On 18 Jun 2011 15:34:50 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2011-06-18, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>
>> Mashing quality sardines is as wasteful as mashing rolled anchovy.
>
>Jes buying rolled anchovies is a waste of money. Besides, they suck!
>You claim to be a gourmand, but rolled anchovies are packed in salted
>oil and all you can taste is the salt. Even the caper flavor is
>overwhelmed.
>
>Shel baby, go out and find some canned packed-in-salt anchovies.
>Rinse the salt off and enjoy. You'll be amazed at how un-salty they
>are (strange, but true!). Only, beware.... that's what brought my gout
>to full bloom. I was eating a couple dozen per night (that good!)
>with beer. It was my gout undoing. Anchovies are death to gout
>sufferers.


Oily, salty, fishy, YUM! I don't eat them but 2-3 times a year but to
me a tin of rolled anchovy with ice cold Crystal Palace is a real
treat.