Many people cannot imagine New Year without sandwiches with red caviar.
This appetizer has long acquired the status of a “New Year’s” dish, along with Olivier salad and tangerines.
However, there is a problem: buying real, high-quality red caviar is not that easy.
There is a chance of running into a counterfeit or imitated product.
The most interesting thing is that such caviar can turn out to be very similar to the “original”.
Many people are quite satisfied with this imitation: the taste and consistency are almost the same as real caviar.
However, there are picky gourmets who want to consume only natural products. Such lovers of tasty food should pay attention to one simple test.
Test to determine if caviar is real or imitation
You need to take a small but deep enough container, put some caviar in it and pour boiling water over it.
A natural product will “behave” as follows: it will begin to release white flakes.
The fact is that real caviar contains protein that coagulates under the influence of high temperatures.
But if you pour hot water over imitation or fake red caviar, you won't see any flakes. The liquid might get a little colored. There might be some greasy "spots" on the surface of the water. But there won't be any white lumps.
