"Dave W" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> JRStern > wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 13 Feb 2015 21:11:50 -0700, Janet B >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >The subject line says it all. Do you make a sandwich? Use crackers?
>> >What kind do you prefer -- tomato sauce, mustard, olive oil?
>> >Enquiring minds want to know.
>> >Janet US
>>
>> Well I don't anymore, I'm prone to gout and there's nothing worse.
>>
>> But back in the day I'd eat them on a good grade of bread along side -
>> or in - a salad. And tried all the varieties, that's part of the fun.
>> TJ's is advertising one now that sounds so good ... grrrr.
>>
>> J.
>
> I used to eat sardines all the time, usually right out of the can,
> sometimes on saltines, sometimes on bread. A friend once sold me a dozen
> or three that he'd picked up in NYC. These were spicy and extremely
> tasty. I'd saute' them and eat them with pasta.
>
> Then I had my first gout attack. Don't know if was the sardines, but my
> doc gave me a list things to avoid. Gout is awful and I've been
> unwilling to risk it since. (Sigh)
>
> Dave W.
> In the Ozarks

I'd be willing to bet that it was. My husband had his worst attack that I
can recall following boasting about all of the fresh seafood they got at
work and the great chefs that they had/