Caviar - different types

[Morning Glory]

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So what was the caviar?

Lumpfish Roe. Its around in most supermarkets in the UK and not expensive. This jar was £3.30 ($4.29).

 

[rascal]

Lumpfish Roe. Its around in most supermarkets in the UK and not expensive. This jar was £3.30 ($4.29).

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I've had it once, I liked it. I suppose it's in the supermarket, I just havnt looked. Note to self.

Russ

 

[Morning Glory]

I've had it once, I liked it. I suppose it's in the supermarket, I just havnt looked. Note to self.

Russ

It may not be as lumpfish is a Northern fish - lumpfish caviar is known as the 'Caviar of the North' found in the Arctic, North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans.

 

[TodayInTheKitchen]

It may not be as lumpfish is a Northern fish - lumpfish caviar is known as the 'Caviar of the North' found in the Arctic, North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans.

Wow. I never knew there was more than one kind of caviar.
Once again proving that CookingBites can teach us inexperience cooks (never been outside the USA) about cooking and the great world of ingredients.

 

[medtran49]

Wow. I never knew there was more than one kind of caviar.
Once again proving that CookingBites can teach us inexperience cooks (never been outside the USA) about cooking and the great world of ingredients.

There are all kinds and grades of caviar. Ever had a sushi roll with the little orange spheres? That's flying fish roe. It's probably cheaper than @morning glory 's lumpfish caviar, been a while since we bought any. Then you have Beluga, Ossetra, Sevruga being "traditional" Russian caviar and the most expensive. You also have salmon and trout caviar, plus the American grown caviar from sturgeon and paddlefish.

We have a place in Fort Lauderdale that supplies yachts, and sells online, with various caviars, white and black truffles, high end meats like Iberico and Serrano hams, as well as other specialty products. Craig gets us caviar, truffles and escargot from there occasionally.

 

[Morning Glory]

Ever had a sushi roll with the little orange spheres? That's flying fish roe.

We have salmon roe here which are also pink. They are larger than the lumpfish roe.

 

[rascal]

Yeah I recently watched farmed salmon for the roe. In Europe somewhere ? Norway or Sweden????

Russ

 

[GadgetGuy]

Isn't that expensive?!!

 

[Morning Glory]

Isn't that expensive?!!

Only the 'real' sturgeon caviar is expensive - really expensive!

 

[medtran49]

Isn't that expensive?!!

Where we get it from and what they have right now:

Top of line Russian golden Ossetra, 1 oz, is $165.

Brown Russian Ossetra, 1 oz, $83

Russian Beluga, 1 oz, $101

American farmed sturgeon caviar runs about $25 per oz. It comes in packs of 2 or 3, along with paddlefish and/or hackleback caviar.

Trout is $7 per oz

Salmon is $11 per oz

 

[GadgetGuy]

Only the 'real' sturgeon caviar is expensive - really expensive!

Yeah, I heard that there are two kinds, one is man-made. Seen it on How it's Made.

 

[GadgetGuy]

Here's one that I saw. kelp caviar, made from a plant.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIPud24k41s

 

[CraigC]

Here's one that I saw. kelp caviar, made from a plant.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIPud24k41s

Cajun caviar is bowfin row. There is also a caviar of snail eggs.

 

[GadgetGuy]

Cajun caviar is bowfin row. There is also a caviar of snail eggs.

WOW!! Snail eggs?!!

 

[MarilynGilley]

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Lumpfish Roe. Its around in most supermarkets in the UK and not expensive. This jar was £3.30 ($4.29).

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Great type of caviar! I have read a very interesting article telling about the advantages of caviar and its eating. And no I am looking for the other manufacturers to compare. Thanks for the info, I will try it and compare with the mine.