Bought a few cans at the local grocery near me. Decided to first try the cheapest which was the bumble bee sardines w/ hot sauce. Instantly the distinctive sardine smell hit with slight nostalgia.. then concern for how it was much fishier than I remember. For me these were hard to get down. I just couldn’t get over the fishy taste. Did not enjoy unfortunately.
As a Hail Mary to prove to my wife i didn’t just drop over 20 dollars on canned fish for nothing, i went for what I thought I’d like the most which was the Cole’s smoked trout. Damn was that tasty. Really delicious fatty filets with almost zero fish taste and very subtle smoke.. which if I could change one thing would be slightly more smoke. But with smoke I’d rather not enough than too much.
These were the perfect recovery from the sardines. Had them both with just saltines. I’ll be stocking up coles, and now look foward to trying other canned fish. Would appreciate any recommendation or thoughts on my first few cans.