NFT: Anchovies...

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. Especially on a Caesar salad

I had an anchovy pizza a few weeks ago. It was great.

my Dad's rule was "Never eat anything you use for bait."

Also, you can't order a pizza with half anchovies; the oil spreads while cooking.

. Otherwise, don't ask stupid questions.

to those limp, salty, foul smelling strips.

with glutamates, a substance which makes meat taste "meatier". Add a couple to your next stew , pot roast or chili.

Reminds me of a horrible date with a big surprise

In comment 12040525 PEEJ said:

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with glutamates, a substance which makes meat taste "meatier". Add a couple to your next stew , pot roast or chili.

Or get red boat fish sauce. Just don't smell it.

In the right application, they can add a lot.

if you like it it's the greatest.

If not, not so much.

This thread has inspired me.

Anchovies on Pizza any day.

For the longest time I thought they were vile. But puttanesca is my favorite sauce and when I cooked my own, I'd add more and more anchovies and the taste grew on me and they didn't bother me anymore. Now I love 'em and experiment into other dishes.

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Irresistible. Euro not so much.

I like 'em in a salad and, as someone mentioned, they are a great base ingredient. They break up and no one knows they're there, and even people who say they don't like anchovies love the dish, whatever it is.

Last winter in Sevilla, Spain, in kind of a food market, I had these huge anchovies on buttered toast - it was a meal and a great one. Those anchovies you can't get in the USA, and the Spanish know what to do with them.

So if you don't like 'em ... no problem, leave them for me.

Another nice use is to throw them into a pan after sauteing some chicken breasts. Break them up, throw in some lemon juice, wine/broth and an herb, and butter if you want to smooth it out. That's a sauce.

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On a pizza, in a salad, as the driver for pasta con sarde, lightly sauteed fresh anchovies, paste of salted anchovies, you name it.

As for eating fish, remember, the smaller, the better...

dice them together. Pan fry a nice steak, remove and tent. Stir in the Parsley, garlic, anchovy mixture for about 2 minutes pour sauce over steak. Live!!!

to different animals. I mean fish. :-)

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In comment 12040797 Victor in CT said:

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to different animals. I mean fish. :-)

I love 'em both - but you can't put fresh anchovies on a pizza, and a pizza without anchovies is like Kate Upton without the breasts.

- whole grilled fresh

- canned type on pizza with raw garlic (not whole ones)

- paste sauted with garlic and other bits deglazed with red wine

Or bangin' Claudia?



You decide.