Some Hates To Eat Dried Fish
By Janeth
@janethwayne (5191)
Philippines
July 15, 2019 3:21am CST
Hi guys how are you all today.Me here it is cloudy at the moment and maybe tonight it will rain hard again like last night.But i'ts okay because I can sleep real good if rain pours in my roof and make a sound and it is so calming.I am cooking tonight a macaroni dish and also a little steak and meatballs for our meal and I added frying a dried fish.
Being a Filipino,I am used to eat dried fish when I was young because we are poor and this kind of foods are one of the kind that my parents serve us in our table with rice and vegetables.I know some of you hates to eat dried fish because of the smell and it is too salty.But for me I understand because if you are not used to the food then you don't need to eat it.But I like it.Have a happy day mylotters with all my love.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
15 Jul 19
I always like dried fish, but not the salty ones; I wash it again and then put vinegar and crushed fresh garlic as dip to lessen the salty taste.
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@cacay1 (83495)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
27 Jul 19
Me, I brush them first before frying @acelawrites.
@janethwayne (5191)
• Philippines
15 Jul 19
Yeah that is the technique of some people before cooking them.Thanks.
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@anil02 (24688)
• India
19 Jul 19
@janethwayne It is good, vegetable are also healthy food.
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@psanasangma (7288)
• India
15 Jul 19
Our traditional curry is dryfish with any green vegetables, One of my favourite. Yes some people never like the smell but for me dryfish is like an aroma
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@thelme55 (77082)
• Germany
15 Jul 19
I love dried fish. Every time I go home to Pinas and come back to my home in Germany, I bring dried fish for me and for my friends here. I don´t fry the dry fish here in our kitchen because of the smell but I let my sis fried them all in her garden burner and we shared them with others. In fact, I still have dried fried fish in my fridge. 
I would ignore lechon if I see this food on the table.
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@janethwayne (5191)
• Philippines
18 Jul 19
Yes I figure that out because you are from here.Thanks.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
19 Jul 19
It's very hot here and some rain would be good but I don't think we will have any.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
15 Jul 19
I have never had dried fish but we did not grow up with a lot of money we ate things like macaroni and hamburger with tomatoes which I still love.
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@janethwayne (5191)
• Philippines
18 Jul 19
I like the food you mentioned they are my favorite too.
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
19 Jul 19
I do not like dried fish although my wife does. When we were packing up the house to move I opened the food cupboard and the smell coming from the bag was awful. I thought what ever it was had gone off. I threw it away. A month or so after we moved my wife asked me where did I pack the brown paper bag that was in the food cupboard. I told her I thought it had gone off whatever it was so threw it all away. She was not too pleased because it was dried fish and quite a lot of it! 
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
19 Jul 19
@janethwayne OH yes it was true alright and still she often scolds me for it as I think there was quite a bit of fish in the packet. That happened 20 years ago and she still is mad at me for doing it! Sometimes women never forget! 
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
21 Jul 19
So it sounds like you cook the fish first which is when it's stinky and then dry it possibly to last longer. Does that make it similar to jerky? I've not had it but might consider trying it once, maybe. What type of fish is used?
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@janethwayne (5191)
• Philippines
27 Jul 19
The fish is called kokolan here in my place but I really don't know what is this called in your country.Yes first is I rinse it and then fry and sometimes I add tomatoes and onion and chili peppers into it and a little bit of water to simmer and put sugar and vinegar to taste.
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@arunima25 (87806)
• Bangalore, India
15 Jul 19
Even I love to sleep with sound of rain tapping my roof.
I am a vegetarian by choice and for my health reasons. Sometimes I try chicken and fish. I love fish curry but only with fresh fish. As you said the smell might not be liked by someone like me who is not used to it. My brother however likes dried fish curry.
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@janethwayne (5191)
• Philippines
15 Jul 19
Okay yes even me it is kinda stinky but I am just used to it maybe.Thanks.
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@arunima25 (87806)
• Bangalore, India
16 Jul 19
@janethwayne We all get used to our traditional food while others might not like it.
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@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
18 Jul 19
*grimace* Yes, I certainly won't eat dried fish... or fish at all, if I can help it!
The steak and meatballs does sound interesting to me, though. Although I would fix some other pasta to go with the meat(s). Probably some angel hair pasta with white sauce or something similar.
I also grew up in a poor family but fish wasn't something we usually ate. I grew up on a farm in the middle of the continental United States. We raised cattle for meat and milk plus hogs and chickens to supply our family with meat. We also had several acres dedicated to our kitchen garden to supply our vegetables.
I hope your day is/was pleasant and the weather comfortable. 
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@janethwayne (5191)
• Philippines
18 Jul 19
Thanks for sharing your life and it is very interesting.Some people really can't adopt it but I understand that and we only stick to the things that we are used to and happy about.
@Marilynda1225 (82797)
• United States
18 Jul 19
I can't actually say I wouldn't like it because I've never tried it. However the macaroni, steak and meatballs sound good
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@dgobucks226 (35615)
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1 Aug 19
I never tried dried fish. That would definitely be a different experience. I have tried steak, meatballs and macaroni though and I can give those foods a thumbs up 
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@HosmanForin (38)
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15 Jul 19
Hi Janet, reading your discussion just made me a little hungry.Here its also cloidy , but no risk of rain ( from meteo Mons , i live in Belgium).
As for dry fish , i used to also eat when i was a child , but that was back in Roumania,it's pretty rare when i make some , you just gaved me a little craving ; hehe.i gues when i'l go to the roumanian market in Brussels , i will buy some and coock it up myself.
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@janethwayne (5191)
• Philippines
18 Jul 19
For those who like that then I understand the feeling because you had tasted it already.Okay you can enjoy but slowly okay?
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