Thursday, December 30, 2021

A fish-dish fish dish

[Maine Sardine Recipes (Augusta, Maine: Maine Sardine Council, 1975). Click either image for a larger view.]

A kind reader with great research skills left a comment on this post with a link to the pamphlet Maine Sardine Recipes. The pamphlet led me in turn to the website of the Penobscot Maritime Museum and a page about its Maine Sardine Council collection. The sardine industry is long gone from Maine, which once billed itself as “Vacationland & Sardineland,” as that page will attest.

Related reading
All OCA sardine posts (Pinboard)

comments: 8

Anonymous said...

here's someone enjoying a sardine

http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/p16614coll63/id/10453

Michael Leddy said...

Good times! I’m guessing that this man was the likely eater. The Pantagraph (the source) Is a Bloomington-Normal paper.

Anonymous said...

even more recipes

https://books.google.com/books?id=7HX_h8DnalgC&pg=PT1&lpg=PT1&dq=%22sardines+from+maine+down+east+style%22&source=bl&ots=vS4fUEZ02V&sig=ACfU3U096-_CUXC4FaheCRSpQdhAX5H6Kw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiY6tmGwo71AhVSJt8KHQMWCYQQ6AF6BAgdEAM#v=onepage&q=%22sardines%20from%20maine%20down%20east%20style%22&f=false

Michael Leddy said...

Yow! Thanks, reader.

Elaine said...

I am a 'straight out of the can' person. No need to gild the lily!

Michael Leddy said...

Same, though red pepper flakes and balsamic vinegar brighten things up. The recipes in this pamphlet remind me of the improbable recipes in old Life magazine advertisements.

Slywy said...

I'm a straight donate to someone who will eat them person. :)

Michael Leddy said...

I wonder if they ever turn up in food banks. Great nutrition, and they can be eaten safely long past the expiration date.