I love sardines. Specifically sardines in mustard sauce. Not all brands. The one I prefer is Beach Cliff. I find them at 10Box. The mustard has just the right tang. Sometimes you can get a batch that is skimpy on the mustard. But always, the can has been full of robust sardines, arranged edge to edge, end to end. Packed in like sardines, heh, heh!
Over the past couple weeks, I have encountered Beach Cliff sardines that don't live up to the previous standards. They are anorexic sardines. They practically have room to swim around in that can!
I suppose it's the Beach Cliff version of shrinkflation. The extra mustard sauce and oil fulfill the weight listed on the cans.
Oh, I still eat them! I'm not crazy. I love sardines. They can be polarizing. Hick hates them, because he used to work with an old guy who ate them for lunch every day. Then Hick had to smell the guy's breath as they moved furniture around and maintained the knife blade factory.
I really wish my sardines came packed in like sardines again. Otherwise there might be a shift in how we describe crowded things. Perhaps... "Crammed in like superfluous words in Val's bloated blog posts."
I am with Hick, no on sardines for me! My step dad loves them though, and in a pinch I know they are good for a snack. I stick to cocktail weiners aka Vienna sausages!
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't refuse Vienna sausage, but I like sardines better. As a courtesy to Hick, I put the empty cans in a ziploc baggie to contain the "aroma."
DeleteI don't like sardines, but I do like herrings and always buy the ones in tomato sauce. King Oscar was my favourite brand but they have been unavailable for years now, so I switched to John West brand and they were fine until recently, when the fish were fewer and the sauce was a pale watery imitation of itself. I sent a complaint to the company and received a $5 gift card as apology, but I haven't bought herrings since.
ReplyDeleteI guess the companies think we won't notice that there is less food in the container, and the sauce has been watered down! I doubt they are saving much money, due to the loyal customers who stop buying the product.
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