Pilchards are great - anyone who doesn't like them is a proper wrong 'un

[newme]

I am surprised this is so high.

 

[geminisnake]

It works best with foreskin pasta as they have the right nooks and crannies to capture the mashed fish.

The type of pasta has a specific name but it does look like the dried removed foreskins so I always think of it as that.

would that be fusilli? That's what we eat cos it's the only wholewheat one Lidl sell, I use lasagna sheets occasionally as well, but never for pilchards

 

[danny la rouge]

I could definitely tell the difference between capers and pilchards if you showed me some, though.

Caper:

 

[geminisnake]

Pilchard ice cream.

I know you're taking the pee but you can actually get smokie ice cream in the local town, where smokies come from

 

[iona]

I thought capers were fish for ages, and I reckon if you told me that pilchards are actually whatever kind of a plant capers are, I'd probably think "hmm, that sounds plausible I suppose". Although not now that I've read this thread, I'm now fairly confident that pilchards are fish. I could definitely tell the difference between capers and pilchards if you showed me some, though.

Are you maybe getting them confused with anchovies? Both small, strongly flavoured and often sold in little jars.

They both live on the same shelf in my brain for that reason, and coz they're often used together, although I do know which one is a fish.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

I eat Anchovies straight out of the jar

 

[iona]

I eat Anchovies straight out of the jar

I eat them straight off the tree

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Are you maybe getting them confused with anchovies? Both small, strongly flavoured and often sold in little jars.

They both live on the same shelf in my brain for that reason, and coz they're often used together, although I do know which one is a fish.

Capers are small round fish.

 

[iona]

Capers are small round fish.

That's a common misconception, they're actually molluscs.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

would that be fusilli? That's what we eat cos it's the only wholewheat one Lidl sell, I use lasagna sheets occasionally as well, but never for pilchards

It's this one

 

[geminisnake]

not seen that one before tbh

 

[seeformiles]

To be fair, I have a fear of them based on childhood disgust at fish with wee bones in them. In the intervening years I’ve overcome this fear of many foodstuffs but tinned fish remains and looms large. Perhaps I’ll sort it out in future but for now the fear remains.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

To be fair, I have a fear of them based on childhood disgust at fish with wee bones in them. In the intervening years I’ve overcome this fear of many foodstuffs but tinned fish remains and looms large. Perhaps I’ll sort it out in future but for now the fear remains.

The soft crunchy bones are the best bit in tinned fish. I particularly like it when you get a bit of spine in a tin of salmon.

 

[WouldBe]

The soft crunchy bones are the best bit in tinned fish. I particularly like it when you get a bit of spine in a tin of salmon.

Good source of calcium.

 

[seeformiles]

The soft crunchy bones are the best bit in tinned fish. I particularly like it when you get a bit of spine in a tin of salmon.

Good source of calcium.

You’re all sick! Sick I tells ya..

 

[farmerbarleymow]

You’re all sick! Sick I tells ya..

It's lovely - the bones have quite a slight give to them before they squish into goo between your teeth.

 

[seeformiles]

 

[FridgeMagnet]

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Bananas optional

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Though bananas can be used to make quite a nice curry sauce.

 

[Sue]

Pilchard Curry | Hari Ghotra

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Bananas optional

Mandatory surely for the full 'could this be any more disgusting?' experience?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

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Lovely crunchy fish teeth.

 

[seeformiles]

Lovely crunchy fish teeth.

Thought it might appeal

 

[danny la rouge]

Lovely crunchy fish teeth.

You weirdo.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Mandatory surely for the full 'could this be any more disgusting?' experience?

Nah - it sounds lovely. You should try it and report back.

 

[Jennaonthebeach]

Not really a fan, but then i don't hate them either. But as I'm now virtually a vegan its of no relevance to anything.

 

[WouldBe]

Lovely crunchy fish teeth.

Free dentures.

 

[Jennaonthebeach]

The seas around the UK have some beautiful fish in them. Why on earth don't we eat more?

I can only speak for myself but heavy metal pollution, algae, sewage leaks into the seas around Britain, questions about the health of the fish as a result, bioaccumulation, cruelty involved and indiscriminate killing of ocean creatures by modern fishing methods.

 

[Elpenor]

The seas around the UK have some beautiful fish in them. Why on earth don't we eat more?

British people don’t really like fish is the answer

 

[Jennaonthebeach]

British people don’t really like fish is the answer

this is from 2010 but it suggests we quite like fish compared to other western countries.

 

[Sue]

Nah - it sounds lovely. You should try it and report back.

danny la rouge did and reported that even the Purveyor of the Pilchard Puff thought it was rank...