The Real Official Anchovy Thread

[Howie]

OK, most of us more than like bacon.  Let's move on to a more controversial food, the often maligned anchovy.  Discretionary use can wake up a recipe,  over use can kill a recipe, yet as a major ingredient they can be scrumptious.  I like them, my wife hates them and refers to them as salty, furry dead fish.   

[somegirl]

Did you mean to post in NMC?

[Magnus]

i eat them maybe once a year...  takes me that long to forget that i don't like them that much

[Kopfjager]

I eat them in Olive oil, right out of the can.

[Howie]

Did you mean to post in NMC?

Yes I did

[Le Pirate]

maybe on a salad....possibly on a pizza...otherwise NO.




I will eat the smoked oysters in a can on crackers though....every know and then (maybe once a year)

[herm]

 

[Vindingo]

I prefer to use anchovy paste instead of canned anchovies in a bunch of sauces that I make. 

As for canned fish... I really like sardines.  I like them canned in tomato sauce or hot mustard, on a some toast.  Such a great cheap and healthy snack.   For some reason they get a bad rap

[teddy037.2]

absolute necessity for my caeser salad, and aglio e olio sauce...

never had 'em on pizza, or out the tin, though

[TiNi]

 

too salty, fishy, hairy, gross....

[ducpainter]

I like them.

[lethe]

I like them but not too many at a time.
What would Puttanesca be without use of them?

[T]

What would Puttanesca be without use of them?

exactly

[ducati_tim]

My ideal summer afternoon snack is a few anchovies, some tasty olives and a glass of Rioja or Sangiovese.
Boquerones (white anchovies) are my favorite.


That s living, boyee 

[Howie]

too salty, fishy, hairy, gross....

So, you agree with my wife.  Ellen will consume food with anchovies in it as long as she cannot recognize them.  She used to put up with them untill I served her a bagel with anchovy butter on it.

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My ideal summer afternoon snack is a few anchovies, some tasty olives and a glass of Rioja or Sangiovese.
Boquerones (white anchovies) are my favorite.


That s living, boyee 

Looks yummy.  There is indeed a whole world of anchovy out there besides the canned variety.