Not to mention vats of rainbow-hued fish roe, dense black loaves stuffed with shoals of tiny fish, and the famous Finnish apple pie.

BBC: Postcard from Helsinki, Finland

Psilakis' presentation was accompanied by typical Cretan hors d'oeuvres: spreads made of eggplant and fish roe, lots of raw vegetables and olives, and tiny, lightly fried cheese turnovers called kallitsounias.

NPR: Crete: Ancient Diet with Modern Message

By the 1800s Russian aristocrats took to carting live sturgeon with them when they traveled, so the fish could be sliced open and their roe salted and served fresh.

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These are the materials used to form dishes such as the warm salad of prawn tails, fish stew or pasta with sea urchin roe served in the restaurants of Villasimius.

BBC: Sardinia, land and sea

It's not an easy business, given that the fish take a good nine years to grow from hatchling to roe-producing adult.

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