A wacky man who is obsessed with eating tinned fish has revealed he goes through up to three tins a day.
Marcus Ansell spends his free time reviewing all different types of fish, like sardines and mackerel with his dog Arthur.
The pair will sit down together in their custom-made shirts and review different types of tinned fish, with them sharing the food.
As a lover of tinned fish, Marcus said he has a shelf in the kitchen dedicated to his collection of tinned fish.
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He has currently tried 69 different ones.
Marcus, of Newark, Nottinghamshire has been posting his reviews online for three months after his sister bought him four flavours for his present.
The unique reviews have allowed Marcus to build quite an audience with his love for tinned fish catching the attention of big-name supermarkets.
Both Tesco and Asda have sent boxes of tinned fish to Marcus to review.
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The love for tinned fish costs him just over £1,000 a year.
However, to help fuel his love for the tins he has begun selling custom T-shirts online to contribute towards buying more fish.
The t-shirts retail at £18.99 and fans of his reviews can even purchase a £4.00 fridge magnet.
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Marcus told What’s The Jam: “I usually eat between one and three tins of fish a day.
“It’s unusual for me to eat more than four but it’s happened a few times.
“Tesco and Asda are the two supermarkets that have sent me tinned fish in the post to review.
“Most of the tins of fish I’ve been sent in the post were from generous followers of the page, mostly from the UK but also from some far-away countries.
“Generally I have a few dozen tins in the house at a time.
“It’s nice to have the selection and I enjoy how they look on the shelves.
“Currently I have 69 tins in.
“Tinned fish is an everyday snack as well as doing reviews for fun.
“I often eat a tin or two for breakfast even if there’s no time to video review it.
“I started selling T-shirts and fridge magnets to contribute to the cost of some of the unusual tinned fish that I buy.
“The reason I started reviewing tinned fish and other seafood products online is because my sister gave me four different interesting tins for Christmas.
“I started a TikTok account and did reviews of them for fun.
“There were lots of nice friendly comments so I kept going with any tins I could find.
“Also I enjoyed eating the fish.
“Some of the most interesting and best tins I’ve ever tried were sent to me in the post by some very generous chaps from TikTok.”
Marcus’ top five best-tinned fish are as follows:
1: Japanese Sardines in Sunflower Oil
2: King Oscar Brand Mackerel
3: Titus Sardines
4: Tesco tinned fish
5: Pirat brand tinned salmon in rapeseed oil
Marcus’ top five worst tinned fish are as follows:
1: Kingfisher brand lump crab meat
2: Watersons (Home Bargains)
3: Mackerel in BBQ sauce by Morrisons and John West
4: Lyme Bay Mussels in Escarbeche by Rockfish
5: Caviar Masago by Elsinore
