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macca 53 Mar 2017 4:07pm, 9 Mar 2017 25,717 posts	0 macca 53 there's only one True Sardine though Glennrs
GlennR Mar 2017 4:13pm, 9 Mar 2017 25,773 posts	0 GlennR Just one? Not going to cover much of my toast, is it?
macca 53 Mar 2017 4:33pm, 9 Mar 2017 25,724 posts	0 macca 53 European pilchard (true sardine) (Sardina pilchardus)
Carpathius Mar 2017 10:53pm, 9 Mar 2017 11,461 posts	0 Carpathius Now that's just confusing!
GlennR Mar 2017 9:17am, 10 Mar 2017 25,793 posts	0 GlennR They're all basically bloody herrings anyway.
Nicholls595 Mar 2017 9:18am, 10 Mar 2017 11,137 posts	0 Nicholls595 Aren't Cornish sardines re-branded pilchards?
GlennR Mar 2017 10:14am, 10 Mar 2017 25,794 posts	0 GlennR Size matters Nico. As do names. The sardine and the pilchard are the same fish, but in the UK we tend to associate pilchards with things that come out of tins and get put on toast. As it happens I'm rather fond of them.
Badger Mar 2017 10:39am, 10 Mar 2017 8,207 posts	0 Badger Me too. Not had them for ages, though (too many vegetarians around). I really want some now. What I learned yesterday that I didn't know the day before: the band who recorded Day Trip to Bangor were a subset of the band who go by Oysterband the other day. I don't think it would fit very well in the kind of sets they play these days. My imagination is completely failing at June Tabor singing it.
Fizz :-) Mar 2017 9:36pm, 11 Mar 2017 2,150 posts	0 Fizz :-) That's Fetch notifications expire after a month if you don't acknowledge them . . .
Cyclops Mar 2017 9:52pm, 11 Mar 2017 2,862 posts	0 Cyclops My friend feeds her chickens spaghetti hoops (Aldi ones as they are the cheapest).