This type of food has always baffled me of why you will have to pay such a significant amount of money, when you want to eat this course. This prompted me to write such article, because of President Arroyo's recent brush with the media and the prying eyes of the public, due to her lavish dinner at a first class french restaurant "Le Cerque" in NYC of which one of the meals served was caviar, and the total meal price was reportedly more or less $20, 000.
But enough of politics...
Let us go deeper into the rich history of caviar. Caviar has its Italian roots but eventually is derived from the Persian word "khaya"which simply means ''egg". Persians also call it the "cake of power" to which they eat it in stick form in the form of elixir. This then influenced the major parts of Europe such as Russia, Scandinavia, Italy, France, and even Spain. According to Wikipedia, the harvest and sale of black caviar has been banned since August 1, 2007 in Russia, and has been extended for up to 10 years, but the scientific research and artificial breeding on the black sturgeon are exempted. This may be due to the inhuman practices involved in the harvesting of ovaries from the female caviar fish which involves stunning the fish at its head and then collecting the ovaries by C-section and then sewing it to keep the poor creature alive.
In Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, caviar is sold much cheaper which is made out of mashed and smoked cod roe and used as a sandwich filling. In France, they call it "Caviar de Lysekil" or creamed smoke roe to which Lysekil originated from the name of a Swedish coastal town to where this type of caviar may have originated. There is also the Danish small lumpsucker caviar to which it is sold in small glass bottles. Other red-colored varieties can also be found. Other expensive sturgeon alternative caviar also came from a vendace, a common whitefish found in parts of Finland, Sweden, and Russia.
In Spain, caviar farms are established in the outskirts and in the mountainous regions. Caviar is one of the many favorites of the Royals and noblemen. It is never absent during weddings, feasts, and other special occasions. In this modern technological era, caviar is collected from fish without invasive procedures, a process called "striping". Caviar is rich in vitamin A, vitamin B12, lutein, iron, selenium and other essential nutrients. A word of caution to those people who constantly watch their blood pressures, this meal is also rich in LDL (low density lipoprotein) or the bad type of cholesterol. So eating in moderation is always a plus!
References:
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/caviar
But enough of politics...
Let us go deeper into the rich history of caviar. Caviar has its Italian roots but eventually is derived from the Persian word "khaya"which simply means ''egg". Persians also call it the "cake of power" to which they eat it in stick form in the form of elixir. This then influenced the major parts of Europe such as Russia, Scandinavia, Italy, France, and even Spain. According to Wikipedia, the harvest and sale of black caviar has been banned since August 1, 2007 in Russia, and has been extended for up to 10 years, but the scientific research and artificial breeding on the black sturgeon are exempted. This may be due to the inhuman practices involved in the harvesting of ovaries from the female caviar fish which involves stunning the fish at its head and then collecting the ovaries by C-section and then sewing it to keep the poor creature alive.
In Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, caviar is sold much cheaper which is made out of mashed and smoked cod roe and used as a sandwich filling. In France, they call it "Caviar de Lysekil" or creamed smoke roe to which Lysekil originated from the name of a Swedish coastal town to where this type of caviar may have originated. There is also the Danish small lumpsucker caviar to which it is sold in small glass bottles. Other red-colored varieties can also be found. Other expensive sturgeon alternative caviar also came from a vendace, a common whitefish found in parts of Finland, Sweden, and Russia.
In Spain, caviar farms are established in the outskirts and in the mountainous regions. Caviar is one of the many favorites of the Royals and noblemen. It is never absent during weddings, feasts, and other special occasions. In this modern technological era, caviar is collected from fish without invasive procedures, a process called "striping". Caviar is rich in vitamin A, vitamin B12, lutein, iron, selenium and other essential nutrients. A word of caution to those people who constantly watch their blood pressures, this meal is also rich in LDL (low density lipoprotein) or the bad type of cholesterol. So eating in moderation is always a plus!
References:
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/caviar
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