Caviar

High school (ages 12+)
Food & Cooking

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/caviar

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the scientific family?Acipenseridae (Sturgeon)
2. What is the traditional harvesting seas?Caspian Sea and Black Sea
3. Why does caviar taste salty?Salt is added during a process called malossol, which means "little salt" in Russian. The salt helps preserve the eggs and lets their natural taste shine.
4. How is caviar made from sturgeon?Female sturgeon are caught just before they would normally spawn. The eggs are carefully taken out, rinsed, and then lightly salted. After that, the eggs are sorted by size, color, firmness, and smell.

Acipenseridae: The biological family encompassing all sturgeon species, the primary source of traditional caviar.
Malossol: A Russian term meaning 'little salt,' referring to the minimal salt content in high-quality caviar.
Aquaculture: The farming of aquatic organisms, including fish and their roe, for food production.
CITES: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, regulating caviar trade to protect sturgeon.