Caviar
Caviar (also known as caviare, originally from Persian: خاویار, romanized: khâvyâr, lit. 'egg-bearing') is a food consisting of salt-cured roe of the family Acipenseridae. Caviar is considered a delicacy and is eaten as a garnish or spread. Traditionally, the term caviar refers only to roe from wild sturgeon in the Caspian Sea and Black Sea (beluga, ossetra and sevruga caviars). The term caviar can also describe the roe of other species of sturgeon or other fish such as paddlefish, salmon, steelhead, trout, lumpfish, whitefish, or carp.
| Place of origin | Ukraine |
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| Region or state | Black Sea region Sea of Azov region Caspian Sea region |
The roe can be "fresh" (non-pasteurized) or pasteurized, which reduces its culinary and economic value.
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