They’re oily. They’re bony. They have a strong fishy smell, salty taste and soft texture that doesn’t appeal to many. Yet, canned sardines appear to be having a moment.
Search “#sardines” on TikTok and you’ll find over 90,000 videos of people sharing recipes that are supposed to make sardines taste good. Some cook them in an air fryer to make the texture crunchy (and thus more palatable). Others mix them with Sriracha and olive oil and eat them on toast and crackers.
People are trying whatever it takes to help them “sardinemaxx,” the term some use for including as many sardines as possible into their diet.
But why the fuss over these tinned fish? It’s thanks to the health benefits of these oily morsels, particularly the effects they can have on the skin, experts told Northeastern Global News (NGN).
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