The Joy of Tinned Fish

And other stinky gastronomic delights

Photo by Chris King on Unsplash

Last year, friends invited us last minute to Pinnacles National Park. We scurried around, grabbing this and that to throw in a backpack: crackers, apples, bananas, cookies, and a couple of tins of sardines.

We walked through narrow canyons and straw-colored meadows, alongside forbidding rock faces, and eventually up to a look-out…