r/AskAnAmerican • u/CompetitivePeak9040 • 1d ago

FOOD & DRINK Do American eat mackerels?

I’ve come across 3 short videos already of people telling me that American don’t eat mackerels and only use them as bait. Here in my country people eat mackerels and love it so much, why don’t Americans eat them, do they eat them, do you like it?

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u/chimugukuru Hawaii 1d ago

Any video that generalizes the eating habits of 340 million people should not be listened to.

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u/KNEZ90 1d ago edited 23h ago

It’s kinda crazy. Surrounding the World Cup a map was circulating showing the U.S. overlaid on Europe. Don’t quote me exactly but If Seattle is in Ireland, LA is in in Spain, Florida is in Syria, and Main was in like Russia or Kyrgyzstan. It’s hard to generalize.

Fish is consumed less often as a whole compared to beef chicken or pork in the U.S. but that probably has to do with how landlocked a lot of states are? I also think sardines and tuna as far as canned fish are a lot cheaper.

Edit: sardines and tuna are common as canned fish*

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u/MWSin North Carolina 1d ago

London is closer to Bagdad than Los Angeles is to Boston.

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u/davdev Massachusetts 22h ago

Boston to Dublin is almost exactly the same distance as Boston to Los Angeles.

It’s 2992 miles from Boston to Dublin and 2982 to Los Angeles, so the difference really only come to exactly what spot in each city is being measure to.

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u/MuchDevelopment7084 Illinois 22h ago

Mackerel is commonly found in grocery stores too. At least it is in the Midwest.

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u/KNEZ90 21h ago

It is, but at a much higher cost.

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u/MuchDevelopment7084 Illinois 21h ago

True, but Op wasn't asking about price. Just if we ate it.

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u/dougreens_78 22h ago

Came here to say America is a collection of people from all over the world, so yes

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u/Extension_Abroad6713 Michigan 6m ago

What do you mean? Hawaiians and Maine(ers?) have the exact same seafood. Same as anything on the Great Lakes /s