Photo: gtrwndr87, Flickr
Salty, creamy, chewy, smoky --a bagel with smoked salmon, cream cheese and caviar pretty much fulfills all promises. But, and here's where a little rain falls on the brunch parade, it's a poor choice unless you select your fish with an eye on sustainability.
Salmon and sturgeon are both on the least-sustainable seafood list (they've been overfished), so, according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch, an easy-to-use buying guide, choose wild-caught Alaska salmon instead of Atlantic salmon, and caviar (roe) from U.S.-farmed sturgeon, or those that are wild-caught from Oregon and Washington.
A classic combination simply becomes a classic with a conscience.
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3-16-2010 @11:38AM Gary said... Never heard of anyone putting caviar on a bagel with cream cheese and lox (smoked salmon), and this is from a life-long NY Jewish boy!
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3-30-2010 @3:42PM gtrwndr87 said... I took this picture, but I never mentioned in my flickr caption that it was from Russ and Daughters. So if you still are a NYer you can get it on the lower east side.
3-27-2010 @11:45AM Aloisius said... Caviar from sturgeon isn't kosher and I've never heard of anyone adding it. That said, some fish eggs certainly can't hurt.
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