Fish & Chips for One

This is a dinner that puts all of my other low-on-groceries dinners to shame. If you have a single potato, a can of sardines, and a few more basic pantry ingredients, you are mere minutes away from a hearty (albeit slightly miniaturized) pub dinner. Since you want the sardines to stay intact through the battering and frying process, choose sardines with some good structure to them, and handle them as gently as possible. Bonus points if you find a couple of parsley sprigs in your refrigerato