Cynicism is widespread, even in the state-controlled media which reported that an estimated 2m tonnes of the slop are consumed annually in the country by unwitting diners.
Caviar started out as pig slop--at least in western Europe, where, until the late 1800s, fishermen ripped the slimy egg sacs from sturgeon and fed them to their swine.
And in May this year, judge Lady Dorrian widened the scope to include prisoners in Peterhead who had to use a porta-potty and stand in line to slop out into a public sluice.