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There are some foods that are really delicious but the minute you start to explore how expensive they are, you can find yourself experiencing a very tasty version of sticker shock. Beluga caviar is the rarest and most expensive type of fish egg product and can often sell for upwards of $150.00 an ounce. That means a pound of the stuff would cost as much as a cheap used car.

Of course, much as I love the (much cheaper) wonderfully salty caviar I’ve enjoyed on crackers and egg dishes over the years, I wouldn’t really need a pound of it. A little bit of this stuff goes a long way. Even so, it’s nice to look at a magnified picture so you can imagine that all the money is going to buy something a bit more substantial.

Of course, osetra caviar, which comes from an increasingly rare type of sturgeon, is simply the most expensive variety and there are an enormous number of more reasonably priced fish eggs. If you know what you’re doing, these tiny eggs can really lend themselves to some delicious dining, either as something you eat separately on a cracker or as a condiment or ingredient for more elaborate dishes.

I know caviar isn’t everyone’s favorite and all that salt is an issue for people with high blood pressure, but it’s actually not only tasty but very healthy, sodium aside. Fish eggs are, as you would expect, extremely high in fish oil. That means that caviar contains the super-healthy Omega 3 fats, which doctors and nutritionists tell us can be useful for a host of issues, including fighting depression and improving our cholesterol and overall heart health.

The bad news is, though, that if I was suddenly rich enough to afford as much beluga caviar as I would want, that would mean that I’d won a lottery. I’d probably die of a heart attack from the excitement before I opened up my first tiny $150.00 bottle. At least I wouldn’t be depressed!

Another food trip once again folks, this time from a charity event, where the big corporation Procter and Gamble Inc. whose products include Ariel laundry soap, Pantene shampoo and other leading brands in the market, donated 40 laptops to a very lucky school in Tondo, Manila. In line with their project of giving away one million laptops to deserving schools all over the country when they reach their 100th year. They also teamed up with Smart who will provide the internet connection for the laptops. And we at the PMC (Pinay Mommies Community) was invited to witness the program and also to relay the news to our online readers.

We were fetched by the service van and took us to the venue since we were not familiar with the place and quite far from where we were. The trip was long because of the traffic, it was not even rush hour,  maybe there were some vehicles or RVs that broke down along the way that caused the traffic jam, they should have a readied tow truck or rv repair to avoid hassles to other people who also have business or activities to attend to. All in all, we arrived safely though a bit late and the event went on very successfully.

Love this mini sandwich with bacon or ham, crispy on the outside and creamy in the inside. This was  just one of the many pica pica food served at the Wonka Candy event courtesy of Geiser Maclang PR company. They kept on serving varieties of these pica pica food, the iced tea drink was overflowing and we all went home full and satisfied. So unlike from one event I have attended, that even though it was a cooking demo event, we were not able to taste some err most of the recipes they cooked as the food samples served were very limited considering the number of people they had invited. So the next time G. Maclang co. invited me again for another event of their client, I might even buy and wear ugg boots to the occasion.