Mmmmm Anchovies

In a recent NY Times video, Melissa Clark explains how to eat anchovies in other ways than in a caesar salad.

http://www.nytimes.com/video/dining/100000002404048/anchovies.html

If the video doesn't decide to work, here is a picture of the little guys:

And now for a description: I have personally never eaten one other than in a salad, but honestly I think they've gotten kind of a bad rap. In the video, Melissa demonstrates how she prefers her favorite midnight snack/ breakfast/ lunch which is on a piece of cold toasted bread with a nice thick layer of unsalted better (since the anchovies provide tons of salt) with three or four little anchovies on top.

Above, a depiction of the anchovy in the popular children's cartoon, Spongebob Squarepants


Melissa also talks about the various ways in which anchovies can be stored, like in salt or in tins of olive oil. One of the last things Melissa talks about is how sustainable of a fish anchovies are, so eat up!