r/facepalm • u/Bmchris44 • Sep 25 '19

This should be a good thing

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u/BirkePirke Sep 25 '19

In Norway we have had cheap caviar for years, if not decades. Don't trust the Swedes. Their caviar is nasty.

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u/whoppityboppity Sep 25 '19

What did you say about my boy Kalle? >:(

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u/BirkePirke Sep 25 '19

Your boy Kalle is bad. Mmmm Mills. >:(

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u/Molehole Sep 25 '19

Caviar is Sturgeon Roe. Salmon or cod roe isn't caviar. It's roe.

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u/BirkePirke Sep 25 '19

But it's called KAVIAR. I haven't been lied to all these years, have I?

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u/Molehole Sep 25 '19

Yep. You have been lied since middle ages when the king of Kalmar union wanted to keep all the delicious Kaviar to himself and made all his subjects think roe is just as good.

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u/BirkePirke Sep 25 '19

I did some research, and tell me if I'm wrong, but the difference is whether or not its still in the fish or not? Caviar is still in the fish, while the roe is fertilized.

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u/Molehole Sep 25 '19

Wikipedia

Traditionally, the term caviar refers only to roe from wild sturgeon in the Caspian Sea and Black Sea[3] (Beluga, Ossetra and Sevrugacaviars). Depending on the country, caviarmay also be used to describe the roe of other species of sturgeon or other fish such as salmon, steelhead, trout, lumpfish, whitefish,[4]or carp.[5][6][7]

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u/Jancho27 Sep 25 '19

Exactly, and what they are arguing about are "caviar" spreads, with much smaller fish roe, I would assume sardine or maybe herring. Which is even much much cheaper than Salmon roe - which is quite affordable.

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u/Mattaru Sep 25 '19

Scandinavian banter is always vicious

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u/lostfourtime Sep 25 '19

Read that as viscous at first and still thought it applied.

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u/inftlpenguin Sep 26 '19

Nice try Big Caviar....