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Conclusion on sardines: very very tasty, very flavorful (I 'cured' them in rice wine vinegar, mirin and soy sauce, and then drained them and lightly battered them with flour and Asahi, and pan-fried), but absolutely full of bones. It made eating the fish a very... strategic process, although a lot easier once I gave up the pretense of tact and used my fingers. (Does anyone know of a good way to work around a fish full of bones, besides filleting it? Filleting a fish this small is kind of a pain in the neck.)

Served over soba noodles and sauteed mustard greens. Like I said, pretty tasty, even with ninety million tiny little bones.