The Weird Brislings King Oscar Doesn't Want You to Discover! | Canned Fish Files Ep. 96 

The belly up sprats are more submissive.

Imagine how lucky you would be to be a cat and have Matthew as an owner.

I just realized how clever "Deenz List" is.

Smoked sprats are sooooo good. I could see them making a good spread with cream cheese & green onion for some toasted sourdough

Sprat-tat-tat-tat, tat-ta-tat like that, and I never hesitate to have a sardine as a snack

Spratatat is such a great band, it's incredible you could feature them today.

I live in Lithuania, we love those things from our Latvian brothers! Here you would find probably more than 10 different brands. So far the best ones for me are Amberfish from a small jar, they are a bit more expensive but they are softer and with tails cut off, smoked to perfection, very delicious. With some brands (I believe Riga's gold) it can be a bit of a luck game as they pack those by fish size. Sometimes your can might contain larger sprats than the other can from the same company. If you pick a can with bigger fish, they have different flavor and are typically stiffer than the small ones. Some people like them, some people don't. Recently one of the companies (don't remember the name) started using transparent lids on their cans, so you can see exactly what you are getting. Nice review!

Its like a matter of time before this channel goes boom

i'm deenz martin of the sprat pack.

I know it’s not the format, but like… you haven’t really eaten Riga sprats unless you’re having them on rye bread with butter and onion!

Just ordered 6 cans of Riga Gold Sprats. 6 cans for $12 on Amazon.

I get the Polar Latvian sprats in glass jars. Excellent. But turn them upside down for a while before opening. They are packed standing up in the jars, and the tops are exposed to air inside the jar, the tops of the fish can dry out a litttle, and get tough. Resoaking them in oil (by turning the glass jar upside down for a couple days) fixes the problem to perfection. 🐟

Sometimes you just gotta hang and watch a guy eat some tiny fish.

Your channel provides the best info on canned fish. I love watching your videos to discover new brands. I just made a Rügenfisch keiler sprat sandwich with gerkins, grünkohl, red cabbage with apples, rote beete salat, and tafel-senf

I bought Sardines for the first time and looked up a beginner video. It led me to you! So far love both the fish, and your content.

I have nothing interesting to say but commenting early apparently tickles the RU-vid AlgOriTHm and I want this channel to blow up because the content is great and your cats are just adorable.

My favorite by far are Riga Gold sprats. Love them!

Riga gold has always been my goto Sprat.

Two sharks see a school of sardines and one says, "Bro, are you hungry?" The other shark says, "Nah, man, I'm good - you go for it." So the first shark swims right into the school of deenz and chows down on hundreds of the little fishes. Not long after, the first shark curls up in pain and cries, "Oooh, aagh, uurgh!" The second shark asks, "What's the matter, bro?" and the first shark replied, "I forgot you're supposed to wait half an hour before swimming after you eat!" That seems to be a decent amount of fish for about $3, so I suppose the moral of the story is to buy in bulk. Tomorrow I'm picking up 15 bottles of Encona West Indian hot sauce from the post office but the price is low, low, low in bulk! Great vid as always.

Your popoki/kitty cat 🐈 is adorable.

I have learned so much about canned fish from you Matt-san

Eating a couple of cans of SOS lemon and EVOO sardines with a side of sour cream n onion Lays while watching this video. You have an entertaining YT channel, thanks for your effort.

I never thought I would see a channel about canned fish, but then I saw the video about 5 things about sardines. Interesting how channels end up in the feed.

Sprats are the “anchovies” in the Swedish dish Jansson’s Temptation. But I think they’re not sprats packed in oil but pickled sprats instead.

I go for the Polar smoked sardines, I guess they're Latvian too. They're a little less than KOs, and the smokiness is much more pronounced.

What a coincidence. I just had my first can of Belvedere’s today from Dan at RTG. I thought they were good. Better than my riga gold smoked sprats

As far as comparable to King Oscar, Brunswick bristling sardines in olive oil is the way to go. Very lightly smoked like KO, both come from the Baltic sea, small, and no tails. And I think they are just slightly firmer then King Oscar

Just started watching your channel. This is by far the best one I’ve seen so far. The analysis of the fish and comparison. The quality of the video and the music was top notch.

I love Riga Gold sprats! I can't find the other brand where i live to try.

Big change up with the 2-can variant!!! Which leads me to ask the question, HOW MANY CANS OF DINES CAN MATTHEW CARLSON CHOW DOWN ON, in one setting??????

Matt lat sprat chat

Chef John of sardines? My spiritual guide from food turned to delicious sprats!🎉🎉🎉

Sprinkle on some Himalayan salt because that sprat pack would look pretty in pink.

These are both around a dollar a can at the grocery stores here in the Midwest

I'm usually Half In The Bag when eating sprats too.

Idk how I ended up here...but I'm glad I did!

These are for beer

Last summer I mistakenly ordered a case of the Rigas, the can you had was not the same as the ones I have. Those look a lot smaller and not nearly as well packed inside.

Got the Belveder's from an asian market here in Portland. They were really yummy.

This just goes to show there is a market for everything lol

I cut my finger real bad on the metal lid yesterday … be careful everyone when opening thos lids .(lots of blood 🩸)

Sprat attack

Thanks for another great video Matt!

Try Polar Brisling Sardines, Smoked In Olive Oil. They are Latvian smoked sprats. Delicious and addictive.

I opened my first can of Riga sprats tonight and was so wigged out by those tails that I looked em up and found your video...loving this first music. What is?

What am I doing here??? Eating sardines, appreciating you're content .

I can eat Riga Gold Sprats all day FOREVER, then soak up the oil with some fresh bread. The reason for the can style and same black/gold labeling is because this is how they were packaged during USSR days going back decades. Only change is that they added pull-tabs. I used to wait in "breadlines" with my parents in late 80's hoping that the grocery would have some in stock. No doubt the target market is heavy on nostalgia for the taste and look with older folks who are immigrants to the US from that part of the world. I'd never buy anything else, and go to an "ethnic" store to specifically get these as a treat once in a while. I think they get re-labeled in Brooklyn. Go figure. =)

I never tried an upscale Latvian bristling, but the Riga and other more-affordable Latvian brands I tried, I really wanted to like, but the smokiness was just too much to withstand. The tails didn't help either. I'd like to try the Belvederes though.

Those look like the same sprats in the game Escape from Tarkov.

Bought a bunch of dines today.I stare into my cabinet and hate to open my prestigious cans.How many will I choose to stack before I break down and open one?..The plot thickens..uh,Matt.🤔

They are also sold in pate form which I prefer

Wow,cat litter and deens..my favorite subjects.🤗

Oscar always trying to hide these sprats from behind my back, thats just way too wack! I refuse to have that!

riga in the flat round can yesss! i can get those at hmart. was wondering when you were gonna get to them. i enjoy em!

Riga Chad sprats are my favorite. That smoky taste is incredible. Hands down best slav-deens ever.

Ordered 12 today

thank u for your vids. im learning the world of canned fish

I KNOW THAT MUSIC YOU CAN'T FOOL ME... PLINKETT

Riga also makes chopped up sardines with the heads in tomato sauce - kinda different…

I like sprats (or "Sprotten" how we call them here in GER) fresh from the fridge. They're not as oily as the canned ones which enhances the beech-smoked aroma. They're also really cheap here and kind of an oldschool food. They were probably arleady made this way in medieval times. First specific mention I know of is from the 18th century.

Walmart has some with a clear plastic lid i have found to be ok and cheap

Sprat attack!🎉

My man you're a true bachelor just sitting down to eat a can of fish. I'm Australian never really ventured much past tuna which I like to just eat small cans as a snack.. canned salmon I didn't like and anchovies are you know.. I wouldn't sit down and eat a whole can of em but.. Imma start checking out some of the other stuff next time I'm down at the shop

Okay, I like to watch a dude review canned fish in a objective and rather mandarin way. Subbed.

Sprats aren't sardines. They have slightly different morphology. Sprats are close relatives of anchovies. They're delicious though.

Drum roll plz.😆

Can "B" costs only $1.49 and is my #1 SPRATS/canned fish choice, smokey! 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐬🐟🐟🐟🐟🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠 Polar Sprats are great too, $2.29 Walmart

My golden retriever enjoy sardines eith me every day. Wis says it gives him fish breath.

I like them but I always joked they were packed in motor oil 😂

These are very good. They have more smokey flavor than most. They are full of sodium however, with 440 mg per serving and 3 servings per can.

…how and why your sardine tasting is so interesting and entertaining makes me wonder if somebody slipped some narcotic in my a.m. coffee.

I did it, I ordered sardines from a full spectrum website. Have I lost it or am I just getting ahold of it - that’s the question

How will Latvia ever recover from this scalding review

it's like Latvian sprats usually have tails and are real small, and Morrocan sardines are too big and scaley.. My favorite are the Matiz small sardines from Spain.

Brother man we need links to the fishes in the description. An affiliate link would be even better.

Decided to give deenz a shot. Bought a can of smoked Bella’s at my local Whole Foods. Prob going to try them in eggs like you did in previous video. 😃.

I AM SPRATTACUS!!!!

matt i love the throwing edits😂

These videos are the best with headphones on.

Good comparison

Filthy lil Sprats.Love em

Cool,crowded as a subway car..🤔

I have to think there is some other food combo they eat these with that we don't know about. There is a Multi-Culti store I go to that has 10-15 different brands of the same thing. Maybe it's a sandwich thing? Thanks again Matt

Right off the the bat those cans are pretty handsome. Thankfully Rachael Cat was around to endorse...something

After watching your how to eat sardenz video my I bought 6 different cinds of cans for the first time to try i tried 1 on Spaghetti super good

Sweet sprats soldier

How would you recommend re-heating the sardines that come in a glass jar? After opening, you're supposed to refrigerate them. But when it's time to eat the rest, what is the best way to avoid having to eat them cold?

Have you tried any canned fish from the Asian grocery store? Fried dace and black bean eel are some of my favorites!

I am sure you are right about the taste, and I love sardines, but I like extra virgin olive oil and avoid rape oil (known in Australia nas canola). Please, Latvia, change your oil!

Hey Matt, what’s the song playing the background when you read the patreon shoutouts?

Maybe not top tier sprats but still ono grindz. Got any of that Espinaler to splooge on 'em? Be a whole lot cooler if you did. Mahalo Matthew!

Riga Sprats were a favorite holiday food for majority of Soviet people, and remained this way during the 90-s. But recent inflation in Canada increased their price from 99 cents to 4.99 dollars. This and Latvians deleting traditional name in Russian and replacing traditional Riga spires with a bland white label really turned me off. I will never again buy Riga Sprats.

is your background music Richie Hawtin/Plastikman? its been years since ive heard it and it sounds so familiar

Love this channel

You eat the spines too???

Darn I wanted to do RU-vid once I joined our Reddit community and realized this was a thing anyway keep it up maybe you'll get some competition in the future 😘

I have to say I miss the old format where you were facing the camera instead of being shot from the side. It's still ok, but I prefer the old format. The overhead stuff is great, though.

I wood love to see more videos be your videos got me hooked on my first can of Sardines hopefully you see this comment love yeah brother

Is that the old MNF theme chopped ? Its awesome

Solid as always’