I have to agree with you Katharina, if I see a recipe that calls for sardines, I just walk on by. My family at Christmas time used to open that small wooden keg with all that smelly, or I will call it rotten fish and eat away....and my Dad used to sit and eat cans and cans of sardines and you couldn't even stand to be in the same room.... needless to say, I am not much of a fish eater...and what about in Germany eating those eel, and smoked eel that look gross...me thinks me passes..... g

<<My family at Christmas time used to open that small wooden keg with all that smelly, or I will call it rotten fish and eat away....and my Dad used to sit and eat cans and cans of sardines and you couldn't even stand to be in the same room>> Are you sure that wasn't herring in that small wooden keg? Yum!!!!! ~Carol in Detroit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carol Hornung - Detroit, Michigan chornung@mediaone.net Researching HORNUNG, MANGES, FREDERICKS, BENDER/BINDER, WEINMANN, LUTZ, BRECHT, BECKER, KRAUS, HARTLEIB, IGEL, SPAULDING and HENDEL in Germany and Western New York ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~