John West peppered Mackerel??

wellused

I love John West peppered Mackerel but can't seem to find it anymore, they do have Smoked peppered Mackerel but I hate the smokey taste. Why have John West stopped selling tins of plain peppered Mackerel?:(

Edwardia

I looked at https://www.john-west.co.uk and according to the website they only have smoked peppered mackerel. Maybe you could email them and ask ?

Hazarding a guess I would suggest that as mackerel is such a cheap fish, it doesn't make financial sense for John West to can it without adding things like smoke n peppers or tomato sauce to justify the price.

If this is recent, maybe you'll find cans in 99p Stores, Poundland etc ??

wellused

I did email them but as the wife told me as usual I have got it all backwards, what I used to have was John West smoked peppered mackerel, but the only one that I can find now is John West WOOD smoked peppered Mackerel, the wood smoke leaves an unpleasant taste.

Owain_Moneysaver

Try Lidl (or Aldi), they used to have huge boxes of tinned mackerel in a variety of flavours, and at about half the price of John West / supermarket.

wellused

I did have a look in Lidl and they have loads of tinned fish of all descriptions but I don't think that they had any smoked peppered Mackerel, it may sound ultra fussy but it's maddening when you find a product which you really enjoy and the manufacturer changes the recipe even slightly which in my opinion has altered the flavour. I suppose it's like those who complained about the Earl Grey tea being improved?

Edwardia

wellused wrote: »

I did email them but as the wife told me as usual I have got it all backwards, what I used to have was John West smoked peppered mackerel, but the only one that I can find now is John West WOOD smoked peppered Mackerel, the wood smoke leaves an unpleasant taste.

Er, I'm wondering what you thought they smoked it with before <confused>

wellused

I have no idea what they smoked them with before but the wood smoked ones which incidentally come in a different tin stating that they are "wood smoked mackerel" rather than the previous "smoked mackerel" do have a distinct taste of burned wood rather than a rather pleasant smokey flavour.

Edwardia

Lidl usually has whole smoked mackerel in the chilled section, maybe you could try one ? Usually £1 something per fish, individually priced.

wellused

Thanks that is an idea I might give it a go although I always liked the option of having a couple of tins of peppered smoked mackerel in the cupboard just for those times when I fancied one.