On 2018-04-19 12:47 PM, ImStillMags wrote:

>> Mackerel are just large sardines with 25% more omega-3 (the most
>> of any fish). And you can use canned mackerel in any way that you
>> use canned sardines - and in many ways the same as canned tuna or
>> salmon. Best of all it only costs $1.65 for a 15oz can - 1/3rd the
>> price of sardines.
>>
>> -sw
>
> I like mackerel. I make mackerel salad the same way I make tuna
> salad. I've even used it to make fish cakes.



My wife brought home some mackerel and I was surprised that it was
actually pretty good. I wasn't keen on trying it. I had had more than
my fill of it vicariously when I worked as a trainer at Marineland. I
used to start the day by dumping hundreds of pounds of Spanish Mackerel
into a huge tub and running water to thaw it. Once it softened up I had
to start cutting it up. Some were left whole for the elephant seals.
Some were cut in half for the orca. Some were cut into quarters for the
dolphins, and the seal lions got theirs chopped up into about 1 0z chunks.

I would go home stinking of fish and have to scrub and scrub to get rid
of it.