Personally, I love change. I am kind of a change junky (if that's an actual thing.) In some ways it's a good thing, in others it's not. I'm just so much of a dreamer-- I see something I want to happen, and I make it happen. I see my life now and how it could be better, and I make it better. I love to try new things and I count down the days to when I can travel to a new place or try a new food or do something I almost never get a chance to do. I don't usually just embrace change, I look forward to it. At the same time, sometimes it's hard for me to appreciate life as it is, or to know for a fact that I will be in the same place for a while. It might look like a good trait in comparison to the bitter betty who grumbles when businesses remodel or complains when products change or (worst of all) refuses to embrace new technology (I have spent countless hours trying to convince people to use a debit card since no one accepts checks anymore... and arguing with people who won't check their balance on online banking because they hate computers. don't even get me started.) But sometimes life changes and sometimes it stays the same-- some years are eventful and some are uneventful. If you have a hard time with one extreme or the other, you will have problems. I am working very hard at learning to enjoy life as it is-- in the present-- and to not just spend my life daydreaming about the things that will happen someday. I'm a work in progress. :)
This year has been one of the years in my life that didn't have too many exciting changes to look forward to. Which is why I made this bucket list in the first place. I'm trying to take advantage of this "slow" year in my life and do things that I might otherwise not have chosen to do. Like read. And cook. And watch documentaries. But the "change junky" in me decided to put a lot of little "new" things I wanted to try on my bucket list. And I just recently was able to accomplish one of them.
It's a little thing, but I love trying new food. That's one of the things I love the most about traveling. But there are definitely plenty of things I haven't tried that are available here and one of them was caviar.
It was kind of a random idea and I probably should have done a little more research before I put it on my bucket list. Because afterwards I wondered exactly how expensive caviar was! All I really knew about caviar was that it was a "delicacy" that rich people ate.
Wikipedia said that traditionally caviar is made from sturgeon roe, which is found in the Black Sea and Caspian Sea, and can cost up to $8,000 to $16,000/kilo. Technically it can also refer to salmon, steelhead, trout, lumpfish, whitefish and other species of sturgeon roe, which can be cheaper. I wanted to have as authentic an experience as was financially possible.
Funny enough, I went to have sushi with Jeannie the other day and I ordered a spicy crab roll. It wasn't the first time I'd had it at this restaurant, but when they brought it to me I noticed little clear orange balls used as a garnish. And I wondered what it was exactly. Between my smart phone and the waitress, I figured out it was caviar after all. Which meant I had tried it before. It was a little disappointing, but kind of funny at the same time. Mentally, I checked it off my list then, but I decided I wanted to go out and actually find and buy something that was more authentic (since I wasn't sure exactly what kind of caviar I was eating.)
So I went to the grocery store and bought a little jar of black caviar. It wasn't that expensive (although that little jar definitely cost more than a large jar of peanut butter) but it seemed a little more authentic to me. And.... it was delicious! A little fishy and very salty. It was similar to the caviar on my sushi, but a little chewier.
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