat and relatively low salt seafood items are notably different and IMO much, much worse from fresh to canned. 

[Hoosh]

On 9/3/2025 at 10:27 AM, BrightonCorgi said:

Great to see renewed interest. I bought about 40 tins of fish at Portugalia Marketplace | Fall River, MA. Biggest selection in North America.

Thanks for the link! I will certainly check them out. I usually try to shop local for tins, but also buy from Rainbow Tomatoes Garden. Each tin from them comes wrapped in newspaper. Neat place.

[BrightonCorgi]

2 hours ago, Hoosh said:

Thanks for the link! I will certainly check them out. I usually try to shop local for tins, but also buy from Rainbow Tomatoes Garden. Each tin from them comes wrapped in newspaper. Neat place.

Their selection online is paltry to what they have in the store. Seems like some prices are higher too. I like the "Good Boy" brand. I like them all actually.

 

[Hoosh]

Had the 11 year old Rödel sardines today. Absolutely wonderful! Still very firm inside, though the bones, while still somewhat visible, were like soft serve. 🙂 I’m sad this was my last tin of such exquisite fish…

[99call]

Not my images (apart from the shot of the tin), but a couple of months ago I had a fantastic starter of Cantabrian anchovies served with burrata at 'Antica Bottega del Vino' in Verona. They were so sweet, like fudge.

This place's wine menu was 3 inches thick, I thought it was a joke a first...bonkers.

[Hoosh]

11 hours ago, 99call said:

Not my images (apart from the shot of the tin), but a couple of months ago I had a fantastic starter of Cantabrian anchovies served with burrata at 'Antica Bottega del Vino' in Verona. They were so sweet, like fudge.

This place's wine menu was 3 inches thick, I thought it was a joke a first...bonkers.

Those look great! It’s so hard to come across anchovies without salt. That combination with burrata seems fantastic! Thanks for the photos.

[Chas.Alpha]

I’m sure that I’ve posted this before, but I buy these in #5 lots. Salted, smoked and dried herring fillets. Blind Robbins are what they’re known as back in Minnesota.

Won’t live without them…😀

Skol😈

[Hoosh]

Generic smoked mussels - not sure by who, how, or where. 😆

 

18 hours ago, Chas.Alpha said:

I’m sure that I’ve posted this before, but I buy these in #5 lots. Salted, smoked and dried herring fillets. Blind Robbins are what they’re known as back in Minnesota.

Won’t live without them…😀

Skol😈

Would love to try those. They sound right up my alley!

[potpest]

On 9/11/2025 at 5:40 AM, 99call said:

Not my images (apart from the shot of the tin), but a couple of months ago I had a fantastic starter of Cantabrian anchovies served with burrata at 'Antica Bottega del Vino' in Verona. They were so sweet, like fudge.
This place's wine menu was 3 inches thick, I thought it was a joke a first...bonkers.

Reminds me of the wine list at Celler de Can Roca. It came with it's own trolley.

[JDoughty]

And here is what you probably shouldn't ought to do with your tinned fish. I present hot honey sardine pizza courtesy of Reddit. 

[Hoosh]

A fairly standard King Oscar tin…

 

interesting that as compared to the 11 year old Rödel tin from last week, there is still a backbone present:

And the tail still on:

[Hoosh]

Fishwife Sardines with Perserved Lemon. Great lemon flavor to go with the larger ‘dines. Super tasty!

[Hoosh]

Picked this up from Trader Joe’s. I’ve had plenty of tins of Squid/octopus/calamari, but never one stuffed with pieces like this. Ever. Very tasty!

 

[Hoosh]

Trader Joe’s smoked salmon in olive oil. Really tasty. The olive oil wasn’t a cheap add in for this tin.