Comment from PattyN
Time: April 9, 2007, 12:26 pm

What a beautiful photo. My mouth started watering the moment I saw it, and I’m in the middle of eating my breakfast. What would I do if it arrived with my beer? I would hope that I’m with Ben and I could eat his portion as well as mine!

Comment from Stuart
Time: April 9, 2007, 7:40 pm

I didn’t like sardines ..until.. I ate something similar to this in Spain.

Comment from celia s
Time: April 9, 2007, 9:31 pm

I would need to drink at least 6 bottles of cerveza before I could manage these tapas! Que repugnante!

Comment from OzSimon
Time: April 10, 2007, 7:02 am

I’d give it a try. In fact I’m reaching for a beer as I type……:)

Comment from Ben
Time: April 10, 2007, 9:41 am

So most of you are coming out in favour of the Sardines! I will happily donate mine to whoever is sitting next to me!

Comment from Helen Palmer
Time: April 10, 2007, 10:24 am

These always look like little jewels, but when they get to your own plate and you actually have to eat them, I’m not quite so sure!

Great photo, though! I’ll just take the beer …

Comment from rod
Time: April 10, 2007, 10:37 am

… the tomatoes look really nice though.

Comment from totallyken
Time: April 10, 2007, 12:24 pm

Love em. Sardines, anchovies, boquerones, the whole lot, I love them. Took some time to get used to them but living near Santoña, which is the sardine capital of Spain, you just have to get into them. Try them bbq’d and it’s a whole other story. Mmmmm.

Comment from Edith
Time: April 10, 2007, 1:45 pm

Hmmm, unusual combination to say the least, byt yes I would try them! After all, the proof of the pudding is the eating.

On a side note Ben, have you ever tried marlin? I know this sounds kind of trite but it does taste like chicken! No ‘fishy’ flavor at all, and well worth a try even if fish is not your cup of tea.

Comment from Ben
Time: April 10, 2007, 10:11 pm

Never tried Marlin. I quite like ‘white’ fish, i.e. lubina or dorada - but not so keen on the really strong cold stuff like this!

Comment from Stuart
Time: April 11, 2007, 3:33 am

Neither was I until I tried it the “Spanish way”. How are you with raw or semi-raw fish?

Comment from Edith
Time: April 11, 2007, 8:33 am

If you put marlin into a curry dish you could really fool people into believing it was chicken! I’m not sure which category it belongs to though, but it’s not a ‘white’ fish. The texture of the meat is a bit like tuna steak.

Comment from Ben
Time: April 11, 2007, 9:05 am

Stuart - raw fish is a biiiig no no!

Comment from greytop
Time: April 11, 2007, 6:55 pm

Sardines (from a tin unfortunately) on toast was a regular item when I was growing up in England. These look much nicer! If the bones are too much it is very easy to fillet the cooked fish, and none of the flavour would be lost

Comment from Stuart
Time: April 12, 2007, 12:57 am

Hows this for a fish dish then Ben…
http://enperu.blogsyte.com/blog.aspx?b=220

Comment from Ben
Time: April 12, 2007, 6:55 am

Stuart - ‘raw pacific fish’… urrgghhh!!!

Comment from Stuart
Time: April 13, 2007, 3:27 am

If you like ají­ and you like fish, there’s nothing that can beat it.

Comment from greytop
Time: April 15, 2007, 3:02 pm

That sounds delicious Stuart - bit on the lines of gravlax (marinated salmon) but spicier. The one I never tried in Norway was lutefisk - they marinate white-fish with lye for several days and cook before eating!

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[...] Well, first the sardines and tomato, now this. Spanish waiters have really got it in for me these days. I promise to find something I can rave about for next week’s tapas! [...]