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Caviar has been farm raised for a while now. Almost all the stuff on the market is farm raised. I have a tin of farm-raised Canadian sturgeon caviar in my fri

Caviar has been farm raised for a while now. Almost all the stuff on the market is farm raised. I have a tin of farm-raised Canadian sturgeon caviar in my fridge right now... They even have techniques to extract the eggs without killing the fish.

exhilaration 4y ago
Any chance you can link to brands that "extract the eggs without killing the fish"?
- Mikeb85 4y ago
  Not sure about every brand (there's over 2000 caviar farms apparently) but a few I found: https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/features/ethical-caviar-farm-yorkshire https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/features/ethical-caviar-fa... https://californiacaviar.com/pages/our-story https://californiacaviar.com/pages/our-story https://www.finedininglovers.com/article/meet-frances-no-kill-caviar-producer https://www.finedininglovers.com/article/meet-frances-no-kil... Not killing the fish is an obvious way to increase the farm's yield so I imagine most producers are interested in it. Sturgeon meat isn't particularly demanded either...
  - eps 4y ago
    Sturgeon is utterly delicious. Hot-smoked sturgeon is an incredible delicacy and it's an absolute riot when grilled.
    - Mikeb85 4y ago
      I like it but many don't. Certainly not as in-demand as salmon, tuna, halibut, etc...
      - eps 4y ago
        It's not as available because it's endangered species, not because there's no demand.
        Mikeb85 4y ago
        There's around 2000 sturgeon farms in the world, literally what this thread is about... It's still not demanded. The farm I get caviar from basically gives away smoked sturgeon...
    - nwatson 4y ago
      I'd like to try it some time. Here's an Azerbaijani man with a 16 minute YouTube video, no words, carving up a sturgeon, roasting it, and feeding his family. 22 MILLION views. https://youtu.be/hyu11H9ROQQ https://youtu.be/hyu11H9ROQQ
      - abcc8 4y ago
        Such a great channel. Love the videos where he cooks on his wood burning stove in the mountains.

exhilaration 4y ago

Any chance you can link to brands that "extract the eggs without killing the fish"?

Mikeb85 4y ago
Not sure about every brand (there's over 2000 caviar farms apparently) but a few I found: https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/features/ethical-caviar-farm-yorkshire https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/features/ethical-caviar-fa... https://californiacaviar.com/pages/our-story https://californiacaviar.com/pages/our-story https://www.finedininglovers.com/article/meet-frances-no-kill-caviar-producer https://www.finedininglovers.com/article/meet-frances-no-kil... Not killing the fish is an obvious way to increase the farm's yield so I imagine most producers are interested in it. Sturgeon meat isn't particularly demanded either...
- eps 4y ago
  Sturgeon is utterly delicious. Hot-smoked sturgeon is an incredible delicacy and it's an absolute riot when grilled.
  - Mikeb85 4y ago
    I like it but many don't. Certainly not as in-demand as salmon, tuna, halibut, etc...
    - eps 4y ago
      It's not as available because it's endangered species, not because there's no demand.
      - Mikeb85 4y ago
        There's around 2000 sturgeon farms in the world, literally what this thread is about... It's still not demanded. The farm I get caviar from basically gives away smoked sturgeon...
  - nwatson 4y ago
    I'd like to try it some time. Here's an Azerbaijani man with a 16 minute YouTube video, no words, carving up a sturgeon, roasting it, and feeding his family. 22 MILLION views. https://youtu.be/hyu11H9ROQQ https://youtu.be/hyu11H9ROQQ
    - abcc8 4y ago
      Such a great channel. Love the videos where he cooks on his wood burning stove in the mountains.