What are these little balls in my sardines?
I opened a container of sardines and found loads of little round balls in what appears to be its belly.
What are these things? Are they eggs the sardine was going to lay (or whatever it's called for a fish) or something it ate? Are they good to eat, or should I throw it out?
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Yes, that is sardine roe. In Portugal it is considered a delicacy on a par with caviar.
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Yes, that is sardine roe. In Portugal it is considered a delicacy on a par with caviar.Can you eat sardines eggs?
Subscribe to My Newsletter! I consider Fisherman's Eggs to be a gateway recipe to the wonderful world of sardines. Sardines are simply mixed with a tasty array of veggies and aromatics, then baked with a few eggs on top. They flavor is so good you wouldn't know (or care) that you were noshing on dreaded sardines.Can worms live in canned sardines?
PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Malaysia's Health Ministry has found six more brands of canned sardines to be contaminated with roundworms. This comes after two canned sardine brands from China - TL Tan Lung and TLC - were recalled after they were found to be contaminated with roundworms.Do sardines have guts in them?
Yup, There's Still Guts In There Most people who eat canned sardines just plop the suckers on some crackers or pizza as is because the cooking/steaming process at most canneries softens the bones to the point where they're edible.Can sardines give you parasites?
PUTRAJAYA (BERNAMA) - The Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services (Maqis) has revealed that it found worms that can cause the anisakiasis disease in humans in samples of a brand of sardines from China brought in through the North Butterworth Container Terminal (NBCT) in Penang on May 14.Lil Wayne - Love Me ft. Drake \u0026 Future LYRICS
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I found roe in mine for the first time today and was a little off put until I realized within seconds what it was. I did a search to confirm, YEP! It's roe. Just finished eating every last bite of it. I'm not easily grossed out.
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