Leave it to Milan to feed their homeless caviar as a treat!
It seems that two men tried to smuggle some choice beluga caviar into Milan last month. That’s when police caught the traffickers and confiscated their over 88lbs of caviar. It had an estimated worth of over $550,000!
The men brought the pricey goodness over from Poland to sell in the shops of Milan as well as the rest of the wealthy Lombard region.
Police officials that carried out the raid had kept the caviar for several weeks in fridges but soon realized it would go bad in some time.
One rep told the local newspaper that “Tests showed us the food was still perfectly OK to eat but it couldn’t be stored much longer, so we decided to give it to the poor.”
So aside from keeping a small amount of caviar for testing, they have sent the rest “to voluntary associations, charity kitchens and old people’s homes.”
Virginio Colmega, a local priest who runs a charity house in Milan, said “Everything that comes our way is very welcome, even though most of our guests don’t even know what those little black balls are.”
Well, at least for one day they’ll be able to know what it’s like to eat like the rich and famous.
Until the next day when it’s back to bread and water!
At least it’s a nice Christmas treat this year. Caviar and maybe some egg nog?
[Image via WENN.]