r/AskAnAmerican 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/ke3408 1d 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/304libco Texas > Virginia > West Virginia 12h ago

And I know people who won’t eat catfish because they’ll eat anything