pilchards and sardines

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Hi, I have been given lots of tins of sardines and pichards from a friend who was decluttering her cupboard and knows I hatte to chuck anything out any different ideas about what I can use them for apart from the obvious on toast or pizza toppings
JackieO xx

Bronnie

How fancy are we talking here?:p

http://www.glenryck.co.uk/pages/pilchard-recipes.htm#recipe1

I lurve pilchards. So does my cat!:D

Pink.

Hi Jackie,

There are some ideas on these threads that might give you some inspiration:

pilchards and sardines

tinned sardine recipes

Pilchards

I'll add your thread to the first link later to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

Stephen_Leak

For those that don't know the pilchard and the sardine are basically the same fish, just that one was swimming off the Cornish coast and the other was swimming in the Mediterranean. In fact, the beleaguered Cornish pilchard fishing industry has re-branded the humble pilchard as the "Cornish sardine" and demand and prices have increased.

Anyway, all this makes me wonder about using them in a sort of Cornish "Stargazy" pie, although they wouldn't have the heads and tails to poke through the pastry.

Psykicpup

I love them as they are with some olives, biscuits & cheese

thriftlady_2

Mash with some lemon juice and splash of olive oil. Spread on toast. Top with mashed avocado. Lush lunch

catznine

I am sure I saw someone on tv (an MP trying to live on benefits) making a mashed potato topped pie with a tin of pilchards. I was going to try the same myself one day.

oystercatcher

One of my favourite quick lunches is leftover rice heated in the microwave with a tin of sardines in tomatoe sauce stirred in. Peas and leftover vegs are nice too but not essential!

cocalls

I often make pilchard spagetti-fry up some onions add tin of toms & herbs add tin of pilchards & heat through, serve with spagetti-lush and v cheap!

Ballymackeonan

I mix sardines in tomato with left-over spicy couscous and use it to stuff peppers, then bake them. Add some grated cheese on top near the end of the cooking process. a half pepper makes a good starter, a whole one for a main course.