Using the 5-item ingredient list automatically rules out quite a few Trader Joeâs items, but it also leaves many available for your healthy shopping. 2 | Donât assume itâs a health food store. Because Trader Joeâs offers a wide selection of healthy items itâs easy to assume that itâs a health food store.
Smoked mackerel fillets. Looks like a perfect fillet. Incredibly moist and the fish flakes brilliantly. Right amount of salt with a good smoke taste. The texture is a bit dry, but it's still very good. It has a slightly sweet and smoky flavour. The appearance isn't great and it has a slightly dry, cooked chicken like texture.
Mackerel are a very easy fish to clean. You will probably find this easiest to do this at your sink as it is best to have some cold running water close to hand and the mess is easier to clean up afterwards. Hold the mackerel in your weaker hand, belly side up and head furthest away from you. Carefully insert the point of a very sharp knife at the small opening slightly behind centre and slit all the way up the centre of the belly to the head.