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>It's not a luxury food
It can be! In Portugal, where the tinned sardine comes from, it's considered a delicacy, and historically great care has gone into selecting only the finest fish. Special tins were even packaged specifically for Portuguese royalty.
It's only in recent history that the humble sardine has taken on its pedestrian character as a cheap food product, but there's no reason it necessarily has to be that way.