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The difference between caviar and regular fish eggs?

Question by mtong2004: what is the difference between caviar and regular fish eggs?
for an example, does the roe in sushi counts as caviar?

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Answer by cherry blossom
Cavier is just a fancy name for it.
Like when the french call it escargot and by gosh, its snails.

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  1. oksana_rossi says

    Caviar is the roe of sturgeon, especially the beluga. The best of it comes from the Caspian Sea.

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  2. McDreamy<3 says

    caviar is a fancier name and it sounds more elegant?

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  3. Liwayway says

    Caviar comes from a very small number of fishes and only in some geographical areas. The most famous is from the Russian Sturgeon from Caspian Sea.

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  4. babygirl says

    I don't know but their both nasty..

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  5. lisette says

    it is (forgot hte name of fish) eggs caught only on the red sea! salted and canned!

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