Sardines and tomatoes.
- joneworlds@mailbox.org

Well  now  that  most  of the  fish  are  extinct,
sardines are the  only ones I can  still get cheap
in  a  can.  But   that's  okay,  because  I  like
'em. Sure, my kids side-eye me and mutter about me
being stinky and hold  their noses as obviously as
they can,  but they  don't even know  what they're
missing. 

I would  always eat sardines mashed  on toast with
vinegar, but here's a different way:

Clean one can of sardines, squeeze juice from half
a  lemon over  them. Combine  pinch of  salt, some
pepper,  1/4  tsp  cayenne  powder,  1/2  tsp  dry
basil, 1/2 tsp dry thyme,  1/2 tsp onion powder, a
chopped up  garlic clove.  Sprinkle all  that over
the  lemony  sardines.   Chop  about  4  sun-dried
tomatoes from the  jar into small bits,  to make 2
tbsp.  Distribute that and  about 1 tbsp of capers
on top of the seasoned sardines. All done, eat it.