Amateur Cook > wrote in news:51213841-b51a-47da-818a-
:

> I'm not sure if sardines packed in a tin sold at a supermarket are the
> healthiest thing to snack on, but they are low in mercury, have omega
> 8's, yadda yadda.
>
> I just like them. Whenever I crave a salty snack, it used to be chips
> or other junk. Now lately it's been sardines. I have about 4 tins a
> week. I might increase that to 1 a day.
>
> Is this garbage food? I mean it can't be any worse than Spam can it?
>
> I want to try them on crackers and such.
>
> Anyone else enjoy sardines?
>

Now, yes. When I was a boy the budget for school meals was set at the
beginning of the school year, so in the fall for the winter term. By the
following summer, inflation had taken its toll and we had lettuce from the
garden and tinned sardines for a dinner "salad" about 3 times a week. The
very smell of sardines would make me retch for years. Then one magical
evening I had freshly caught sardines cooked on a driftwood fire on a beach
by the Bay of Biscay, and the trauma of my awful schooldays was reversed.

Mark.

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