-----Original Message----- From: Nieft / Secola >Hmmm... Most fish roe has been at least salted and probably >cooked/pastuerized i the manner of caviar. This is especially true of any >roe in a jar but can be true for overwrapped roe as well. Some >Japanese-style roes are spiced further and sometimes include nitrates these >days. Regardless of the processing, if the roe comes from wild fish it is >nutritious with a capital N. ============================ I love caviar and canned roe. There used to be a brand called Icelandic caviar that was really good (and inexpensive). Romanoff's is terrible. I buy canned roe whenever I am in Denmark or when I can find a European specialty shop. It comes in a can similar to Spam and is compressed roe. It is light pink in color, a little granular, it has a pleasant fish taste. In Denmark we eat it cold, sliced and with a big dollop of mayonnaise and a squirt of lemon juice. I loved it as a child, maybe Mary's child would like the canned kind. Snowlight