A couple of weekends ago, I was walking through one of the neighborhood markets by my apartment here in Washington, DC.  I noticed on one of the shelves in the refrigerated section that you could get a small jar of Icelandic caviar for $7.

My perception had always been that caviar was this crazy expensive thing that you’d never see in neighborhood grocery store and you absolutely wouldn’t see it for $7.  I guess I had thought it’d be more $30-40 dollars.  I couldn’t stop myself from picking up a jar.  I just wanted to try it.

According to Wikipedia, Caviar is “the processed, salted roe of certain species of fish, most notably the sturgeon (black caviar) and the salmon (red caviar).”  It’s fish eggs.

So… last night, while watching TV, I pulled out some crackers and tried it.   It’s this tasty salty fishy spread.  It was pretty good.  I want to read up about more ways that people recommend eating it.  I will report back.

Have you had caviar before?  What’d you think? How did you eat it?

(Photos by berzowska)