Caviar is a popular delicacy in Russia, an integral part of an almost festive table. Let's talk about how to choose the right red caviar.
Instructions
Step 1
First of all, you need to choose the container in which you will purchase caviar.
Plastic containers, transparent glass or opaque cans, or loose.
Plastic containers raise questions because plastic is still chemistry, but just like other transparent containers, there is an obvious plus: you see what is inside.
Glass jars have an advantage over them, and they are very convenient to use.
It is quite dangerous to take caviar by weight: this is due to the fact that you definitely cannot find out the period that it has already lain in the store. Also, by weight, as a rule, they sell not the best quality caviar, which by various tricks (sometimes trivial with oil or even detergents (!)) Is turned from unpresentable into attractive and "fresh".
In general, the most traditional packaging, the tin can, has been and remains the most reliable option. Here you have the expiration date, the manufacturing company, and the composition. The main disadvantage is that the content is not visible. Therefore, here you should rely on good, familiar companies, and, of course, the stores where you plan to buy caviar.
Step 2
Further. The jar may say "salmon caviar", "chum caviar", "salmon caviar", etc. The first option is the worst. This is a very general formulation that allows producers to legally save the cheapest caviar in the jar while selling it as high quality. Chum salmon caviar is the most preferable, but it is more difficult to find it.
The label should be glued evenly and with high quality, and it is better if the date of manufacture and expiration date are squeezed out on the package, and not printed on the label.
Step 3
Having opened the jar at home, look at the contents, smell it. The presence of a pungent, unpleasant odor should immediately alert you. Make sure there is not too much liquid in the jar. The eggs should separate from each other and gently burst in the mouth on the teeth, but not flow out of the jar in a common inseparable porridge or be already half burst.
A core should be visible inside each egg.
If the egg is very swollen, looks like a bubble, the core is displaced or not visible at all, then most likely the manufacturers pumped it with water to increase its weight.
