caviare

Real caviare is obtained from the sturgeon - true or false?

The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference 2007

Real caviare is obtained from the sturgeon - true or false?

December 2007 2007

The best caviare is said to be obtained in the Caspian.

Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia 1856

The spontaneous bounty of nature appears to have bestowed the harvests of Ukraine, the produce of a rude and savage husbandry; and the endless exportation of salt fish and caviare is annually renewed by the enormous sturgeons that are caught at the mouth of the Don or Tanais, in their last station of the rich mud and shallow water of the Maeotis.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

"We call caviare the bits blacked out in our newspapers and periodicals."

The Crown of Life George Gissing 1880

Perhaps trout would take caviare, which is not forbidden by the law of the land.

Introduction to the Compleat Angler Andrew Lang 1878

The first thing that an American does on his arrival in St. Petersburg is to scan the foreign newspapers in the hotels eagerly for traces of the censor's blot, -- _le masque noir_, "caviare," -- his idea being that at least one half of the page will be thus veiled from sight.

Russian Rambles Isabel Florence Hapgood 1889

To the general his novels must always be a kind of caviare; for they have no analogue in letters, but are the output of a mind and temper of singular originality.

Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation William Ernest Henley 1876

Now, listen: first, caviare on toast; then, clam bouillon; and creamed lobster; and tinned lamb chops with French peas -- you know, the peas that melt in one's mouth; and California asparagus with mayonnaise; and -- oh, I forgot to mention fried potatoes and cold pork and beans; and peach pie; and coffee, real coffee.

CHAPTER XLIX 2010

He sat with Yoko behind a large white desk, dipping crispbread into a tub of caviare.

Jim Powell: First Job: Mailboy for The Beatles 2010