most overrated food

**Samurai Waki** · 10-14-2009, 07:11

I don't mind Caviar, although I have mixed feelings about it, on an ethical level. While it is certainly tasty (especially good Osetra, Sevruga, and Beluga) it is also appallingly expensive, and the animal it comes from (nominally beluga) is getting close to being completely wiped out.

I personally think Sushi is overrated (prepares for the backlash)

**SwordsMaster** · 10-14-2009, 07:16

Caviar is gooooood. Where would be Christmas day breakfast without caviar?

Oysters though, are a different thing. I quite like them, but paying such a fortune for a glorified mussel is a bit silly...

**Aemilius Paulus** · 10-14-2009, 08:05

Originally Posted by Wakizashi

I don't mind Caviar, although I have mixed feelings about it, on an ethical level. While it is certainly tasty (especially good Osetra, Sevruga, and Beluga) it is also appallingly expensive, and the animal it comes from (nominally beluga) is getting close to being completely wiped out.

For one, Salmon roe is relatively cheap, plentiful and actually tastes better than the three you mentioned because the black caviare is so fudging small that I cannot taste it

. As much as I try to crush it with my teeth to release the inside flavour, all I can do is simply swallow it whole - no fun there

. I honestly do not see how anyone can taste the black roe unless they prick each egg with a pin...

EDIT: Ooops, sorry, did not notice the blatant double post...

**Beefy187** · 10-14-2009, 08:12

Originally Posted by Wakizashi

I personally think Sushi is overrated (prepares for the backlash)

Suish is not too overrated in Japan. They're reasonably cheap and they're good. I like it, though I admit I wouldn't eat them everyday.

Originally Posted by SwordsMaster

Oysters though, are a different thing. I quite like them, but paying such a fortune for a glorified mussel is a bit silly...

Good oysters are really good. And quite cheap as well.

I think Beef is overrated. I personally prefer pork much more.

**Samurai Waki** · 10-14-2009, 08:29

Originally Posted by Aemilius Paulus

For one, Salmon roe is relatively cheap, plentiful and actually tastes better than the three you mentioned because the black caviare is so fudging small that I cannot taste it

. As much as I try to crush it with my teeth to release the inside flavour, all I can do is simply swallow it whole - no fun there

. I honestly do not see how anyone can taste the black roe unless they prick each egg with a pin...

It's a bit funny that I feel the same way about Salmon Roe, as you do about Sturgeon Roe. Salmon Roe is too granular for my taste, I can never seem to actually get my teeth to make contact. Whereas, I've always believed Sturgeon roe (mind you GOOD Sturgeon Roe, which could put a relatively rich guy in the poorhouse fairly quickly) is very distinctive, and the eggs are big enough that you can taste the individual flavor.

**Aemilius Paulus** · 10-14-2009, 08:33

Caviare is much cheaper in Russia. I have tried the true black sturgeon roe that is banned from being imported into most Western Nations. All I can say is that it is too granular. I have no idea what sort of black roe you have tried... For one, I do not know if the sturgeon came from Aral Sea or rivers.

Salmon roe is the largest I have seen out of all the fish roes

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**Samurai Waki** · 10-14-2009, 08:43

I picked up a tin of Beluga while staying at an impressive hotel near the waterfront in Sevastapol, put me back around 20,000 UAH. While it was definitely very, very high quality it was also horrendously expensive and unnecessary.

**Aemilius Paulus** · 10-14-2009, 08:58

Originally Posted by Wakizashi

I picked up a tin of Beluga while staying at an impressive hotel near the waterfront in Sevastapol, put me back around 20,000 UAH. While it was definitely very, very high quality it was also horrendously expensive and unnecessary.

20,000 Hrivnas? Who do you think you are kidding

. When was that? I lived a significant portion of my life in Ukraine. After about mid 1990s the value of the hrivna stabilised somewhat, leading to an exchange rate of roughly 5-6 UAH per 1 USD. Before, Ukraine had the worthless karbovantsi. Meaning that you spent ~$4,000 if you actually paid 20,000 UAH... That is not possible, not unless the crayfish whistle as we Eastern Slavs say.

**Samurai Waki** · 10-14-2009, 09:04

Originally Posted by Aemilius Paulus

20,000 Hrivnas? Who do you think you are kidding

. When was that? I lived a significant portion of my life in Ukraine. After about mid 1990s the value of the hrivna stabilised somewhat, leading to an exchange rate of roughly 5-6 UAH per 1 USD. Before, Ukraine had the worthless karbovantsi. Meaning that you spent ~$4,000 if you actually paid 20,000 UAH... That is not possible, not unless the crayfish whistle as we Eastern Slavs say.

this was '03. And no, I'm not kidding. The going rate for beluga can be as high as 5.000USD in Russia proper. I was right near the black sea basin where it's mostly processed, and it still cost me close to 3.800USD.

**caravel** · 10-14-2009, 08:59

Caviar is a matter of taste. You either like it or you don't - though you also get plenty of elitist stuck up snobs that pretend to like it in order to show off.

The most overrated food is definitely any kind of "fast food". It's vastly overrated and not worth the money.