[Yardstick]

Never ate a sardine in my life until a couple weeks ago when I got curious and bought a tin. They are surprisingly good. I still don’t understand how they can be good — there they are, little fish with the skin still on them, at room temperature, reeking to high heaven — and yet I ate the whole tin.

[no-s]

and yet I ate the whole tin.

You probably had a nutrional deficiency of some kind. At least that's the explanation I give my wife....

[RandallFlagg]

Never ate a sardine in my life until a couple weeks ago when I got curious and bought a tin. They are surprisingly good.

That's how I was, until I was onboard my Navy Amphib Carrier on WESTPAC back in '94. Discovered 'em, and love 'em to this day.

[LukeL]

One of those things that taste better than they look. Try the exotic ones packed in hot sauce or mustard. They also have just the fillets but cost a little more.