Caviar and wine

[paultaunton]

Why do people make so much fuss over caviar? its salty an disgusting, would rather have a burger king whopper. also wine, its sour and gives you bad guts so why the snobbery? Red wine is particulaly sour so why all the fuss???

[waimarie]

Hi paultaunton, Funny you should say that. Your comments exactly describe my thoughts of a Burger King Whopper.

[lia*]

sorry paul, but you have not tasted good wine. there is a huge difference in taste in wine when you experience the good stuff.
iv'e never had caviar so i don't know about that one.

[spudqueen]

I agree with you about caviar and red wine, but I suppose you might call me snobbish because I love champagne, not that I get to drink it that often as it's too expensive so I usually drink cava.

[horsestache1]

A day without wine (red) is like a day without sunshine!

[Plocket]

I've never tried caviar, and never intend to, but you must have had a really cheap and nasty bottle of red wine in order to form that opinion. Red wine is divine!

Perhaps coke-cola is more up your street as it's stuffed with sugar and stuff!

[tinkertontom]

rather have a cup of tea and never tasted caviar the smell is enough to make me want to throw up

[natalie_1982]

I've tried caviar and didn't really think a lot of it. I wouldn't make a point of ordering it again but it doesn't make me gag either.
As for wine, I'm with the others here, red wine is lovely but on a sunny day like today I am dreaming of getting in from work and sitting in the garden with a large glass of cold dry white.
Oh, and I don't like Burger Kings and in pubs I drink Kronenbourg so does that make me a snob because it's not Fosters?

[flangewick]

You are a peasant - you should get out more !
Wine is to be savoured and enjoyed by us all not abused by inadequates who suffer from a total lack of knowledge and understanding.

[Mr Tall]

I'm with you Paul. I think they all pretend to like it. Nothing like a couple of jars with the boys then off for a shish kebab.

[neenynanu]

Wine's an acquired taste - if you keep drinking it it starts to taste really good.

I think caviar is rank too, but then I've never tried the proper �100 a spoonful stuff, which is the real deal. That's probably nice otherwise people wouldn't pay for it!

Then my mum says it's just the money they're tasting.

[lynlockwood]

You don'tsay how old you are but me and my friends have graduated from hating wine (in our teens) to drinking any old stuff to get drunk (in our twenties) to actually enjoying it and even learning the name of the odd grape variety! (roaring thirties).. And I've heard that your taste buds change as you grow older which is why scotch and brandy is rarely marketed directly to young drinker s(becasue we prefer sweeter tastes when we are younger) Give it another ten years and you might be joining us on the verandah with a nice glass of pinot grigio (white)or merlot(a red)

[FoimKnow]

It's a n aquired taste. Red wine of any description and caviar is going to be rank when you try it the first few times. Then you get accustomed to them, appreciate their subtlety, and really pine for them. I hated wine and caviar, now I adore them.
Beer, on the other hand, is mostly gross no matter how much you drink it.

[Bohne]

Well, tastes are different, so if you don't like Kaviar, don't eat it.
As to wine, my guess would be that you have not tried many different ones, yet.
Red wine is not the same as red wine, there's about as much difference as between Coke and Sprite.

[theren_911]

Each to their own I say. If someone wants to eat raw fish eggs... go for it.
What I don't like is people who force the mush down their throat so they can pretend to be "upper class"
Give me a Double Bacon Cheeseburger anyday, it costs a fraction of what you pay for caviar, and doesn't taste like clotted semen.

Red wince can be quite nice, but nothing beats a nice cold Bottle of Grolsch. (you know.. the one with the pop off lid ^_^)

[Space]

Lump eggs are affordable and yummy.
Caviar, on the other hand, is just expensive and expensive. That is their whole point. It's eggs of an endangered species. It's just plain stupid.
I mostly agree with you about red wine, though I found I quite enjoy some red Chilean wines.
Have you tried oysters? Once you made the effort to eat some once or twice, you find later that you quite fancy them occasionally. Don't know why... it must be the need for zinc...
Oh and burger king smells revolting.

[james_m246]

Ok, caviar isn't exactly upper class, you can buy it in lidl for about �2 a tub. And red wine is ok but if you really want to enjoy what your drinking, sit out in the sun and pop open a bottle of Retsina (greek white).

[Space]

james, the Lidl "caviar" is actually lump eggs, not caviar.
Caviar is sturgeon eggs.

[Chappers]

The difference between Lumpfish "Caviar" and genuine Sturgeon Caviar is enormous! Equal to the difference between a �2.99 bottle of red wine and a �30+ bottle. That's not to say Lumpfish caviar is not alright, it's a good thing to try if you don't want to spend lots of money on the really good stuff! Just get some cheap lumpfish caviar from sainsburys or waitrose (not lidl) and spread thinly on toasted and buttered brown bread, cut into soldiers...and enjoy!

[james_m246]

Okay, I still don't like the idea of eating fish eggs weather lumped or not, what if you get little fish swimming in the toilet ?!?!

[james_m246]

That was a joke by the way.