Last US sardine cans being packed in Maine

AP on Yahoo ^ | 4/14/10 | Clarke Canfield - ap

[NormsRevenge]

PROSPECT HARBOR, Maine – The intensely fishy smell of sardines has been the smell of money for generations of workers in Maine who have snipped, sliced and packed small, silvery fish into billions of cans on their way to Americans' lunch buckets and kitchen cabinets.

For the past 135 years, sardine canneries have been as much a part of Maine's small coastal villages as the thick Down East fog. It's been estimated that more than 400 canneries have come and gone along the state's long, jagged coast.

The lone survivor, the Stinson Seafood plant here in this eastern Maine shoreside town, shuts down this week after a century in operation. It is the last sardine cannery not just in Maine, but in the United States.

[GeronL]

Higher taxes won’t help?

How abut having little boys and girls using the same restrooms, will that help?

[The_Victor]

Does anyone in this country even eat sardines anymore?

I'll bet I'm one of a handful of Americans under 50 who even like sardines.

[Jack Hydrazine]

I wonder if the last cans will be numbered and sold to collectors?

[NormsRevenge]

sardine samwich anyone ?

[Willie Green]

It is the last sardine cannery not just in Maine, but in the United States.

There should be a worldwide global ban on sardines anyway.
Baitfish are unfit for human consumption,

[DonaldC]

I prefer sardines over tuna...I guess I’m odd.

[GeronL]

blech

[TChris]

There should be a worldwide global ban on sardines anyway. Baitfish are unfit for human consumption,

You sure seem to love the idea of taking away people's choices.

I guess it's a good thing that you know what's best for everyone.

[Textide]

Am under 35 and love them, though the heartburn afterwards is horrible. Sardines in mustard sauce on saltines are a great afternoon snack.

[AirForceMom]

Hubby loves them.
Me? I’m thankful he takes them to work and eats them there. *gag*

[djf]

I love sardines and probably eat 2-4 cans a week.

Chicken of the Sea has a brand they call “lightly smoked” which are excellent.

[bert]

Sardine and banana with garlic mayo.......yummmm!

(smoked of course, in pure olive oil)

[ArrogantBustard]

I like sardines packed in mustard, straight from the can. Always have ...

My wife thinks its hideous.

[ArrogantBustard]

There should be a worldwide global ban on sardines anyway.

You can have my sardines when you pry them from my cold, dead fingers.

[nina0113]

It looked like a joke to me - the word ‘baitfish’ is what clued me in.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Port Clyde sardines.....in Louisiana Hot Sauce...

[nina0113]

And if you’re eating sardines packed in China, those may BE cold dead fingers.

[The_Victor]

Am under 35 and love them, though the heartburn afterwards is horrible. Sardines in mustard sauce on saltines are a great afternoon snack.

My dad taught me the same recipe: mustard, vinegar, and sardines mushed into a paste and served on saltines. My boys and I love them.