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Tesco Cod Fishcakes |
| Date: |
05/11/08 (98 review reads) |
| Rating: |
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Advantages: Fairly low in calories and Weight Watchers points
Disadvantages: Greasy tasting breadcrumbs, tasteless fish, quite a sloppy middle
I was so impressed with the Tesco Smoked Haddock Fishcakes that I decided to try other in the range. One I picked up was the Cod Fishcakes, I was looking forward to trying this variety because cod is one of my favourite types of fish and I find it makes for a very good fishcake generally.
The packaging says to cook for 22 - 25 minutes but I lengthened this slightly to 30 minutes as the breadcrumb coating didn't seem quite browned enough for me. After cooking there was very little fat deposited on the baking tray and when I sat it on some kitchen roll there was not much grease soaked up, each fishcake contains 209 calories and 0.8g of saturated fat (3 Weight Watchers points) so not a bad accompaniment to a salad or home made fat free potato wedges.
The fishcakes are a nice size, quite deep and a nicely knobbly rounded texture. This does not exactly make them look home made but stops them looking as boring as some perfectly formed fishcakes you can buy.
I was not terribly impressed with the flavour of the fishcakes at all, compared to the Smoked Haddock ones I tried recently these are bland and tasteless. There are quite large pieces of cod in the fishcake but they seem overcooked to me and the fish retains very little of its original flavour. The inside of the fishcake is quite sloppy and the potato/fish mixture is not seasoned well, if at all. The fishcake could have done with a sprinkling of pepper before cooking at least.
The coating has a strange flavour too, it's a greasy taste which overpowers the more gentle flavours inside the fishcake. It's too crispy as well, a good fishcake you can cut with your fork but I needed a serrated knife to get through this breadcrumb crust!
Altogether I was very disappointed in this fishcake, it wasn't very nice at all and even when I dabbed some mayonnaise on it there wasn't very much improvement in the flavour. I gave my granddaughter one to try, she'll eat more or less anything in breadcrumbs but even she said how weird the coating tasted and how dull the filling.
These fishcakes cost £1.15 for two but are always on special offer at two packs for £2, where you can mix and match from all the Tesco branded fishcakes. I'd thoroughly recommend the Smoked Haddock ones, but Tesco can keep these boring Cod Fishcakes.
Summary: I think I will stick to the smoked haddock fishcakes from now on.
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