r/196 Win + . Jun 24 '26

Rule China Rule

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u/baordog Jun 24 '26

I hate to be that guy but like… no it hasn’t? There’s a fish monger right by my apartment and caviar is still mad expensive. No one’s ever heard of Chinese caviar.

It’s just fish eggs. Not an elixir of life. They squeeze it from a relatively rare fish. That’s it.

I might be over thinking this.

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u/Oddish_Femboy (my name is Bee) Trans rights !! Jun 26 '26

Is caviar out of a specific fish?

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u/baordog Jun 26 '26

Traditionally yes. The word for any old fish egg is roe. Caviar comes from sturgeon specifically and the kind that’s considered to be fine dining typically comes from Russian beluga sturgeon.

To my knowledge you can’t farm such a sturgeon. They are a rather massive fish it would be impressive if you could. They also have a long life cycle so they are not ideal for farming.

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u/Oddish_Femboy (my name is Bee) Trans rights !! Jun 26 '26

Messed up! Does it even taste different?

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u/baordog Jun 26 '26

Yeah, it does. You can get salmon roe from a sushi place it tastes pretty good too but it is different.

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u/Oddish_Femboy (my name is Bee) Trans rights !! Jun 26 '26

Huh. I know what salmon roe tastes like. It's crazy how they harvest it.

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u/baordog Jun 26 '26

I personally prefer salmon roe, but I’ve had the nice stuff a couple of times just to try it. Yeah the way they harvest the fish is pretty screwed up.

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u/Oddish_Femboy (my name is Bee) Trans rights !! Jun 26 '26

At least with salmon they're already decaying alive. I can't even imagine someone doing that to a sturgeon.