Re:Blind Robins (pudd750)
totally fond memories of these salty lil rascals- good n smokey, a little too salty for my stomach on a daily basis, they can still be found in many places in Mi including a cheese/party store in...
View ArticleRe:Blind Robins (CLVdog)
I remember them here in Pa. There also was a similar snack called Salmon Sharpies which as much as I recall tasted the same. One time in the early 80s my friends and I were bar hopping and stopped at...
View ArticleRe:Blind Robins (fatdoc)
I certainly remember blind robins, but not as a snack in bars. I am from the North central Ohio town of Mansfield. Every neighborhood had small grocery store with a butcher shop/deli. Blind robins,...
View ArticleRe:Blind Robins (lleechef)
I know that my father used to eat them. I was a kid, but I think he occasionally ate them at home and took them with him hunting.
View ArticleRe:Blind Robins (Foodbme)
I remember Blind Robins. Never ate one, but remember seeing them in Beer Joints.
View ArticleRe:Blind Robins (Phildelmar)
I remember eating them many years ago. It was tough to get past the salt.
View ArticleRe:Blind Robins (ann peeples)
Gosh, its funny you all are talking about these. Love them! I know the salt was a bad thing, but frankly, I could have a salt lick in my back yard and give the deer a run fot their money.Loved the...
View ArticleRe:Blind Robins (ChrisOC)
I used to love Blind Robins. I haven't seen them in years, but once in a while I find smoked herring at the supermarket. I find them delicious, but I am sure the salt content is not good for you.
View ArticleRe:Blind Robins (sylvan_tree)
I discovered this thread because, well, actually...a few weeks ago, I had a taste for 'blind robins'. Where I grew up though, they were referred to as 'smoked/salt herring'. Reading most of the...
View ArticleRe:Blind Robins (Michael Hoffman)
I saw, and almost bought, some at Wholey's in Pittsburgh last Friday.
View ArticleRe:Blind Robins (kevincad)
HPlatz Who remembers or has ever eaten one of these bar snacks? For the uninitated, Blind Robins were always sold in bars. They were on a card display hanging on the wall with the pistachios and...
View ArticleRe:Blind Robins (Ralph Melton)
I really enjoyed sylvan_tree's post. I love reading such wholehearted food enthusiasm. I hope you found your Blind Robin bliss.
View ArticleRe:Blind Robins (Whoopee43)
Grew up in Erie, PA. Supposedly more bars per capita than any other city in the US. My dad, and uncles took my brother and I to several growing up. Coke, blind robins and hard boiled eggs was the...
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Re:Blind Robins (Foodbme)
Blind Robins are/were the "Food of the Rust Belt". Every bar close to an industrial area HAD to have them. The food of the working man. Blue Collar Gourmet Food! Come off the "HOOT OWL", head to the...
View ArticleRe:Blind Robins (Root-Beer Man)
Well, I'm a big fan of Kippered Herring, so I'm willing to bet I'd like this iteration of the snack. Never have seen them offered anywhere I've been, tho.
View ArticleRe:Blind Robins (pudd750)
Moreys still has them, a forgiving Moreys retailer may get them in for you , or they can be got online here (you CAN smell them thru the saran wrap- yum) - always an excuse for me to run up 23...
View ArticleRe:Blind Robins (destroonpoint)
I bought some of these last night at Giant Eagle. Whoopee43 said they grew up here. That hilarious. The trick is to rinse them and dry them before eating them. They are great on a bagel with some cream...
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Re:Blind Robins (iluvcfood)
mar52Kippers! I'd love to try them. mar52Kippers! I'd love to try them. For as much as you love your sardines I am astonished that you have never eaten kippers!! I dont like sardines as you well know...
View ArticleRe:Blind Robins (mar52)
I have eaten kippers. Love them fried with onions. They're very different than the canned type. I eat the canned variety often but the freshly smoked like those in the picture I've only found in a...
View ArticleRe:Blind Robins (Jennifer_4)
Speaking of canned kipper snacks, I have eaten them since I was a child, first chopped up with ketchup, these days chopped with cocktail sauce on saltines.
View ArticleRe:Blind Robins (destroonpoint)
I do like the canned kippers but these smoked blind robins are not for the faint of heart. The salt level is through the roof. I can sit and eat a canned kippers out of the can with just a fork no...
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Re:Blind Robins (ChrisOC)
I put kipper snacks in a small Japanese bowl, sprinkle with tamari, then eat them with chopsticks. " />
View ArticleRe:Blind Robins (ChrisOC)
By the way, Blind Robins are nothing like kipper snacks. Blind Robins are very dry, very smokey, and very, very salty
View ArticleRe:Blind Robins (joshjj)
If anyone has a address or website on where i can buy blind robbin as they were sold in the small packages in bars. Use to eat them all the time but cant find them. Thanks
View ArticleRe:Blind Robins (Michael Hoffman)
joshjjIf anyone has a address or website on where i can buy blind robbin as they were sold in the small packages in bars. Use to eat them all the time but cant find them. Thanks These aren't in small...
View ArticleRe:Blind Robins (Wintahaba)
And another source.http://www.pinconningchee...water-smoked-fish.html
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