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What kind of fish lays caviar?
Although all female fish lay eggs, only sturgeon eggs are considered caviar. Other forms of fish eggs like salmon, trout, and flying fish are 渞oe?and are a popular and affordable alternative to caviar. There are three main varieties of sturgeon caviar, each varying in price, taste, and quality.
What is caviar and where does it come from?
Just like how a true glass of champagne only comes from the Champagne region of France, true caviar only comes from the roe of a sturgeon. WHAT IS FISH ROE? Fish roe, also known as sturgeon roe, is the term used for female fish eggs. Roe can come from various different fish such as salmon, trout, and mackerel.
What is the difference between caviar and fish roe?
Fish roe can come from any fish in the ocean, where caviar exclusively comes from the fish eggs of a sturgeon. True sturgeon caviar consists of sturgeon eggs that are delicately salted and prepared by using the 淢alossol?method. This is a technique known in Russia as the term 渕alossol,?which translates to 渓ittle salt.?WHAT IS A STURGEON?
What is sturgeon caviar?
The term refers to unfertilized salt-cured fish eggs from different species of sturgeon, including Ossetra, Sevruga and Beluga. Just about all 26 species of sturgeon have been used for caviar.