So we can make some anatomical comparisons to ladies.

So you can kind of tell when a woman is pregnant by the swelling of her midsection, right?

Well, the female sturgeon also have a similar kind of swell to their midsection.

They get kind of bullet shaped or missile shaped.

They get kind of stalky and sturdy and then the bellies have some give on them.

So what I was talking about, the belly feel?

We're feeling two kilos of caviar right here.

I never expected to touch a single fish belly filled with eggs that are worth about four or

five thousand dollars, but that's what Nikki and I were doing.

Bucket Liz, baby.

That's probably the closest I'll ever get to that much caviar.

It's sadly not a regular item on my menu.

But this is a season of celebration.

And when we celebrate, we often enjoy special, luxurious and even sometimes kind of expensive

treats like caviar.

But why exactly are the little blackish green eggs from a big, ugly fish so valuable and

so beloved?

Why is caviar the stuff of dreams and legend?

And also, why is it so quintessentially Russian?

These ancient dinosaur-like fish can be found in waters around the world.

So why do we think of zars and Russian princesses and caustacks when we think of caviar?

What's the connection?

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