Bottarga

[rayke1938]

Made some bottarga  from some bass roe a while back

Finally got up the courage to taste it after it has been hanging for a couple weeks.

Judy refuses to touch it .

I Had a taste of it on its own and extremely salty and fishy.

Tried a taste of it crumbled on a sanga with guacamole and not much better.

Still got the taste of it in my mouth 2 hours later.

May try it  grated on a pasta dish if I can get up the courage in the meantime its sitting vacuum sealed in the back of the fridge.

Definitely an acquired taste.

[kmcrosby78]

I reckon @Drop Bear would happily devour it ..........

[rayke1938]

reckon it would kill any oyster in a radius of 30k.

Cheers

Ray

[Drop Bear]

I made some too, from Mullet roe. Yet to try it out...

I don't know much about it except they grate a small amount onto pasta and sometimes they eat thin slices with oil.

A lot of those flavours are acquired tastes. Blue cheese, Truffles, fish sauce, shrimp paste, dried fish, Vegemite, prosciutto, soy sauce etc.

Japanese call it "Umami", Americans "Funky"

This is a cool article about it.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2013/apr/09/umami-fifth-taste

I am going to try a little pasta with some cheese and grate a little bit on and put more on until I can just taste it.