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Is caviar and roe prety much the same thing?

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I've had "roe" at soochi bars. yuck. Me and my Dad used to fish for trout with that stuff. Is roe pretty much the same thing? I mean fich eggs is fich eggs, right?

 

 

Pretty sure I'll never be able to afford caviar....

 

 

- I can live with that.

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i was saddened when i learned our sushi bar put msg in their roe. and the salmon and shrimp are farmed too.

 

fock :dunno:

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I've had "roe" at soochi bars. yuck. Me and my Dad used to fish for trout with that stuff. Is roe pretty much the same thing? I mean fich eggs is fich eggs, right?

Pretty sure I'll never be able to afford caviar....

- I can live with that.

 

 

Yep, but caviar is specifically from a sturgeon.

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Yep, but caviar is specifically from a sturgeon.

 

Incorrect I think.

 

Roe is the scientific term for the fully ripe eggs. Caviar is the term for roe that's been processed and salted..regardless of the fish.

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Incorrect I think.

 

Roe is the scientific term for the fully ripe eggs. Caviar is the term for roe that's been processed and salted..regardless of the fish.

 

 

Nah, just read while I was doing some research on this (i mean - "working") that 'technically' - Only caviar comes from Sturgeon. - But not everyone uses that distinction. It's like the idea that 'technically' only sparkling wine from the Champagne region of France is Champange.

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Nah, just read while I was doing some research on this (i mean - "working") that 'technically' - Only caviar comes from Sturgeon. - But not everyone uses that distinction. It's like the idea that 'technically' only sparkling wine from the Champagne region of France is Champange.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caviar

 

It says 'certain species of fish'. Note the plural form of species. Not that it matters, just thinking out loud.

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I always thought that caviar was eggs of sturgeon. If you had another fishes eggs, like a salmon, it would have to be denoted as "salmon caviar". As such, the only true caviar is from sturgeon.

 

I personally don't like it, but that is what my snob friends have told me in the past.

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Roe is just fish eggs. A lot of fish eggs are tasty cooked. It does matter which fish eggs you eat. A Cabezon, which is the largest member of the Skulpin family off the Cali coast, has roe that could kill you. I think it is from a leathal dose of vitamin A, but I am not Googleing for info.

 

The best caviar is Beluga caviar from a strugeon in Eastern Europe. I have had it and it is quite salty and excellent chilled. You can call anything caviar, I supose. Lump fish caviar is the only one I can think of.

 

The most common fish eggs you see in a sushi bar are smelt eggs; the little orange dots you see on sushi rolls, and salmon eggs that look about the same as the bait you see at Wal-Mart.

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Definitely not the same.

 

Caviar vs. Wade doesn't even sound correct.

 

O.K., dude. No matter what anyone else says; I say you won this thread.

 

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O.K., dude. No matter what anyone else says; I say you won this thread.

 

:dunno:

 

 

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