Portuguese Grilled Sardines

Grilled fresh sardines are as popular in Portugal as hot dogs and hamburgers are in North America. People devour them by the dozen from street vendors, in informal seaside fish houses and proper restaurants, and at backyard cookouts. So beloved are sardines in Portugal that they turn up in Portuguese outposts and former colonies all over the world. I’ve enjoyed this popular Portuguese dish in Macao, Brazil, and my former home of Cambridge, Massachusetts, where there is a large Portuguese Am