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Beluga Caviar in Your Future
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The ban on beluga caviar in America has not stopped the Europeans or those in the Middle East from enjoying this delicacy. There are many theories as to why this particular caviar is the most enjoyable to eat of all the caviars in the world including every other type of sturgeon caviar.
The Beluga sturgeon is the only carnivore of all the sturgeons in the world that still exist. This might account for it also being the largest of its species. It can grow to over 20 feet in length and weigh over 3,400 pounds. Near the beginning of the last century this caviar accounted for over 40% of all caviar processed and enjoyed around the world. Since the ban on beluga caviar began in 2005 along the sharp decline in its population in the Caspian Sea, it now only accounts for less than 1% of what is processed and enjoyed.
The countries that still operate in the trade of beluga caviar include Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Ukraine. Of these Iran, Azerbaijan and Russia are the three largest.
The beluga sturgeon can also be found in the Black Sea and Adriatic Sea, but the market only seems to have a taste for the Caspian Sea variety. The only logical reason is the diet and the water.
Beluga Caviar is dark black when it is from a younger mother. The color lightens to grey and then white as the fish reaches the 100 year old plateau. This white caviar is called Almas, which is Persian for diamond. When you can locate a tin of this white beluga caviar, you can expect to pay over $800 an ounce for it.
You will recognize beluga caviar when it is served because it is a large black roe. This is larger than any other type of sturgeon still alive today. The taste is also unique being a mild buttery flavor. Because of the mild taste and its rarity, it is recommended that it be served on plain thin toast so its full flavor can be enjoyed.
When you can find it, the price per ounce of black beluga caviar will be in the neighborhood of just over $300 an ounce. To find this delicacy, you need to travel to the Middle East or Europe because the ban in American is not expected to be lifted any time soon.
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The caviar costs 2012 are going up according to the lasted projections. This is due to the continuing shortage of available caviar and the ever increasing demand for this delectable morsel. The demand for Caspian Sea Caviar has always been great and is the reason for the limitations on what can be harvested. Since the consumers of caviar are the more affluent of the consumers, their desire to enjoy caviar when and where they desire is on the increase.
Because of this the cost of nearly all types of caviar are on the rise. This includes the farmed caviar being produced in both Europe and America. It is true that the breeding stock of these fish farms is from the Caspian Sea, but most connoisseurs claim they can taste the difference. The claim is that it has a muddy taste but this varies from person to person. It does not matter if it is true or not, just the assumption that is does is enough to turn the true connoisseurs off and make them look for their roe in another location.
The fish farms have a bad reputation since what occurred with raising salmon a few years back. The pins were overcrowded and the water was not a clean as it should have been. This reputation has been unjustly transferred to the surgeon farms. The level of quality and areas in which these sturgeons are being raised have dramatically increased in the last decade because of the sharp decline in the wild sturgeon population in the Caspian Sea. The taste has improved.
For those of you willing to pay the high price of Caspian Sea caviar, you cannot stock up on this as with other staples to consumer at a later date. Salt is used to help preserve the roe, but it must be enjoyed within 6 months of being placed in the tins for it to keep its full flavor and delicacy. This roe can also not be frozen for any reason because it will change the nature of the roe and how it will taste.
At this time at the end of 2011, Black Russian Caspian Beluga Caviar can still be purchased for just over $25 an ounce. Unfortunately this is for only medium sized roe. The large black roe is considerable more expensive because of the extremely high demand for this product.
The caviar costs 2012 are not headed down, but up for those that enjoy this delicacy, it is still not too expensive for those of you who have the desire to taste this rare treat.
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