Did You Know – Caviar
Have you ever eaten Caviar?
Did you know true Caviar is fully ripe unfertilized internal fish eggs, called roe, that only come from the Sturgeon?
However, in the USA, the FDA allows for any type of salted fish roe to be labeled as caviar, as long as the name of the fish is included on the label. They also allow the roe to be dyed.
So the next time you think you are eating Sturgeon Caviar, read the label.
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Good information Diane! Nowadays we need to always read the labels as is incredible what they sell 🙃
I agree!
I know that I’d heard this before, but I couldn’t’ve told it to you off the top of my head. I can’t tell you the last time I had caviar!
I want to try it just once and only because I am a saltaholic and I think I would like the texture, however, I’m not crazy about fish! Lol
Interesting, Diane. It always pays to read labels!
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It sure does Mitzy! Thank you 🥰
My OH used to get gifts of caviar from Russian clients but, sadly, no longer. However, you can get farmed caviar from French sturgeon which is reasonably priced.
I hear the Russian caviar is the best but I have never had the opportunity to try any. I refuse to pay that price for fish eggs. Lol
It’s the best but unavailable at the mo and you’re right, it’s wickedly expensive
That’s one thing that’s never appealed to me and yet so many people find caviar tasty and it’s so expensive! Interesting about using different types of fish now.
I agree, I am not a big fish lover except perch with tons of tartar sauce, however, if I had the opportunity to taste just a bite I would.
I tried it – once. I am not much of a fish person. And, I’m sure it was not the best type. However, I do like raw oysters so, go figure!
I’m not a fan of raw fish of any kind. Lol
Wow. Can’t trust anybody these days … thanks for the heads-up, Diane.
FDA allows added color too, that blows my mind! You’re very welcome!
FDA allows all kinds of stuff these days. 🤨
I never tried it. Probably too rich for my taste. Anyway, I prefer eggs that come from chickens.
Me too!
I’ve had it and not worth the price in my opinion though it is fascinating to eat it (weird texture).
I never have had the opportunity and I eat most anything. When I was a kid we fried up the perch egg sacs (we caught the perch) but they were fried in batter, nothing like caviar. Caviar looks like tapioca but colored. Lol
Thank you!
I didn’t know real caviar was only sturgeon. I thought it applied to all fish eggs. Interesting fact learned today!
Great Ab! I actually watched how they took the eggs from the sturgeon and clean them through a mesh to remove any membranes etc. I found the whole process fascinating but I will never understand how anyone would pay over a hundred dollars and even over $1,000 for fish eggs! 🤣
I think I knew and forgot Diana.
I’ve been dying for some ever since NYE and I never got. Not to mention it’s sooo pricey. Is there one you like best? I don’t like fishy 🥹
I have never tasted it Cindy. I don’t like fish unless it is smothered in tartar sauce. Lol
🤣 oh that is hysterical. It was a tradition at a clients. I think it was the creme and chives they slathered on ha. 🤣
I bet that made the fish taste better too! 😂
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I’ve never had it, but it’s going on my list! Especially now that I can eat seafood again. I’m so glad I found your blog again! 😊 I used to read it a couple years back.
Awe thank you! I love seafood too but not a lot of fish. I haven’t tasted caviar before but I will if it is put in front of me.
I didn’t know that they could dye the eggs black and pass it off as “the good stuff” … I had it once and I’m no fan of something like that. It was probably when I was traveling with friends of our family. We spent three weeks in Spain … one week in Madrid with her family, the rest of the time traveling down the coast. We had lots of raw fish appetizers (shrimp not deveined, chilled eels, raw octopus and a bouillabaisse that had raw fish heads bobbing around) … icky stuff, but I tried it to be sociable. They also liked boiled eggs that were runny … I mean hardly cooked. I like a “dippable boiled egg” but not like that.
You were so lucky to travel with friends of the family! The only place I have been outside of US is Canada! No thank you to raw fish of any kind. I love smoked catfish though.
I was lucky Diane. I visited them in Puerto Rico for Easter break my last year of high school too. He was down there setting up a tool-and-die shop. My father and him used to work together. As Canadian citizens, my mom and I used to say that we had seen more of the United States than we did our homeland. Canada is so large and so many beautiful places, but I’ve only been to Ontario – Niagra Falls and Toronto and Oakville, where I lived until we moved here in 1966. Well you and Terry had the cruise to Hawaii all planned for your big wedding anniversary until COVID reared its ugly head.
Right Covid ruined that trip but we have taken many others and hopefully more to come!
Yes, you did – I remember you blogging about them.
Interesting, Diane. Caviar is not something I eat often, but I do like it. I will definitely look next time I buy it.
I never had it but I am curious how much different the taste is from the top quality sturgeon eggs compared to the cheaper other fish roe.
This is good to know, Diane. Yet another reason to turn a product over and read the label before putting it in the shopping cart!
Exactly Christy, the things the FDA allows is crazy!
I wonder what the cholesterol rate is for caviar. On hen’s eggs it’s high.
Approximately 90 mg in 1 Tbsp. Imagine what the salt content is Jackie!
I once ate it at a very posh hotel… but I must admit, I didn’t really liked it. Maybe my taste is more for the simple (delicious) stuff in this world 😉.
I ate perch eggs as a kid. We caught the perch and cooked the eggs too. Back then I loved them but when I tried them as an adult I didn’t care for them. I’m with you, simple is better!