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So, I hit Ocean State Job Lot on my way home from work yesterday, and on a whim I bought a $3 jar of caviar and decided to have a caviar omelet for dinner (since 'song's out of town, cooking eggs wouldn't be a problem).

The thing I hadn't realized is that it was black capelin caviar.

Most of the traditional caviars are black, so I didn't really question that this one was, too. But capelin caviar is normally orange (like a tiny version of salmon roe).

Which means it was dyed.

So when the caviar hit the hot and somewhat moist eggs, the dyes ran. Leading to a green and blue omelet. Fortunately, it tasted just fine, but that's definitely a lesson learned. I also chose to not let Max lick the plate (in spite of his not-so-polite requests to do so), as I've got no idea how healthy those dyes would be for a kitty. I hate depriving the cat of seafood or eggs (although I don't hate it as much as he does), but better safe than sorry.

But yeah, cheap caviar = dyed. Which is silly, as orange caviar doesn't look any grosser than black caviar. Also, the omelet was delicious.

(Incidentally, it was a jar of this caviar; for $3 instead of the $8+/jar they're charging online, I'm just fine with it.)

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Date: 2013-05-22 02:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] greylistening.livejournal.com
It does sound delicious.

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Date: 2013-05-22 04:43 pm (UTC)

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Date: 2013-05-23 09:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gev.livejournal.com
Indeed!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSHCBspYnAI

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Date: 2013-05-22 03:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shadesong.livejournal.com
Oh man why was I not there for that.

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Date: 2013-05-22 05:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] felisdemens.livejournal.com
NOM. Green and blue notwithstanding.

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