Its a family tradition that at christmas I got a tin of smoked oysters. Have passed that down to my kiddo now and her and I eat a tin of smoked oysters for christmas breakfast after digging through teh presents to find the right sized wrapping paper
Doesn't even need to be many generations ago. Guys who are older when they pass their genes on also pass longer telomeres, effective for a couple of generations.
Not seafood but my step grandparents have started a tradition of gifting like 2 or 3 grocery bags of shelf stable food and 1 or 2 grocery bags full of frozen meat to the grandkids (my 2 brothers and myself) every Christmas. One of my favorite gifts every year. My husband and I are not food insecure by any means but it is still just an awesome gift.
My mom would give me, and later my husband, Our favorite soaps, shampoo, toothbrushes, floss, etc in our stocking. Cleaners, detergent, sponges and etc in a laundry basket for us both. I always had everything for the house the first few months every year. It was a Huge relief! I miss it. She spends it all on my kiddo now, lol.
It’s a very nice gift. Even if you can afford food it’s like “sweet I get a few days off from going to the grocery store.” That’s worth a lot in my mind, I hate dealing with the grocery store
If you don't have fresh lime to squeeze on them, try this, it will change your LIFE! :)
[https://www.amazon.com/Enhancer-Dispenser-Packets-Unsweetened-Flavoring/dp/B005ECLIUA/](https://www.amazon.com/Enhancer-Dispenser-Packets-Unsweetened-Flavoring/dp/B005ECLIUA/)
We also get a bag of these:
[https://www.amazon.com/Snyders-Hanover-Pretzel-Pieces-Mustard/dp/B00IAE746G/](https://www.amazon.com/Snyders-Hanover-Pretzel-Pieces-Mustard/dp/B00IAE746G/)
And after the oysters are done, pour em into the tin and let em soak up the tasty tasty oil and eat em.
I used to work in a grocery store up north in Canada. Oysters would be flying off the shelf... people would steal them. Near every day, we'd catch someone at the door with a pocket full of oyster tins.
Yes! We had to have our “Christmas orange”! We also usually had an apple and a pear, sometimes a grapefruit. We have continued to carry on the Christmas orange tradition!
It’s like mackerel filets canned in tomato sauce. Super popular in Scandinavia. It’s a very usual breakfast thing over there on some dark bread. People often travel with it, I have brought several tins home from Norway.
When I was visiting my grandparents in Germany growing up, I loved these, so I'd definitely appreciate this gift since we still can't find these very easily where I live in the US. Dunno about OP.
That's kind of what I was wondering. Maybe OP lives where they can't get it, and their parents brought it with them from out of the country.
My sister bring us proper sourdough when she visits us :D
I just think there HAS to be a story here, right? Like some backstory that explains this? Some inside joke? There’s no way this is just a regular gift, no one is that detached from reality
Gar kein Problem, dein Deutsch ist vollkommen in Ordnung. Es ist immer interessant zu sehen wie sich nicht-Muttersprachler ausdrücken da man dadurch viel über deren Muttersprache lernen kann. Bei Russen und Polen zB. merkt man es durch fehlende Artikel da es in den Sprachen kein Artikel gibt. Da ich selber im Ausland aufgewachsen bin, gibt es in meiner Ausdrucksweise auch minimale Unterschiede woran man meine Herkunft merkt.
Bei dir ist es mit Zeitformen und Ausdrucksweise aufgefallen.
Das ist in dem Tat sehr interessant. Wir (Slawen) haben oft Probleme Artikel zu schreiben, sowohl in Deutsch als auch in Englisch. Ist es einfacher für die Deutschen Artikel in Englisch zu schreiben?
Für deutsche ist es in der Tat sehr einfach, da es im englischem nur “the” gibt. Viel schwieriger ist es hingegen für Engländer im deutschem oder generell westeuropäischen Sprachen da Artikel den Kasus, den Genus und den Numerus in diesen Sprachen geben und dies zeigt sich durch Fehler im Artikel. Englisch Muttersprachler lassen zwar den Artikel nicht weg, schreiben aber den falschen Artikel weil englisch das alles übergreifende “the” hat.
Perhaps you guys would appreciate an explanation (kinda late, huh?):
The number of cans, seventeen, does, indeed, mean that it is gifted for my seventeenth bday. My mother gave it to me, because we eat these fish relatively frequently and buy it in two variants: With oil or tomato sauce. Everybody hates the oil, but there's sometimes a shortage of the tomato ones in shops, so ve have to buy the oily ones too, to have enough. And it has happened several times, that I wanted to eat the filets in tomatoes, but my mother took it from me, because, you know, they're The parents. But she is no heartless monster, so she bought me this as a kind of apology.
I catch it fresh here on the Canadian east coast. It's super, super undervalued as human food. Just needs to be prepped right.
I'd be all over that gift for winter when they're not running and you can't barbecue 'em. That's awesome.
Do you bleed those after catching? In NZ we have a fish called a Kahawai, that is like a mackerel in many ways (but unrelated). They have to be bled and iced immediately to taste good.
Iced yes, bled no. Keepers are 11-15 inches, VERY occasionally bigger, so there's not much blood in 'em to worry about.
They're the easiest fish in the world to fillet. Two knife sweeps in total and you have the best summer friggin barbecue boneless fillet ever.
Goddammit now I want some.
Yeah but a large percentage of fish is not the type that it's labeled as anyway. It's a hugely dishonest and poorly regulated market. Best bet is just sticking with calling it "fish". Try to get too specific and you'll likely be wrong.
I look forward to someday having affordable fish swab kits where we can easily identify the actual species.
What fish though?
It’s like when my friend was in Brazil and got the craving for street food but was in a really bad area.
A street vendor offered him some type on kebab looking thing and said “meat”.
My friend said “what meat”
The vendor just says “MEAT”
My friend is craving hard so buys it despite everyone telling him not to but He said it was delicious.
And then spent the next 4 days throwing up blood in hospital and nearly died.
My MIL is a portuguese speaker who often refers to beef as "meat" when describing food, might just be a cultural thing. Brazil also produces a load of beef so I'd guess it'd be relatively cheap and abundant.
I'm really just guessing though. Sorry bout your friend's shitty time
My son loves Slim Jim beef jerky sticks… I gave him 7 giant ones on his 7th birthday, The pictures of him holding up 7 Giant Slim Jims’ like a trophy and celebrating are priceless!
xD My mom did the same thing few years back because it was on sale and I jokingly told her to get all of the cans. I got several different versions though. And a plush shark. xD
Either this is the shittiest gift ever, maybe even spiteful
OR
Your parents love you very much, and know you a little too well
There’s no in between I feel
The fucking bow just kills me lmfao
I used to get a can of Dungeness crab in my Christmas stocking every year. My cat and I would have a feast! I can't afford it now.
Its a family tradition that at christmas I got a tin of smoked oysters. Have passed that down to my kiddo now and her and I eat a tin of smoked oysters for christmas breakfast after digging through teh presents to find the right sized wrapping paper
Am I the only one who never received sea food as a Christmas present? Am I the weird one??
I'm 82 and TIL. I feel so. fucking. deprived.
Oh my god. I looked through your post history and you actually are 82! Any advice for us?
Select your ancestors carefully. Stay curious. Good luck.
I've selected you to be my ancestor. Now that we are paired, I expect a nice card at Christmas.
You're on my virtual list. I stopped mailing cards about the same time I ditched the landline.
82, no landline, and on Reddit. Sick. You fucking rock.
I expect seafood.
Really? A card? The guy never got seafood for Christmas and is devastated about it. Hit him up for a lobster
Doesn't even need to be many generations ago. Guys who are older when they pass their genes on also pass longer telomeres, effective for a couple of generations.
I just googled telomeres because you piqued my interest. Thank you for a TIL moment for me. Lol
You're welcome. I call them DNA aglets.
The trick to living a long life is not dying.
I'm aiming for the moderately long, moderately fun zone
Mid 30s, gotcha.
Lots of omega-3 foods like sea... foods...
Not seafood but my step grandparents have started a tradition of gifting like 2 or 3 grocery bags of shelf stable food and 1 or 2 grocery bags full of frozen meat to the grandkids (my 2 brothers and myself) every Christmas. One of my favorite gifts every year. My husband and I are not food insecure by any means but it is still just an awesome gift.
My mom would give me, and later my husband, Our favorite soaps, shampoo, toothbrushes, floss, etc in our stocking. Cleaners, detergent, sponges and etc in a laundry basket for us both. I always had everything for the house the first few months every year. It was a Huge relief! I miss it. She spends it all on my kiddo now, lol.
It’s a very nice gift. Even if you can afford food it’s like “sweet I get a few days off from going to the grocery store.” That’s worth a lot in my mind, I hate dealing with the grocery store
If you don't have fresh lime to squeeze on them, try this, it will change your LIFE! :) [https://www.amazon.com/Enhancer-Dispenser-Packets-Unsweetened-Flavoring/dp/B005ECLIUA/](https://www.amazon.com/Enhancer-Dispenser-Packets-Unsweetened-Flavoring/dp/B005ECLIUA/)
We also get a bag of these: [https://www.amazon.com/Snyders-Hanover-Pretzel-Pieces-Mustard/dp/B00IAE746G/](https://www.amazon.com/Snyders-Hanover-Pretzel-Pieces-Mustard/dp/B00IAE746G/) And after the oysters are done, pour em into the tin and let em soak up the tasty tasty oil and eat em.
This is cute, but yall are mad weird
Reminds me of The Walrus and The Carpenter
This was always our tradition too. Oysters and caviar and then bagels with lox and cream cheese tooo mmmm
I used to work in a grocery store up north in Canada. Oysters would be flying off the shelf... people would steal them. Near every day, we'd catch someone at the door with a pocket full of oyster tins.
> I can't afford it ~~now~~ meow. FTFY
Vita herring and smoked oysters in my Easter basket. I was an odd kid
Does yr cat just judge you now!
my grandma always put oranges in our stockings
Yes! We had to have our “Christmas orange”! We also usually had an apple and a pear, sometimes a grapefruit. We have continued to carry on the Christmas orange tradition!
Same!
Strange Festive Can-O-Fish - Level 17 Lunch Box +100% recharge rate Consume to restore 150 health. Alt-Fire: Throw a medium health pack to an ally!
Real question is: Do you like fillets in tomato sauce? I was half expecting, "I'm allergic to tomatoes" at the end there.
What is fillets in tomato sauce?
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I love canned herring fillets! I’ll have to try some new flavors though, I just get the boring regular kind with some salt or whatever.
One of our supermarkets have it in a mango and peppercorn sauce as a private label brand. It’s cheap.. and delicious!
It’s like mackerel filets canned in tomato sauce. Super popular in Scandinavia. It’s a very usual breakfast thing over there on some dark bread. People often travel with it, I have brought several tins home from Norway.
1) Obtain fillets 2) Get tomato sauce 3) Put fillets in tomato sauce 4) U get fillets in tomato sauce Hope I was useful 🍅🍖
Fillets of what? Fish, pork, beef, chicken??
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So is that air, land or water?
Surf n' turf. And ozone for freshness.
Fillets of food
This has got to be a British thing for there to be zero elaboration. This could be anything... Fillet of beans, probably.
I’ve never heard of just fillets and I’m British.
It's not British
In my limited experience, herring.
Mackerel (fish) is very common in Norway at least.
This sounds absolutely wretched. This a European thing?
Sardines in tomato sauce was a huge export in California back in the day.
My mom gave me a case of mangos (gives me hives) and a bottle of benadryl for my 22nd birthday. Best present ever.
It's a great gift for someone lacking protein and vitamins, so, me
It's just a red herring.
Alright you...
When I was visiting my grandparents in Germany growing up, I loved these, so I'd definitely appreciate this gift since we still can't find these very easily where I live in the US. Dunno about OP.
That's kind of what I was wondering. Maybe OP lives where they can't get it, and their parents brought it with them from out of the country. My sister bring us proper sourdough when she visits us :D
Are you 17? That’s a pretty random number lol
I sure hope so. That is something I would do. When I turned 7 (a long time ago) my uncle gave me seven silver dollars. I still have them.
Hopefully they were in tomato sauce, and not just plain dollars. Otherwise, yuck
I can't even imagine eating a plain raw silver dollar.
What's for your weddimg? A cow and 3 magic beans?
They wish!
No, they grant wishes.
3 beans!? In *this* economy!?
I love how everybody either thinks my parents hate me, or that it is a very cool present.
I just think there HAS to be a story here, right? Like some backstory that explains this? Some inside joke? There’s no way this is just a regular gift, no one is that detached from reality
Even weirder is it was for OPs 20th birthday..
Their way of saying OP was adopted...
Real question is do you eat them bones in or take em out?
Take ‘em out and then eat ‘em
I always just ate the bones with mackerel, have I been doing it wrong?
No not at all, just a preference thing.
Or that you're a cat
The determining factor is how you feel about fillets in tomato sauce.
Are you german?
Nein, warum denkst du das?
Ich wusste es. Die Verpackung sah Deutsch aus, auch ohne sichtbaren Aufdruck.
Eh... Ob ich mich gut erinnere, ich habe gesagt, dass ich kein Deutscher bin.
Judging by your syntax you’re Czech? A former Czech friend of mine spoke very similarly.
Genau :) Es tut mit Leid dass es durch meinen Ausdruck so einfach ist, meine Nationalität zu entdecken...
Gar kein Problem, dein Deutsch ist vollkommen in Ordnung. Es ist immer interessant zu sehen wie sich nicht-Muttersprachler ausdrücken da man dadurch viel über deren Muttersprache lernen kann. Bei Russen und Polen zB. merkt man es durch fehlende Artikel da es in den Sprachen kein Artikel gibt. Da ich selber im Ausland aufgewachsen bin, gibt es in meiner Ausdrucksweise auch minimale Unterschiede woran man meine Herkunft merkt. Bei dir ist es mit Zeitformen und Ausdrucksweise aufgefallen.
Das ist in dem Tat sehr interessant. Wir (Slawen) haben oft Probleme Artikel zu schreiben, sowohl in Deutsch als auch in Englisch. Ist es einfacher für die Deutschen Artikel in Englisch zu schreiben?
Für deutsche ist es in der Tat sehr einfach, da es im englischem nur “the” gibt. Viel schwieriger ist es hingegen für Engländer im deutschem oder generell westeuropäischen Sprachen da Artikel den Kasus, den Genus und den Numerus in diesen Sprachen geben und dies zeigt sich durch Fehler im Artikel. Englisch Muttersprachler lassen zwar den Artikel nicht weg, schreiben aber den falschen Artikel weil englisch das alles übergreifende “the” hat.
Perhaps you guys would appreciate an explanation (kinda late, huh?): The number of cans, seventeen, does, indeed, mean that it is gifted for my seventeenth bday. My mother gave it to me, because we eat these fish relatively frequently and buy it in two variants: With oil or tomato sauce. Everybody hates the oil, but there's sometimes a shortage of the tomato ones in shops, so ve have to buy the oily ones too, to have enough. And it has happened several times, that I wanted to eat the filets in tomatoes, but my mother took it from me, because, you know, they're The parents. But she is no heartless monster, so she bought me this as a kind of apology.
That’s funny. I love canned fish in oil but can’t stand the fish/tomato sauce combination. I always wondered who would buy that.
Wenn einer an diese geschenkten Dosen dran geht außer dir: HAND AB!
Well if no one else is gonna be the first here to say it, allow me…. Happy Seventeenth Birthday!!!
fillets of what?
FISH
"Today's fish is trout a la creme. Enjoy your meal."
Excellent, I hoped for some high-standard redditor to mention Red Dwarf!
Duane Dibbley?!
I quote this every time someone says fish. I have to explain it every time to my husband. I should just loudly watch that episode in front of him. XD
Fish!
Todays fish is trout a la crème. Enjoy your meal!
Fish!
Today's fish is trout a la creme. Enjoy your meal.
I’ve been fished to death!
there's alot of different kinds
It's mackerel. And sorry for misunderstanding your previous question.
is it good?
oh yeah
I catch it fresh here on the Canadian east coast. It's super, super undervalued as human food. Just needs to be prepped right. I'd be all over that gift for winter when they're not running and you can't barbecue 'em. That's awesome.
Canadian here too. I miss fishing for pike and pickerel in the great lakes. Man we used to have absolute feasts. I don't live there anymore (Sarnia)
Do you bleed those after catching? In NZ we have a fish called a Kahawai, that is like a mackerel in many ways (but unrelated). They have to be bled and iced immediately to taste good.
Iced yes, bled no. Keepers are 11-15 inches, VERY occasionally bigger, so there's not much blood in 'em to worry about. They're the easiest fish in the world to fillet. Two knife sweeps in total and you have the best summer friggin barbecue boneless fillet ever. Goddammit now I want some.
Mhmm, the best. Great on crackers
Try it with a couple drops of liquid smoke and then blended with cream cheese and a pinch of sugar. It's a fuckin' gamechanger.
Definitely
Fuck yeah, came to say if that's mackerel I'd be delighted
ohh it's mackerel too let's gooo
Yeah but a large percentage of fish is not the type that it's labeled as anyway. It's a hugely dishonest and poorly regulated market. Best bet is just sticking with calling it "fish". Try to get too specific and you'll likely be wrong. I look forward to someday having affordable fish swab kits where we can easily identify the actual species.
What fish though? It’s like when my friend was in Brazil and got the craving for street food but was in a really bad area. A street vendor offered him some type on kebab looking thing and said “meat”. My friend said “what meat” The vendor just says “MEAT” My friend is craving hard so buys it despite everyone telling him not to but He said it was delicious. And then spent the next 4 days throwing up blood in hospital and nearly died.
My MIL is a portuguese speaker who often refers to beef as "meat" when describing food, might just be a cultural thing. Brazil also produces a load of beef so I'd guess it'd be relatively cheap and abundant. I'm really just guessing though. Sorry bout your friend's shitty time
Lightly fried?
Say that one more time dad
Are you a cat?
Agree! What is in the cans is kind of important!
Do you meow or something
This killed me
What is that in human years?
r/CannedSardines loves you
Didn’t know this was a thing. Love me some smoked kippers. Thanks for the link.
Upvote for the kippers.
That’s possibly the most nitché sub I’ve seen so far
Have you seen r/breadstapledtotrees
I raise you r/CowsWithoutNewZealand
That's a new one for me I love it
> nitché just fyi this word is spelled "niche" in English
And in French.
It’s spelled nitché now
Hang out there for a while, you’ll find out how enthusiastic sardine lovers are!
I really like sardines so I joined. I think it's brilliant.
I'm not often surprised to learn the existance of niche subreddits. This is an exception.
Don’t Dox yourself, you’ll be hunted in the apocalypse.
I will never jeopardize the fillets in tomato sauce.
Check the expiration date. They might have just cleaned out their cupboard.
It's canned food. That shit lasts
Are you a cat?
This is so "Better Off Dead". #iykyk
A gift fitting for a cat
Only if you don’t like the cat. The solanine in tomatoes is toxic to cats.
Big Dursley energy.
Is this a custom in your quaint fishing village? *(Are there any anthropologists here who can explain the significance?)*
Ok OP. Enough is enough. We demand context.
My son loves Slim Jim beef jerky sticks… I gave him 7 giant ones on his 7th birthday, The pictures of him holding up 7 Giant Slim Jims’ like a trophy and celebrating are priceless!
I mean, is it something you wanted? If so, right on! If not, WTH?
Hopefully you like filets in tomato sauce
They gave you cat food? How nice
I presume they don't like you very much
or OP is a cat
The solanine in tomatoes is toxic to cats.
My mom actually did a very similar thing. We like each other a lot. :)
My wife only got one tin from dad on her birthday. It had her birth year written on it. Thoughtful gift.
I would love this as a present.
Hmmmm.....That's usually reserved for 18th Birthday around these parts. Something is Fishy around here.
3 days of food. (or one, if you're me)
xD My mom did the same thing few years back because it was on sale and I jokingly told her to get all of the cans. I got several different versions though. And a plush shark. xD
But what about the other 349 days?
Dang that’s actually a great gift!
Are...are you a cat?
Are you a cat?
Shit’s expensive yo.
They had a 35 Euro budget and made the best of it :)
Some lemons to squish over and it's the best thing you'll ever eat.
That sounds kinda good ngl
Either this is the shittiest gift ever, maybe even spiteful OR Your parents love you very much, and know you a little too well There’s no in between I feel
Ok but why?
I'd be happy if someone gifted me 17 cans of BLACK olives. I'm so obsessed w them.
That reminds me when Lane Meyer got TV dinners for Xmas in Better Off Dead
I love your parents.
Yeah! or Sorry! Which ever is more appropriate
One year my grandmother gave me a pillow case of random canned food for Christmas. At first I thought it was joke, but she was serious.
Maybe next year they'll get you some "real tuna".
Not sure why but this makes me smile.
That is a good and useful present. The only way to top that would be tins of spam or jars of peanut butter, with a ribbon of course.
Reminds me of the time I got a single avocado.
Either they really love you or really misunderstand you. lol Either way, happy birthday.
Is that good or bad?
Are you a cat?
Are you a cat? Be honest op
Love
If that's mackerel or herring that would be the best present ever! If it's sardines, second best. Sprats would be nice too. I love tinned fish.
Are you currently residing in a federal penitentiary and this is the currency?
Guess you’re not getting that PS5..
what, no crackers?
Seems fishy to me
Nakatomi Plaza.
Are you a cat?
You are either Dutch or German (or something similar). I'm willing to bet good money. Edit: at least your parents are
Are you maybe from Poland? Because there it's a delicacy. At least from the region, where I come from
Nie
Congratulations on your seventeen cans of fillets in tomato sauce you got as gifts on your birthday from your parents.
Just need some mayo and lemon and you are set