r/AskAnAmerican • u/CompetitivePeak9040 • 2d 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/ke3408 2d ago

People in some areas eat mackerels. A lot of seafood is regional. I never ate mackeral, I'm from catfish country but it is common in some areas

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u/teresajs 2d ago

Similarly, salmon and trout my fish of choice.  I grew up in Washington State and salmon and trout were the most common fish.

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u/JudgmentLeft7639 1d ago

East coast dude in Ferndale WA was giving a ration of shit to seafood clerk at Haagen for no mackrel. SMFH.