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    Why are sardines available only in cans, not fresh in a fish market?

    Question #58210. Asked by barker111. (Jul 07 05 7:37 AM)


    SOTHC

    		You must be going to the wrong fish markets

    Jul 07 05, 8:24 AM
    barker111

    		Not correct.

    Jul 07 05, 9:01 AM
    riotgrrl

    		If they're fresh, they're usually called pilchards - but the situation is not quite so simple. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardine

    Jul 07 05, 1:08 PM
    barker111

    		Now you're talking riotgrrl.

    There is no such fish as a sardine. An international standard for canned sardines was developed by the Codex Alimentarius Commission. For practical purposes the commission let every country establish its own definition of what constitutes a sardine and listed twenty one different species as possible sardines!

    Jul 07 05, 4:06 PM
    peasypod

    		......and these 21 different fish must have had a penchant for loitering around Sardinia....

    Jul 07 05, 6:37 PM
    dejavucub4

    		They have them here at the bait shop in Brookings Oregon.Fresh frozen and preserved. They don't even smell like chicken.

    Jul 08 05, 9:11 AM
    barker111

    		Because they are bait they might be able to get away with calling them sardines.

    Jul 08 05, 3:03 PM
    cindyo

    		because they're nasty

    Jul 09 05, 7:55 AM
    BillyWhiz

    		They call them sardines in restaurants in Spain, Portugal, Cyprus and the UK

    Jul 09 05, 9:35 AM

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