/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.19520090]

>chatting with samoan manager at work about food a couple months ago
>he recommends filipino grocery store nearby
>finally check it out on the way home
>finding some interesting stuff
>kind of surprised at the selection
>casually strolling down every aisle without looking for anything in particular
>all of a sudden take a turn and am confronted with pic related
I think I just stumbled upon the deenz mecca. It was kind of busy so I only took the one picture, but it actually kept going beyond what's in the image.

[Anonymous No.19520099]

>>19520090
The Asian market where I live carries a lot of those brands. The quality is pretty shit tbqphwyf

[Anonymous No.19520117]

>>19520099
Lol. Yeah, I know. I took the picture from the shitty end of the aisle because I'd looked over everything and by the time I got to the end there was a moment when there was nobody around so I took a quick picture. There was definitely some interesting things, but most of it wasn't exactly premium stuff. I'd just never seen so many deenz in one place before (it's obviously not all sardines, but that's kind of understood at this point).

[Anonymous No.19520119]

>>19520090

[Anonymous No.19520120]

Sardines are for poor third worlders. I'd rather eat bugs.

[Anonymous No.19520122]

>>19520120
Prove it

[Anonymous No.19520121]

>>19520090
times are tough brah. lotta people just subsisting on deenz and rice

[Anonymous No.19520126]

>>19520117
Ah ok. Whatever you do, steer clear of the ligo brand squid. Truly foul stuff.

[Anonymous No.19520132]

>>19520090
Neat. You can also find some interesting tinned fish & fish products at Polish markets.

[sage No.19520151]

>>19520090
>samoan manager
>filipino grocery store

Not everybody lives on the west coast, anon.

[Anonymous No.19520166]

>>19520151
And less than one percent of one percent of muslims live in Mecca. What's your point?

[Anonymous No.19520180]

>>19520151
You're always closer than you think to a Samoan. They watch over us, keep us safe, and kick belligerent drunks out of bars on the reg.

[Anonymous No.19520205]

Obligatory, but very uninteresting haul. Again, I didn't go in looking for anything in particular, and just kind of grabbed a few things I needed/seemed interesting. Most of this stuff I can get elsewhere. I had to get the "Fish N' Nuts", and will post pics if the thread is still up when I open it.
>>19520180
Accurate. If you know what a Samoan looks like they're immediately recognizable. Imagine the Rock with 30% body fat, a scarier face, but the same personality. Really chill people, but not ones you want to start a fight with.

[Anonymous No.19520213]

>>19520090
>$1.29 in year 2023
No way that doesn't taste like cancer

[Anonymous No.19520237]

>>19520213
Shits usually pretty cheap at small ethnic markets.

[Anonymous No.19520255]

>>19520213
>>19520237
I can still get decent quality kipper snacks at that price at non-ethnic places. Even KO's are usually only twice that price - i.e. $2.50.

[Anonymous No.19520273]

>>19520090
Why did it matter that he was Samoan, huh?

[Anonymous No.19520281]

>>19520273
Seems like a relevant piece of information to me.

[Anonymous No.19520418]

>>19520132
It's funny because the biggest Korean grocery store near me also has an entire Russian section for some reason. Not like an aisle or two of Russian products; like you have to go through a door and there's a whole separate area of just Russian (i.e. Eastern European/Russian) stuff. If you go even further back there's a lady making fresh tortillas. And you can bring anything you buy to the bowling alley/karaoke place next door. Sometimes living in a 1st world country is pretty nice.

[Anonymous No.19520437]

>>19520090
Someone told me scrambled eggs with a tin of deenz thrown in was kino so I tried it and I almost vomited. One of the most disgusting looking and tasting things I've ever had the pleasure of cooking.

[Anonymous No.19520462]

>>19520437
I was posting about sardines on /ck/ long before "deenz" ever became a meme and it really feels like the whole thing has become overblown. I like deenz. I try all different kinds of deenz and other canned fish. But I mostly just open a can and put them on saltines with whatever my current favorite hot sauce is and wash it down with a glass of bourbon. And I love it. When people started talking about "fisherman's eggs" I tried it out of curiosity and my entire house smelled like shit for two days. You don't bake canned fish. It's already the best it's going to be. So stop putting it on pizza (anchovies go on pizza, but only at the very end), stop putting it in your sauces (it doesn't add any significant flavor), and stop telling people to bake it for breakfast. It's a quick, cheap, delightful drunken thing to eat at night when you're feeling lazy.

[Anonymous No.19520465]

>>19520205
I wonder if they know exactly what the average white guy is going to buy. 1 tin of fish, two noodle packets, furikake a curry block, some weebu drink and kimchi. Like 90 percent of the time.

[Anonymous No.19520497]

This is good stuff to eat with rice

[Anonymous No.19520555]

>>19520497
I like it, but it's cheaper at my regular/closer Asian market. Also fuck those noodles with the smiling guy giving the peace sign. I like sichuan pepper, but this was like eating a fucking car battery. I don't think I've eaten anything that made my choke and tear up as much as those noodles, and I've eaten rijsttafel that was way beyond my spice tolerance and had a much better experience.
>>19520465
That's actually really true for me, but only because it always seems like a hassle to go to the Asian grocery store so I have a list of like 4 things and then just buy random shit. I do buy meat/fish and produce pretty often - just not most of the time because I'm not cooking Asian food/whole fish/chicken feet/pigs ears every night. Oh, and the prices on most of the stuff I do regularly use aren't much different than the regular grocery store down the street.

[Anonymous No.19520568]

>>19520213
that's a single serving bro. and likely canadian dollars pricing too. likely a bit of mark-up being a smaller store (same cans of mega go for $0.99 cad at larger chain grocers). for an extremely cheap meal though $1/serving just for the protein is a bit on the expensive side. honestly though they're pretty decent; sardines with tomato sauce goes good on warm rice, especially with a splash of soy sauce and maybe some chopped raw onions.

[Anonymous No.19520578]

>>19520418
Do they have Russian black rye bread?

[Anonymous No.19520633]

>>19520090
That's a real stash right there. I have a Seafood City nearby which is a Filipino grocery chain. I always grab quail eggs since they remind me of my childhood. The adobo tuna is really good, wonder why they don't do adobo sardines?

[Anonymous No.19520647]

get some of the deenz in tomato sauce, then eat it with rice and soy sauce mixed with squeeze of kalamansi.

[Anonymous No.19520656]

>>19520462
>I mostly just open a can and put them on saltines
This so much this.

[Anonymous No.19520713]

>>19520205
Bumping for report on “Master Fish N’ Nuts”, I’m curious how much you like it

[Anonymous No.19521657]

>>19520555
>stainless steel chopsticks

[Anonymous No.19521732]

>>19520497
>Product of China

[Anonymous No.19521798]

Ok so what is it with /ck/ and deenz? Do people just love them so much or is it some meme around here?

[Anonymous No.19521811]

>>19521798
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlORfF81ZHM

[Anonymous No.19521825]

>>19521798
They're revolting but people like to participate in things

[Anonymous No.19521839]

>>19521798
That shit is for stray cats

[Anonymous No.19522009]

>>19520633
I should have grabbed some quail eggs. I've been wanting to try pickling some and they're kind of expensive most other places. I thought about grabbing a balut just for fun but decided against it.

[Anonymous No.19522014]

>>19521798
It's brain food and when you get older you'll start craving it
Besides, you should be eating seafood just for the iodine, and iodized salt tastes like shit

[Anonymous No.19522037]

>>19522014
I buy nice chunks of yellow fin tuna from a wholesale store and cheap wild salmon. I don't see the point in canned shit in an age of flash freezing.

[Anonymous No.19522312]

imagine the smell of your poop after eating all that

[Anonymous No.19522453]

>>19521798
A bit of both, I think. Personally I prefer fresh fish if given the choice.

[Anonymous No.19522687]

i find some weird pricing at asian store. like the big soysauce with japanese costs less than the medium sized soysauce bottle of the same brand. the ingredient list is exactly the same and it's not that one is low sodium or anything done differently

[Anonymous No.19523020]

>>19522687
If you're talking about basic shit like Kikkoman, I've noticed the same thing. The big Japanese import bottle is always cheaper than the made in America stuff. It really varies depending on the store, though. Unless there's something I can only get at an Asian grocery store, I always compare prices. Often, things like green onions or ginger will be cheaper at Asan markets, but other things you'd expect to fall into that same category can be twice as much depending where you go and what you're regular grocery store is charging. In general, I've found that exclusively, or even primarily, shopping at Asian markets is not really the cheapest.

[Anonymous No.19523984]

>>19520497
>Product of China

[Anonymous No.19524000]

>>19521798
It's both, I've been eating them on and off since I was a kid and I personally really enjoy the taste.

[Anonymous No.19524008]

>>19521798
I fell for the /deenz/ meme because of being /fit/ and figured it might be a nice source of cheap protein. They suck.

[Anonymous No.19524091]

>>19524008
Filtered

[Anonymous No.19524105]

>>19524008
did you get chicken of the sea

[Anonymous No.19524109]

>>19523984
china makes good product

[Anonymous No.19524179]

>>19524105
No. I got something from King Oscar. I didn't like it.

[Anonymous No.19524255]

>>19521798
it’s for poor fucks who can’t afford salmon or any other fish

[Anonymous No.19524608]

>>19523020
yeah, kikkoman. the best soy sauce available that isn't premium. i don't know why they are priced that way. the worst is south east asian soy sauce btw.
they also have the same two items, but different brands of a raw ingredient and one will be worth twice as much. they may not put up both prices though so it's a gamble choosing which one will be cheaper.
one good buy was thai tea mix for half the price of online retailers.
i just like walking through grocery stores that have unusual items aimlessly and buying a few cheap items to try out, and the asian grocery stores have a better atmosphere than the hispanic ones.

[Anonymous No.19524614]

>>19524255
i thought it's for cooklet bachelors. you can stretch out a dollar more effectively than subsisting on deenz.

[Anonymous No.19524619]

>>19524109
>china makes good product

[Anonymous No.19524675]

>>19520418
oo what city

[Anonymous No.19524727]

>>19520090
Am I in clown world? In what fucking universe does anyone think filipino = anything other than trash?

[Anonymous No.19524742]

>>19522312
this made me coom

[Anonymous No.19524744]

Most of that looks like Mackerel

[Anonymous No.19524745]

>>19524727
the tides are turning.

[Anonymous No.19524842]

>>19524727
deenz are deenz

[Anonymous No.19524970]

>>19520090
Sardines suck ass, I'd rather have shrimp, salmon, or tuna.

[Anonymous No.19525349]

>>19524109
>that broken english

[Anonymous No.19525377]

>>19525349
That is a proper non-broken English sentence. Are you ESL?

[Anonymous No.19525522]

>>19525377
>a proper non-broken English sentence
Not in the current context.

[Anonymous No.19525824]

>>19520090
a lot of them have soybean oil

[Anonymous No.19525995]

>>19525824
Nothing wrong with that.

[Anonymous No.19526214]

>>19525995

[Anonymous No.19526219]

>>19526214
Soylent is made from soybean oil? I always thought it was just another protein shake/meal replacement thing that chuds always seem to go crazy about?

[Anonymous No.19526252]

>>19526219
Depends on the color. Green is made from something else

[Anonymous No.19526259]

>>19521657
Nothing wrong with that. Git gud.

[Anonymous No.19526846]

>>19520713
OP reporting in. Starting with the broken English blurb and ingredient list.

[Anonymous No.19526855]

>>19526846
I know for a fact /ck/ craves for more sizzling mouthfuls

[Anonymous No.19526858]

>>19520120
OK anon, you eat the bugz, I get the deenz.

[Anonymous No.19526864]

>>19526846
Nutrition information. Not too bad if you ignore the sodium and added sugar.
>>19526855
We're all searching, but it's the journey that matters, not the destination.

[Anonymous No.19526865]

>>19526846
OP I'd stay clear of anything sharing waters with China or India. Maybe the Hokkaido stuff is safe.

[Anonymous No.19526886]

>>19526865
Doesn't say where they're caught. Southern Philippines is pretty far out from Chinese waters.

[Anonymous No.19526899]

>>19526886
Came with three medium sized deenz, fully intact, some watery tomato sauce (it looks starchy, but was on the thin side), and a bit fewer peanuts and peas than I was expecting.

[Anonymous No.19526911]

>>19526899
The deenz themselves were actually quite good. Very good texture. Firm on the outside but not dry (they're "fried", whatever that means). Very mild flavor. The peanuts and peas are nice, but don't really add much. The sauce is anything but "hot and spicy". It's actually overwhelmingly sweet, which I should have expected from a Filipino product.

[Anonymous No.19526924]

>>19526911
I was hoping they might work as a standalone product, but they definitely needed some starch, which is okay because it turned them into a decent light lunch. I'll probably buy them again to eat over rice, but will add a good amount of pepper and hot sauce (and probably some Golden Mountain; I hate how much sodium canned goods tend to have despite being so bland).

6.5/10

[Anonymous No.19527233]

>>19526846
>pulutan
I learned a new word today.

[Anonymous No.19527247]

>>19520090
this is a very nice thread, congratulations on the 'deenz op

[Anonymous No.19527251]

>>19527233
would

[Anonymous No.19527321]

>>19521798
I'm poor and this is my primary source of protein. Much better than spam.

[Anonymous No.19527434]

>>19520121
Deenz and rice with soy sauce and green onions is a decent meal.

[Anonymous No.19527497]

>>19527434
Indeed. There aren't too many other things involving so few ingredients and virtually no cooking that are as simple and satisfying on a budget.

[Anonymous No.19527516]

>>19520205
>Tofu
Lmao just chop your dick off now and get it over with

[Anonymous No.19527519]

>>19522009
There's a YouTuber who has raised a couple quails from the store bought eggs like that.

[Anonymous No.19527756]

>>19527519
For what it's worth, I'd rather eat quail balut that I cooked and pickled myself than a fertilized duck egg off the shelf.

[Anonymous No.19527785]

>>19520090

Interesting. Those prices are pretty good, too.

[Anonymous No.19527802]

>>19527785
The drug store where I buy a third of my liquor used to sell Polar Herring Fillets and Kipper Snacks for $1 a can before covid. I always bought a few cans and was always surprised at the quality for how little they cost. Those days are long gone.

[Anonymous No.19527806]

>>19527516
>he bought the estrogen meme
baby boy scared of a bean

[Anonymous No.19527813]

>>19525349
China sardines low price best quality

[Anonymous No.19527834]

>>19527802

Similar. A chain called "Rite Aid" in the PNW where I live used to have Pampa 6oz herrings in mustard or spicy tomato sauce for a $1. Hidden way back in an obscure corner of the store. COVID did fuck up a lot of shit but I'm hoping I can find the really cheap stashes again. They're great over rice.

[Anonymous No.19527835]

>>19527756
I mean the guy just bought regular quail eggs and there happened to be one in the carton that was fertilized. Definitely not a duck.

[Anonymous No.19527874]

>>19527806
A lot of phytoestrogens get exaggerated, like in hops, but soybeans contain some of the most bioactive phytoestrogens of any plant. Also tofu tastes like shit. It's like a black hole of flavor. Any dish you put tofu in just gets all the flavor sucked out of it.

[Anonymous No.19527883]

>>19527834
Yeah, it was Rite Aid I was talking about. It's not just PNW.
>>19527835
I was making a joke. Only a complete autist would candle every quail egg in a flat they bought from some random Asian grocery store (whatever you watched was most likely staged, to be honest). I was just saying that if one or two of my quail eggs happened to be fertilized I probably wouldn't know until I cooked and pickled them and was already chewing and swallowing it, and that I'd rather do that than knowingly eat actual balut.

[Anonymous No.19527905]

>>19527874
>tofu
>black hole of flavor
>any dish you put tofu in just gets all the flavor sucked out of it
Okay, so what if - and I'm just spit-balling here, so bear with me - what if we accounted for this cosmic property of tofu, and even enhanced it by removing as much moisture as possible beforehand? Then we could make a really, really flavorful, spicy dish, and use this magical "tofu" to absorb flavor and turn into a delicious, cheap protein? It's almost hard to believe that nobody has ever thought of this before. If it works out we should go into business together, anon.

[Anonymous No.19528287]

[Anonymous No.19528441]

>>19526924
>using chopsticks with filipino food
>over bread
>paper bowl

[Anonymous No.19528529]

>>19520555
the only thing in that pic that you will buy again is the oyster sauce

[Anonymous No.19528544]

>>19520090
Remember when I used to eat sardines for dinner

[Anonymous No.19528545]

>>19520090
I know they probably don't expire but holy hell what megalopolis is this in to have that many sardine eating filipinos?

[Anonymous No.19528667]

Beat thread on the board.
Well done op

[Anonymous No.19528948]

>>19528529
You mean that's the only thing (you) would buy.
I use fish sauce, kimchi, gochujang, and curry paste all more than oyster sauce.

[Anonymous No.19528975]

>>19528441
Yeah, it's really surprising that someone naming their images "flip mart" is not in fact Filipino...

[Anonymous No.19529573]

>>19520132
They stole that from ze Germans. Paprykarz was originally called Stettin Fish Salad.

[Anonymous No.19529835]

>>19520465
Probably didn't expect the Kamaboko though

[Anonymous No.19530296]

>>19526252
The green one is Plankton, don't listen to the rumours.

[Anonymous No.19530338]

>>19524008
Yeah they're around 1.25 here for what 16 grams of protein per can? Chicken breast is cheaper, more versatile, and tastes way better. There's an argument to be made about fish fats being nutritious or something but deenz are really only good if you need to fit in a very specific number of protein macros and don't want to measure out an actual portion of meat

[Anonymous No.19530367]

>>19521657
this is normal in Korea, retard-kun

[Anonymous No.19530463]

>>19520090
The only one I'm familiar is Mega and I don't buy it anymore because the last time I did, the fish was rotten in it. Or semi-rotten. As in falling apart, so may be ok but is gross as fuck.

[Anonymous No.19530573]

>>19521732
There were food poisonings in Europe a few years ago, I think it was exactly this brand of black bean & fish.

[Anonymous No.19531308]

>>19529835
>didn't expect the Kamaboko
It's pretty obvious is you know what saimin is. But the full-time home cooks on /ck/ love to think they're more knowledgeable than everyone who shops anywhere other than Walmart.

[Anonymous No.19531355]

>>19520132
Honestly i love trying random canned seafood shit i find like this.

Discovered i absolutely love canned octopus this way.

[Anonymous No.19531359]

>>19520180
>>19520151
Ran into a surprisingly large amount of samoans and islanders at job corps back in the early 00's.

Were generally cool dudes.

[Anonymous No.19531366]

these are good OP

[Anonymous No.19531378]

>>19526899
>>19526886
>>19526911
Jesus christ.

[Anonymous No.19531386]

>live in some coastal rural shithole
>only deenz options available are over $3 apiece

[Anonymous No.19532148]

>>19531386
>some coastal rural shithole
You can just say "the south", anon. Everyone will get the picture.

[Anonymous No.19533362]

>>19531355
this

[Anonymous No.19534739]

>>19532148
kek gottem