{"id":77,"date":"2013-08-02T13:43:50","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T18:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimandnoreen.com\/?p=77"},"modified":"2013-08-08T08:56:12","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T13:56:12","slug":"from-the-ill-try-anything-once-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimandnoreen.com\/?p=77","title":{"rendered":"From the I’ll try anything once file"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There was something strangely compelling about the can of Cuoco Brand Seasoning for Macaroni (with Sardines!)<\/a> when I found it sitting on a shelf under a thick blanket of dust at the Italian grocer. Perhaps it was the totally unappealing product photo on the label. Or the faceless fish-man in chef’s garb with sardines swimming around\/through his neck. I felt a pang of pity for this unloved, ugly thing and had to take it home with me.<\/p>\n

There it sat in the pantry for several months collecting a new layer of dust.\u00a0 Until last night when the lack of a critical ingredient forced us to consider Plan B suppers.\u00a0 What the heck, there was still time to order pizza if the stuff was inedible.<\/p>\n

Off came the lid and I took a tentative sniff, expecting something strong and fishy.\u00a0 I was pleasantly surprised by a fresh herbal aroma.\u00a0 So into a saucepan it went for a heating.\u00a0 Second surprise was I expected the sardines to be finely chopped or shredded.\u00a0 Nope, there were two huge hunks of fish (that I ended up cutting up into smaller pieces before serving).<\/p>\n

Although they call it “seasoning”, I gathered from the label illustration that the product is intended as a topping for pasta.\u00a0 I served it over some whole wheat linguine with some chopped pickled hot peppers sprinkled on to add some zing.<\/p>\n

The seasoning is mainly basil and anise and not nearly as salty as expected.\u00a0 I think it would have benefitted from a heavy splash of extra virgin olive oil but I didn’t want to waste the calories.<\/p>\n

Overall verdict:\u00a0 good.\u00a0 Anise and sardine are two flavors that I never thought of as going together but it works.\u00a0 However, I think the sauce lost some vibrancy by being canned.\u00a0 We might try this made fresh in the near future.<\/p>\n

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