Any Caviar Fans Here?


It's New Years and my wife and I generally enjoy some caviar as an appetizer. I've been buying the American paddlefish caviar, which we greatly enjoy. This year I purchased some Sterling Royal, which is about $110 for 1.75 oz, which we're looking forward to trying. Never tried Russian or Iranian, which are much pricier. Any fans of fish eggs here? Where do you buy yours? Happy New Years to everyone, BTW.
chayro
My favorite roe purveyor:(http://paramountcaviar.com/ContactUs.aspx) Actually, I am a PETA fanatic(People for the Eating of Tasty Animals), BUT- NOT a fan of the wanton destruction of any species. BTW- Salmon roe has one of the highest Omega 3 contents, of any food. Very healthy(though the cream cheese I like with it; probably- not so much). (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091211131518.htm)
There are several types I tried:

- Sturgeon Asetra Russia
- Beluga Russia
- Iranian Asetra

All of them are excellent ( I believe Iranian were the best quality ) with their own flavor and if you want to try, just do it, cos soon it will be over and the price will be such high that it will become an real Black Gold.
Polution and illegal fishing are two huge problems that will kill the last Beluga from the Caspian Sea. Personally, I have some problems with this fishy business, cos I read somewhere that illegal caviar takes the most world market and close to 80% of total, sad. In fact, its almost impossible to detect what ever caviar was/is legal or not, cos even in Iran they have some illegal practices.

Above all, the most important is the fact that sturgeon is one of the oldest species with no future, sad again.
I thought at first we were talking about Carver, not over priced fish eggs for the yuppie crowd, I gotta get new glasses. ;)
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