词汇 | caviar |
词源 | caviar. Caviar derives from the Persian khavyar, salted stur- geon eggs. The Russians call the fish eggs ikra, not caviar, and it is from a select sturgeon species called the beluga that the high- ly regarded Beluga caviar comes. Actually, the most prized cav- iar of all is that made from selected golden sterlet’s eggs of the Acipenser ruthenus species, produced by sterlets “with a partic- ularly happy frame of mind.” While dispelling myths about caviar, we should mention that malossol isn’t a quality name like Beluga; it is just less salty caviar, and you can buy Beluga malossol, Sevruga malossol, et cetera. |
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