Caviar.
Does anybody really like that crap?
It’s farookin’ fish eggs, fer Chrissake. More specifically, the “good stuff†comes from a big-ass fish called a sturgeon. I wanna know who the guy was who first looked at this ugly beast and said, “Hey Vlad, I wonder what its eggs taste like?â€
Apparently some people like it enough (or want to pretend to like it enough) to pay $150 for an ounce of disgusting, little black fish eggs. They are, however, cheaper by the pound, which come to you for a mere $2,399.
I’ll take peanut butter on a Ritz any day.
You can leave that off my wishlist, Santa.
Comment by Da Goddess — December 9, 2005 @ 7:30 pm
Tastes like a rotten pussy, with a little asshole mixed with it, Cat
Comment by Catfish — December 9, 2005 @ 8:19 pm
Jim, I’ve thought the same thing before. Who the hell decided to eat this stuff? Same goes for lobster, which is OK, but looks like a giant bug. Crab? Love it, but I’m really glad someone else discovered it. It never would have dawned on me to eat one.
Comment by Shamrock — December 9, 2005 @ 11:26 pm
LOLLLL! Zackly! Whoinhell decided it would be something to EAT? I’d sooner feed it to the cat.
Bleh. Peanut butter on ANYTHING is sooo much bettah.
Comment by Margi — December 10, 2005 @ 12:09 am
For the entry-level caviar connoisseur, there is always the option of paddlefish caviar, which goes for only $20/oz.
What’s a paddlefish?
Well, they look like this, and you catch them by snagging them with x-large treble hooks weighted down with spark plugs.
In case you were wondering.
Comment by Craig — December 10, 2005 @ 7:52 am
Man, that is one fugly fish.
Comment by Jim - Parkway Rest Stop — December 10, 2005 @ 12:37 pm
uh, oh… I think I’m in the minority here. Love the stuff. It’s always part of the usual winter holiday food and drink debauchery here at Stately Sad Old Goth Manor. Very tasty on a little slab of toasted thin bread, piled on a glob of sour cream…
Comment by gregor — December 10, 2005 @ 4:34 pm
Sorry, just not a big fan of eating things that smell like fish.
Well… MOST things…
Comment by Harvey — December 10, 2005 @ 5:59 pm
never had much use for it. I’ve seen the Florida Crackers rool mullit roe in meal and fry it and eat it like it was good to I suspect it is just a matter of taste-well so is eating choclate cover bugs
Comment by GUYK — December 10, 2005 @ 5:59 pm
I don’t like fish that much anyway, unless it comes with fries and maybe vinegar and is wrapped in newspaper, in which case I love it. Fish eggs? To paraphrase an old David Byrne/Talking Heads lyric, “I know the fish are laughing at us; they don’t even know what a joke is . . . “
Comment by dogette — December 10, 2005 @ 7:22 pm
Well, I am in the minority here as I do like it and I am not a big fish eater. Wonder what it means that I don’t particularly like fish, but two of my favorite things to eat can taste like fish? Oh well.
As for the other thread, I remain convinced that a lot of food — esp. gourmet food — was discovered because someone, somewhere, was in seriously desperate straights. That, or in the case of some Japanese delicacies, there were leftovers that someone wanted eaten. “Hey, Joe, I bet if we call this a delicacy and say that only the most refined palates can appreciate it, someone will eat it up.” FYI, “Delicacy of Scallop” is the rubber ring holding the tender meat of the scallop to the shell. If you want the experience, coat a rubber ring in mayo and chew…
Comment by Laughing Wolf — December 11, 2005 @ 8:29 am
I’m more of a cheese and cracker girl myself…
Comment by Princess Cat — December 11, 2005 @ 5:07 pm
Am with the minority here- I do enjoy the stuff on occasion. I think the Sevruga is better than the Beluga- cheaper too, at $45/oz.
Comment by Sharon GR — December 11, 2005 @ 8:36 pm
Disgusting!
[Though I could use some soda right now… And probably throughout this night/morning – It’s Finals Week!]
Comment by Aakash — December 12, 2005 @ 10:54 pm
Good caviar is a delight to me, especially with a little cream cheese and some chives. I’ve put habenero sauce on it, too.
Bad caviar is just bait. There is a reason aficionados pay the big bucks for the good stuff. Filet Mignon vs green hamburger.
Comment by Bane — December 14, 2005 @ 6:30 pm
that is so incredibly vile. I bet Trump’s fridge is stocked full of it.
Comment by girl — December 16, 2005 @ 9:33 am
Ok lol why did he put “Stately Sad Old Goth Manor?” Why not just say you like it? I think it’s silly you had to throw that in there. Bravo chap! LOL
Comment by sdfs — March 12, 2006 @ 5:10 am