I am afraid to say.

"What the hey does Mackerel taste like ?"

Whale ass.

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Originally posted by David Lee:
Looks like they drank the liquid but didn't eat the feesh. Maybe kitties won't eat it. They are spoiled with all the tuna.

The Momma kitty I was feeding before I caught her and her kittens would eat most anything I gave her. After I caught her and she moved in, she's a poultry girl. She'll eat a little fish now and then but chicken and turkey is her usual, particularly from our table. I'm not sure how cheap canned chicken is.

I love raw mackerel.

Fresh mackerel is delicious, if a bit fishy and salty. By fresh, I mean “swimming in the last 12 hours.”

Canned mackerel is revolting.

Mackerel doesn’t travel well. Not even frozen. Most of what you see in sushi shops that don’t have an ocean view is smoked. Smoked mackerel is one of those things you’ll either love or hate, and I know more people who hate it than love it.

Chicken?

After eating fresh caught King and Spanish Mackerel for so many years while living in FL, I don't think I could bring myself to eat it out of a can.

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Originally posted by PASig:
I love grilled fresh mackerel with some strong flavors like garlic and olive oil, tomatoes and olives, but you couldn’t pay me to eat that canned shit.

It probably depends on the canner. I like King Oscar “Tiny Tots” bristling sardines. Other canned sardines, not so much.

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Originally posted by Oz_Shadow:
Growing up, we used to make salmon patty’s with canned salmon and occasionally did the same with canned mackerel.

Something like these but no onion. https://www.allrecipes.com/rec...easy-salmon-patties/

I feel like ours were just cornmeal, flour, egg and salt.

Thanks for that. I liked salmon patties when I was a kid, but they’d completely slipped out of my mind.

I know quite a few folks who will eat it on the boat, cut into sashimi.

Only knew one who would eat it after.

Maybe it’s like tuna, and better if it’s bled?

Not fit for human consumption , Monkeys post fits


"Whale Ass"

Smoked mackerel is good as is most smoked fish including eel. Not too sure about the canned stuff thou...

I caught 100 mackerel one day, most of it went to my friends who smoked and BBQ'd it. They said it was very good. I had it in a live bait tank, and the total time from live to dead was 2-3 hours.

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Originally posted by sigmonkey:
"What the hey does Mackerel taste like ?"

Whale ass.

^^^ This!

No idea what it tastes like from a can, but the Spanish Mackerel we caught in the Keys and fried up was pretty good.

My understanding is that if you want to eat it raw, it should be frozen and held at -4 degrees F for 36 hours to kill any parasites. We didn’t see any parasites in what we caught, but the tails of the Amberjacks we caught had tapeworms.

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Originally posted by sigmonkey:
"What the hey does Mackerel taste like ?"

Whale ass.

How do you know?