Caviar for the Poor

I dunno, there are times when I think the folks who run the world are quite daft.

Beluga caviar seized by Italian customs officers is to be distributed to poor people in Milan as a Christmas gift.

Now, on the face of it, this seems quite the act of sympathetic largess, giving $550,000 worth of a primitive fish’s canned eggs to the needy. But do you really think “needy” means “needing caviar?”

Or is it a slap in the face? Imagine the architects of the “let’s make gambling instruments out of poor people’s mortgages” crowd tipping a glass of bubble toward our imaginary camera, “Here’s what we eat before the roast lamb and potatoes come out of the oven. I don’t know how good it will be without the special crackers or the crumbles of boiled chicken egg, but there you go. You do have an itty bitty caviar spoon made out of mother-of-pearl, don’t you?”

I think the Milanese will have eggs on their faces over this one—upon which bread crumbs stick nicely.

Milan poor to get seized caviar


Caviar for the Poor originally appeared on WanderingItaly.com , updated: Feb 18, 2019 © .

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