Caviare (cavear) is the roes of certain large fish prepared and salted. The best is made from the roes of the sterlet and sturgeon caught in the lakes and rivers of Russia. Originally, caviare was only the hard roes of the sturgeon, and these were made into small cakes about 25 mm thick and 60 mm wide, salted and dried in the sun in Russia before b... Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/QC.HTM