589386 Tue Jan 20 14:25:10 -0800 2009 2 31 Home Cooking 0 4342379 This might sound weird. Last night as I ate a can of nice brisling sardines, I realized that I've always discarded the oil they're packed in. I hate to be wasteful, and I especially hate to throw away anything I can use. I found one recipe online for a sardine/chili/caper pasta that uses the canning oil to cook the sauce (below). Those fish are so mild that I don't think this would turn into a stink bomb. But is there some other obvious use I'm missing? Something uncooked maybe? I don't own a dog, and the cats turn up their noses at anything but kibble. That recipe (which I do plan on trying soon): http://www.makansutra.com/forums/singapore/viewtopic.php?p=127205&sid=7e9d8aaa318e18ad6f506c333d5d92f7 Tue Jan 20 14:25:10 -0800 2009 130151 dmd_kc 1 4342454 Maybe use the oil to grill fish? Tue Jan 20 14:54:15 -0800 2009 4342379 11583 ipsedixit 1 4342648 If I'm having my sardines with a salad, as I often do for lunch, I'll use the oil (olive in all the ones I buy) to make a vinaigrette. Or if I'm eating them with cottage cheese I just stir some oil, chopped green onion and a dash of salt into that. This was a favorite desk/drawing table lunch back in my employed days - usually just got some crackers and used those as eating utensils. I've just found smoked oysters in olive oil, too. I never used the oil they're typically packed in because it's cottonseed, and by some fluke of the law there's no restriction on pesticide content because cotton isn't a food crop! But olive oil I will happily use. Tue Jan 20 16:08:34 -0800 2009 4342379 11478 Will Owen