Each tiny fish-egg is glowing softly on the nacreous bed.
Each tiny fish-egg is glowing softly on the nacreous bed. Over the entire history of human race, no delicacy has inspired nor earned such awe and admiration
Learn MoreIn spawning season, giant fishes easily overturned frail boats, foredooming the fishers to a sacrificial death in the cold waters of the Caspian Sea. The roe – procured with such a terrible risk – was immediately sprinkled with sea-salt and then served to the rulers fresh – as soon as possible. The caviar was believed to cure a multitude of diseases as well as to possess invigorating power and to grant the kings a healthy progeny.
The name for the viand for the elect, meaning literally the source of authority, was borrowed from the Persians by a wide range of nations. It didn’t change much through the centuries, and still it sounds almost identically in Italian, Turkish, English, etc. Yet the word itself cannot impart the exquisite, rich taste, until you palate it in your own mouth.
A tiny vial filled with no more than a hundred of black fish-eggs was more valuable that a herd of a hundred sheep.
The Persians (modern day Iranians) extolled the curative properties of the caviar to such extent that a whole array of trumpeters announced that a rarity was served during a feast, while each dish of roe was decorated with garlands of natural flowers.
A tiny vial filled with no more than a hundred of black fish-eggs was more valuable that a herd of a hundred sheep.
The Persians (modern day Iranians) extolled the curative properties of the caviar to such extent that a whole array of trumpeters announced that a rarity was served during a feast, while each dish of roe was decorated with garlands of natural flowers.
He was a patron of arts, sponsoring the monumental frescos by Michelangelo in Sistine Chapel, and had a reputation of a gourmand, who took it to present the delicacy to ceremonial feasts of every royal court he visited.
The French expression hors d’oeuvre renders shades of meaning as delicate and subtle as the nuance of the noble taste – from a masterpiece and a setting for a jewel to a virtuous endeavor.
The French Minister of Finances Jean-Baptiste Colbert well known for his assiduity and strategic plans reaching for centuries into the future tried to develop the roe harvesting in the Gironde estuary, where sturgeons come to breeding. Yet the taste of caviar procured from Volga River near the Caspian Sea ranked second to none, and they could not manage to match it.
The bankers’ wives made boasts of feeding the roe to their favorite cats. The Sheikhs ordered large amounts of caviar to bath in it. The golden niche exploited by the manufacturers and suppliers of the black caviar shrank dramatically in the beginning of the 20th century. The wild sturgeon population decimated in Europe had been put to a brink of extinction in the waters of the Caspian Sea, as well. The admirers of fine jewels may remember a similar story with natural emeralds – there are none left on our planet.
The rulers of ancient Persia would, probably, nod their approval from the shores of the Caspian Sea as their fetish has recovered its bygone aura. And it is not the matter that the most precious caviar of an albino sturgeon costs now on par with first grade gemstones аnd a package of it is covered with 24 ct gold.
It is much more important to think about the true value of the black caviar. There are few among the suppliers who would not disappoint the connoisseurs of the authentic taste. Choose the ones who follow the golden rule: the caviar demands respect. Pay it its due.
Caspian Monarque is one of the few breeders, producers and distributors of exclusive caviar products, overseeing all processes, thus determining quality at every level.
Along with traditional methods, passed down for centuries, Caspian Monarque embraces new technology, ensuring quality at the forefront while employing natural waters and foods from the Caspian Sea in our farms.
With our prehistoric sturgeons bred in the ancient Caspian sea, each tin of our caviar is bursting with Persian character and a rich Caspian soul. Making our caviar extra special.
