“Umami Sardines in traditional teriyaki sauce.”

Five plastic packs with five sardines — 100 grams/3.5 oz each. I think it was about $9… quite a bit more than a typical can of sardines.

Opening the package smells like walking into a sushi restaurant.

I am eating them on Ritz crackers with cream cheese. Quite tasty. They aren’t as soft as canned sardines - a little more al dente.

They don’t taste particularly salty, but the box says 1 packet has ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THIRTY MILIGRAMS OF SODIUM. That’s 53% of your recommended daily intake! I’ve found Japanese food can be sneaky that way… a lot more salt than it tastes like.

I’ll give them four stars. Would be five if they were a bit cheaper. With that much sodium, I would hesitate to make them a regular feature on my snack menu.

I have found that, living alone, Costco is no longer for me.

And I am trying to buy fresh and local..But if I need some odd thing like sardines, I try to buy them from a local vendor in my city.

That is just me...

If you’re going to take advantage of their umami properties I think you’ll have to combine them with something.

Maybe beef stew. Hold the salt.

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Originally posted by Steve Miller:
If you’re going to take advantage of their umami properties I think you’ll have to combine them with something.

Maybe beef stew. Hold the salt.

It seems to me a bottle of fish sauce from Uwajimaya would taste the same and be a fraction of the price.

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Originally posted by pianojuggler:

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Originally posted by Steve Miller:
If you’re going to take advantage of their umami properties I think you’ll have to combine them with something.

Maybe beef stew. Hold the salt.

It seems to me a bottle of fish sauce from Uwajimaya would taste the same and be a fraction of the price.

True. The recipe I saw called for anchovy paste.

Same for me, BeeLady. We had a significant run on Costco at the beginning of the pandemic, and I actually turned on our deep freezer to store random food. But it's been years since I've needed to go regularly, and never for produce unless we're having a gang of people visit.

I had to remind myself that we still have a freezer in the basement. A big change from the past, where I went to Costco 2-3 times a month and the freezer was packed. I don't really miss it. You haven't lived until you've trudged through the Costco parking lot at 105 degree + temperatures, panicking and hoping you can get everything loaded, home, unpacked and into the freezer before it all melts.

We do still go for things like toilet paper, vitamins, sheets, and I've found them to be a great option for appliances like microwaves, instant pot, airfryer. We've bought two washer/dryer sets from them in the past three years and their service and installation has been great. Oh, tires, too.