Originally Posted by USCGamecock
My wife and I always laugh about caviar discussions. First, it was always the peasant food in Russia. While the rich were eating the nice delicious sturgeon, the poor peasants were eating the eggs. Also, this big deal of putting caviar on crackers with butter, pancakes and all of the other stuff at the caviar "stations" - you cannot even taste the caviar. What a joke. If you like "Икра"(ee-kra), take a small spoon and enjoy it naked! For me, I'll take the fish and you can have the eggs!
When was this "always" stuff? I do recall the story about the British
soldier stationed in the Crimea, who, when asked for a report on the
conditions there, replied that he didn't mind the climate, only he'd
prefer if they didn't serve so much of "this 'ere bleedin' fish jam."
Anyhow, tastes change. Remember when the poor fishermen were
having to eat lobsters while their customers had haddock? New England,
18th-19th century.