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Have a pack of these in the fridge that needs using. Embarrassingly, I'd bought them to go in a Kedgeree I made last night and bloody forgot to add them. I still haven't figured out how I manage to specifically buy an ingredient for a dish I will be specifically cooking on a specific day and then forget to use it. 😕

Anyway, anybody else got a favourite use for them he or she would like to share?


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 10:57 am
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I like to flake them and add them to a salad - tomatoes, mushrooms, peppers, lettuce, add some nuts and seeds and away you go. A favourite lunch, when I can be bothered. 🙂


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 10:59 am
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+1 on salad - [url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/smoked_mackerel_coleslaw_31065 ]Nigel Slater's coleslaw[/url].

Tend to mix with horseradish & mayo and have in a thick sarnie, maybe some rocket.


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:03 am
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A horseradish and mustard heavy potato salad with added capers seems to be in order. Plus some leaves for the ladies.


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:05 am
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Or make into a fishy rarebit.


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:05 am
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[url= http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4896/smoked-mackerel-lemon-and-herb-pt ]Smoked mackerel, lemon & herb pâté[/url] is an absolute doddle to make and is bloody lovely Bravissimo


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:06 am
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[url= http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4896/smoked-mackerel-lemon-and-herb-pt ]this looked nice[/url] when I saw him make it on telly, not got round to trying it yet.

<edit> SNAP!


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:06 am
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Pate is nice

on salads is nice

on toast is nice

On their own is nice

I'm a fan 🙂


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:08 am
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put them in your egg mayonnaise and whack them in a butty.
gnawsome.


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:08 am
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Mackerel, orange and watercress salad is good, otherwise turn into mackerel pate. Both very easy.


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:09 am
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Fishcakes.

Mashed spuds, chives, chillies, egg and the mackerel - 1/2hr in the oven - done and tasty. Serve with salad or green veg.


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:09 am
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Hmmm...salad or pâté...

Pâté looks good but just wondering how I could incorporate that into a main meal this evening.


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:09 am
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Put them in a warm salad (just heat the fish), with what ever is to hand
Roasted Beetroot/Orange/Apples/Grapefruit/ Walnuts (any nuts) blue cheese

Toss them with something peppery (Watercress, rocket, beetroot leaves etc) add a nice dressing and enjoy


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:10 am
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Kedgeree?

More seriously, I likes em just in a simple salad.


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:10 am
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Whooooaaaaa...

Late entry of fishcakes winning so far!!


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:10 am
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how I could incorporate that into a main meal this evening

put it in your mouth?


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:10 am
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🙂


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:11 am
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put it in your mouth?

I'll put something else in your mouth brakes. And it won't be what you usually ask for. 🙂


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:11 am
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You don't need a main meal oh voluptuous one! Just a big pile of toast 😀


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:12 am
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make a load of pate, a huge bowl of salad and use an entire french stick/ciabatta/loaf of your choice

upgrading from snack to main meal is just a case of quantity shirley?


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:13 am
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upgrading from snack to main meal is just a case of quantity shirley?

As much as I love pringles, not sure 3 packs constitutes a main meal. (1 pack being snack sized, obvs)


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:15 am
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upgrading from snack to main meal is just a case of quantity shirley?

Excellent point. Well made!!


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:15 am
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depends tom, do you eat a meal to feel full or for nutrients and vitamins and all that shite?

3packs of pringles will certainly make you feel full,

possibly temporarily 🙂


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:17 am
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3packs of pringles will certainly make you feel full,

possibly temporarily

But that contains all three of the major food groups - Sour Cream and Onion, Original and BBQ!


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:20 am
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Toast
Truffle spread
Whole grain mustard
Rapesead mayo.

Burp FTW 😀


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:22 am
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Good point. As my meal choices are based solely on how they taste, and if I want to eat them, I could subscribe to your theory. Only if there was an assortment of dips/accompanyments though.

There you are DD, pringles with mackerel pate!

You're welcome.


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:23 am
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A full tube of BBQ, in one go, would be a tough ask. As would be a full one of prawn cocktail. Surely you meant salt and vinegar martin?


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:24 am
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Grill them, and put in a sandwich with creamed horseradish and beetroot.


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:27 am
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I'm not even sure that Salt and Vinegar was one of the original flavours. Nor Prawn Cocktail, for that matter, so they cannot be included.

Warm up on Original and Sour Cream and Onion, then take a short break before demolishing the BBQ while watching Cliffhanger. Easy Peasy.


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:29 am
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I bow to your clearly superior knowledge on this subject martin. I'll give that a go this evening. 😀


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:33 am
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Turn them into pate..... bleedin lovely.

Is it lunchtime yet?


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:33 am
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Be careful. Reaching that level involved quite a bit of taper-training involving Doritos. 🙂


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:35 am
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Tangy cheese I presume?


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:36 am
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Batter. Deep Fry. Bap. Tartare Sauce.


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:37 am
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Cool Original for a training run. And no dipping.

PS

Cook Mackerel, flake into Heinz Cream of Tomato soup. Serve with black pepper. Mmmmm. Just like 'Sardine and Tomato Paste' from school lunchboxes of yore.


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:45 am
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In a salad with grapefruit, avocado, chili and corriander.


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:53 am
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I have never been able to comprehend why someone would eat avocado, except for a bet


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:56 am
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In a salad with grapefruit, avocado, chili and corriander.

This sounds like one of those avant garde combinations that contestants on Masterchef make Michel Roux Jr sad with.


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:58 am
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Haven't you ever had guacamole binbins? 😕


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 11:58 am
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Have it with fennel, chopped apple, lettuce, tomato with a lemon and yoghurt dressing. To make it 'manly' add steak for surf and turf. Otherwise it's pâté - philly, lemon, mustard, horseradish and packet(s) of oatcakes.


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 12:25 pm
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That's that southern muck they have instead of mushy peas, isn't it bravissimo?


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 12:34 pm
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stir into some freshly boiled pasta with a bit of grated garlic. no need for a seperate sauce just a bit of olive oil if too dry. lovely bit of scran 🙂


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 12:39 pm
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Goes really nicely in scrambled eggs too 😀


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 12:46 pm
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I have never been able to comprehend why someone would eat avocado, except for a bet

You're just doing it wrong.

This sounds like one of those avant garde combinations that contestants on Masterchef make Michel Roux Jr sad with.

Nah, it's pretty pedestrian stuff really. Smoked fish goes well with sharp flavours, so the grapefruit's ideal. The other components aren't a kick in the arse off guacamole, so nothing off the wall there.

If it makes Michel sad, he can toss my salad.


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 1:18 pm

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