Thursday, May 22, 2008

Buying Caviar Online

Caviar has been a delicacy for many years and, in fact, still is. Once, only the feast of princes of Persia, caviar is now available for anybody to eat. But there are many things you must know when you decide to buy caviar. These are just a few common things to keep in mind when you put down money for a jar of delicious beluga.

Red caviar on bread

First of all, do you even know what caviar is? There are some people who eat it and don’t know what it is or where it comes from. Caviar is basically the salted eggs of certain fish. They are scooped out of a fish before spawning, canned and sent out all over the world. Caviar comes from the Caspian Sea from sturgeon near Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. Some of the best caviar will come from Beluga, Ossetra, and Sevruga sturgeons. The best caviar you could buy would have a low amount of salt.
The two main colors caviar comes in are black and red. Black is considered to be the better tasting one, but both are still good. If this is your first time buying caviar, you may want to buy red because it’s a little bit less expensive. There is also gold colored caviar but because of overfishing, this color is now very rare and very expensive. So expensive, in fact, that only royalty and heads of state can afford gold caviar.
Caviar is eaten by spreading it onto a slice of bread. There are millions of types of bread and truth be told, you can just put it on your favorite type. Make sure that whenever you spread or handle caviar in any way that you use a gold, wood, or plastic utensils. Silver and stainless steel that are commonly used in cutlery can alter the taste of the caviar. The last thing you want to do is pay good money for something and then ruin it by touching it with the wrong knife.
The best place to buy caviar online, directly from the manufacturer, so that you know the caviar is fresh, whereas at the store you never know how long that caviar has been sitting out. Plus, by buying caviar online you can shop and compare prices and sizes that regular can’t carry.
Now that you know what to look for when you buy caviar, go out there and try it. It is very easy to buy and compare not to mention very delicious.
If you want more information on how to buy caviar, go to http://www.squidoo.com/buycaviar/