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Capers are flower buds. They're fragrant, a bit bitter and very salty. Use sparingly if you serve to someone who doesn't know if they like them. Nothing terribly disagreeable with them. I like to eat them by the spoonful.
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RRP said:Oops sent that too soon. Pat will love the salty anchovie taste, but how pungent is the taste of capers? Also if too strong would mashing them alone with the anchovies into a paste make sense rather than serving them up on a plate and hating the taste?
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nolaegghead said:Capers are flower buds. They're fragrant, a bit bitter and very salty. Use sparingly if you serve to someone who doesn't know if they like them. Nothing terribly disagreeable with them. I like to eat them by the spoonful.Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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Yes please. Thanks for sharing.....seriously.
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RRP said:nolaegghead said:Capers are flower buds. They're fragrant, a bit bitter and very salty. Use sparingly if you serve to someone who doesn't know if they like them. Nothing terribly disagreeable with them. I like to eat them by the spoonful.
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@RRP, Ron, I never use capers. Too salty to suit my doc. However, I found a jar of organic capers with only 90 mg of sodium per tsp. Still a little high (for me), but not horrible. They still taste quite salty (to me anyway).
Nature's Promise brand, sold by Stop & Shop in the NE and, I'm pretty sure, Giant Food in the Mid Atlantic. Tasted pretty salty even at a fraction of the sodium that was in the jar next to them.
Ingredients list in order: organic capers, water, salt, organic white wine vinegar.
Now if if I could just find fresh anchovies. Bottled fishies are definitely NOT low sodium!I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!
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ron, eat some from the jar, they are good. if you find the salt too strong, a quick rinse under cold water will cure that, dont mush them, its part of the dish.
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actually rereading the recipe the capers will lose some flavor in the hot oil. melting the anchovies in hot oil til they disappear is a good way to serve anchovies to people that say they hate them, they will never know. when i make lasagna, the center layer of sauce is loaded with themfukahwee maineyou can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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RRP, capers are my secret stealth delicious ingredient in egg salad !
Egg salad sandwiches with capers + dill say "It's summer time!" to me.
Probably when my wonderful mom would make us egg salad sandwiches with bacon and tomatoes on skillet-grilled toast after summer morning swim practice as a kid.
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Capers, anchovies, olives, pickles, etc, that are too salty can be soaked in fresh water overnight which will greatly reduce the sodium content so you are so damn content.
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Its later, thanks it was good
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poster said:Its later, thanks it was good
I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!
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Michael, thanks for this great recipe and the actual link to the NYT recipe. The Epicurious recipe calls for a 400° oven, but the video and NYT both specify 350°...FYI.
I found a GREAT tip on peeling garlic in an old French cooking cookbook. It will change your life! Soak the unpeeled cloves in warm water (I used hot water) for a few minutes. No more stickiness, just cut the tips off the cloves and the peel comes right off. You can thank me now.Judy in San Diego -
Yeah, I thought someone already posted the 400 vs 350° issue, but maybe not. I doubt it would matter anyway. I didn't post the Times recipe. It was posted by @Theophan.
THANKS for the garlic tip! Haven't tried it yet, but if it works, you are my hero!I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!
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No offense, Michael, while this first attempt was ok and Pat thought it was great which I knew she would as I swear she could eat 5T of salt with her Wheaties or anything else she can pour salt on! Perhaps I over cooked/burnt/whatever the capers, garlic, and anchovies, but I don't think so! Oh well...yes I will try it again, but maybe next time I'll go for shorter cooking times.
BTW I went with a cast iron skillet which worked just fine!Re-gasketing America one yard at a time. -
Judy Mayberry said:I found a GREAT tip on peeling garlic in an old French cooking cookbook. It will change your life! Soak the unpeeled cloves in warm water (I used hot water) for a few minutes. No more stickiness, just cut the tips off the cloves and the peel comes right off. You can thank me now.
Speaking of "old French cookbooks", if you don't already have it, check out A Guide to Modern Cookery by Auguste Escoffier, 1907.
https://ia800205.us.archive.org/5/items/cu31924000610117/cu31924000610117.pdf
Courtesy of the Cornell University Library. They say... "There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text."I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!
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RRP said:No offense, Michael, while this first attempt was ok and Pat thought it was great which I knew she would as I swear she could eat 5T of salt with her Wheaties or anything else she can pour salt on! Perhaps I over cooked/burnt/whatever the capers, garlic, and anchovies, but I don't think so! Oh well...yes I will try it again, but maybe next time I'll go for shorter cooking times.
BTW I went with a cast iron skillet which worked just fine!
The capers do come out a little crispy, but I kinda like that. And I loved the browned garlic. Read the comments at the bottom of the linked page. I think the crunchy capers are mentioned.
Glad Pat liked it, hope you like it better next time.I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!
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I made this on the egg(s) last night. Used one egg to facilitate the sauteeing portion of the recipe and the other to act as the oven.
I also did not have anchovies so I used anchovy paste. Also at the end, I threw in zucchini noodles to soak up the sauce.
Will be making this one again - there were no leftovers.
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It's better in the oven? Only kidding.....I'll give her a try....can't go wrong with those basic ingredients.Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax
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RRP said:Please NO flames for my stupidity, but honestly I have never had capers in my life and I bet my wife has not either. I want to fix this recipe on Sunday sort of as a surprise to my wife. I should actually say as a double surprise as she does not like dark poultry meat. Should I cool it on the caper amount? I'd hate to put a double whammy on this surprise meal.I cook. I eat. I repeat. Thornville, Ohio
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Glad you liked it. I'm visiting Mom and just bought all that stuff this afternoon. She wanted to know what capers were. She swears she doesn't like thighs. I know she used to, but somewhere in the last 101+ years, she decided she didn't. We'll just see about that!
I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!
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