sardinel (sarden)

[= D. sardijn = MHG. sard in, G. sardine = Dan. Sw. sard in, dine, formerly also sardaine = Sp. sardina = Pg. sardinha = It. sardina, The genuine sardine of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic coasts of Spain, Portugal, and France is the pilchard, Clupea pilchard us, highly esteemed for its delicate flavor. The Californian sardine is C. sagax, called sadina. An 5344 soldered and afterward steamed, being placed in cold water on which steam is gradually turned. This second cooking takes an hour or more. The boxes are then allowed to cool in the water, and care is taken to move them as little as po ible. In a cheaper method the sardines are first cooked in an oven without oil, the after-proce being the same as before. As the fish are migratory, a shoal sometimes remains at a fishing-station only a week. The season of catching and canning lasts three or four months, from May to August. Small sardines are most prized. under the name of shadines, are young menhaden. Large coarse fish put up in the United States as sardines, When the sayd increasyng of the sea commeth, there commeth also therwith such a multitude of the smaule fy hes cauled sardynes that no man wolde beleue it IMG:content-0127.png:[blocks in formation] 2. The Gulf menhaden, Brevoortia patron us. [Local, U.S.] -3. The common menhaden, Bre voortia tyrannus, when prepared and boxed as sardines. See shadine.-4. An anchovy, Stole phorus brown i. [North Carolina.]-5. A characinoid fish of the subfamily Tetragon opter inæ, living in the fresh waters of the island of Trini dad. Several species are known by the name. -6. An insignificant or contemptible person; a petty character. Compare small fry, under fry2. [Humorous or contemptuous.] - Ameri can sardine. Same as shadine. sardine2 (sär'din), n. [ do in, sardonyx.] Same as sard.