Well, I would have gotten home today at a reasonable time (about 8 pm) until I got an email message from United Airlines that our flight to IAD (where I was supposed to change for Chicago) was delayed for 2.5 hours. (It involved something about giving the crew proper rest time.) This means I’ll miss my scheduled connection and have been rebooked to arrive in Chicago at midnight. And then I have to decide whether to try making it home at that late hour (it’s a long way) or waiting at the airport till the trains from O’Hare start running at about 5 a.m.
At any rate, I was relieved to pass my covid test (a rapid test) when we left the ship, as I didn’t want to quarantine in Lisbon until I tested negative. (We had was no covid on our small ship, though two prospective passengers tested positive in Tenerife and couldn’t go on the trip.)
So, in honor of Portugal and its thriving sardine canneries, producing a product I can’t abide, here’s a store at the Lisbon airport that sells only duty free sardines. It’s a pity I can’t abide this malodorous fish.
Wouldn’t your feline friends enjoy a gift of sardines? 😀
I had to look up IAD to find out what airport it is. The result was somewhat surprising (to me).
Edit: and now I’ve looked up the reason for why it is IAD. It’s to stop you from accidentally going to the other airport in DC.
Amazing, for me that would be like visiting heaven; I love sardines packed in olive oil,, skin and bones included, very healthy as well. I have had sardines weekly since my college days in Cambridge. Had to switch to herring the years I lived in Germany. I may have to arrange a trip to Portugal.
Here’s the earworm I invariably get when I’m on my way home from a trip:
Such a great song…of course! I hadn’t ever realized before just now that George played bass on that song! He did a good job…also of course.
I hadn’t seen that video–it’s fantastic!
Other than as an ingredient in the dressing for a Caesar salad I can not abide them.
Those ought to be anchovies.
They had anchovies, too!
I can eat sardines, though they aren’t my favorite. But sardine paste (or, alternatively, smooched up sardines) are an excellent ingredient in some recipes. I make a perciatelli with broccoli with it (from a recipe I got from an old girlfriend who got it from the Italian grandmother of a previous boyfriend) that is stone-cold outta sight.
“smooshed” — I crush them, not kiss them.
Give me my edit button back … please.
Yes, that’s right, sardine paste is an excellent ingredient. Same for anchovy paste.
And anchovy sauce! Thai, Vietnamese or Italian- they’re all different, and they’re all good.
What about a sardine sauce in that style? Never seen, but I’d try it.
The only proper answer to this claim is “no it’s NOT!”
After eating sardines in tomato as a 7 year old I woke up, threw up on the carpet & went to sleep! My sister has never overcome the trauma & the smell never came out of that carpet!
😉
Check the anchovy paste box for a California Prop. 65 warning. I had a King Oliver brand that had it I think.
I quite like tinned sardines, if they’re a decent brand. But really fresh whole sardines, quickly barbecued on a very hot grill, are heavenly.
Can of sardines + salad greens = great quick meal.
Eat Sardines. Or as cats call them, “nature’s breath mints.”
Looking forward to more posts on the trip!
I remember sending you a Coynezaa “care package” once with a tin of Matiz sardines (a great Spanish brand). And I learned some time after that you hated sardines. I had to laugh, but hopefully you gave them to a foodbank or a neighbor…or maybe you still have them, just in case. 🙂
Sardines in a tin will keep for a while — until Jerry learns to like ’em or hell freezes over, whichever comes first. 🙂
Some (namely Zingerman’s deli, in Ann Arbor but big into mail-order) even claim that sardines tinned in oil improve with aging. They sell 5-year -old cans as ‘vintage’ at a premium.
And they are really good.
Zingerman’s deli is a treasure and sells the best of many items. But you’ll pay for it$. Sheesh, you’d think there were located in Manhattan.
I’d love to try some of that brand. I like the Brunswick brand but I find the biggish tins (Kersen brand) sold at Costco kinda fishy or ‘tinny’. Sardines mashed up and scrambled with eggs, green onions and lots of black pepper are delicious.
Nope, I gave them to a friend who ADORES sardines and was most appreciative!
Great to know! I’m glad they were enjoyed…but I’ll certainly refrain from sending you sardines in the future…or candy corn and rhubarb!
Wow, that seemed like a whirlwind of a trip, PCC(E)!
Best way to offset the fishiness of sardines is lots of hot pepper and onions and balsamic vinegar or this – Pickapeppa sauce:
https://www.amazon.com/Pickapeppa-Sauce-Variety-Jamaican-Original/dp/B079YWQL27/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2PLBU0MHV9RD5&keywords=pickapeppa+sauce&qid=1651775430&s=grocery&sprefix=pickape%2Cgrocery%2C124&sr=1-2
I’d love to run across a sardine store. Of course, when I buy sardines, I always check that the can says Wild Caught. I figure they give the farmed sardines antibiotics. 🙂
Athens OH has an Asian food store mostly East Asian but a section with a variety of Arab foodstuffs and they carry olive oil and sardines from Morrocco
Fresh sardinos, bought from the boat and cooked on the beach. That’s the essence of Iberia (and a good example of the Mediterranean diet!) Tinned, not so much, although the big ones in tomato sauce called ‘pilchards’ are good on toast.