Redpill me on capers
> you bought 6 jars of capers?> she was buying capers so i bought capers
As a garnish; fuck yeah.As a cooked ingredient in a dish; fuck no.
>>21601673I'm in the same boat OP. what are they and how do I use them?
Haven't had them in a long time, but I remember them tasting like bitter pickles with a weird aftertaste. I didn't hate them, but didn't love them either.
>>21601673When I was a kid (probably 5 or 6), my mom had a jar in the fridge that seemed to have been there my entire life. I tried one and it was gross, so I spit it out and haven't tried any ever again. They might be good now, I don't know, I'm not particularly motivated to give them another go.
They are good for pan sauces and salads. But don't over use because they can be very salty. A little goes a long way.
For some unfathomable reason I spent my childhood thinking it was seafood. I never looked closely at one because I didn't like the taste, it took over 20 years for me to try it again and figure out the fuckers were delicious.
Looks like pickled tick asses, OK in salad, sparingly.
I put them in tabouli
>>21601673I just use them for remoulade.
>>21601837based but also fry them and put them on ceasar salads
>>21601791you were thinking about kippers
I like putting them on pasta and pizza. Try it OP!
In pasta sauces like Putanesca.In pan sauces like Piccata di pollo.On bagels with smoked salmon, pickled red onions and cream cheese.If I'm feeling lazy I will make a salad with sliced very ripe tomatoes layered with chevre(can be left out if it's not to your taste), topped with capers, shredded basil and dressed with some olive oil and balsamic vinegar.Always use capers sparingly as the saltiness can really ruin a dish.
>>21601841Nope, they're nothing alike in French.I think it came from the fact that they were on a seafood pizza we ate, and I assumed that they were seafood as well since they were on it.
Tuna salad with capers is great.Tartlets with roux, tuna, chopped hard boiled eggs and capers is GOAT.
>>21601673>>21601677>>21601685>>21601693>>21601755They are a principle ingredient in chicken piccata dummies.
Barilla used to have this "puttanesca" sauce with capers and olives. Kinda salty but so good. Haven't seen it in years.
I hated them as a kid but I enjoy them in picatta. Maybe I'll try them on a tuna melt or tuna salad to see if I like them uncooked.
>>21601685They're pickles, but with hardly any mass. You're basically paying a premium for a jar of brine, huge ripoff. Just get relish if you need tiny pickles.
I put them in caeser salad instead of anchovies
Deep fry them.
>>21601673I thought that was the Ted Danza sandwich from Curb for a second LOL
I'll never forget. I got my first job at 16 washing dishes at a restaurant. The place was a pretty decent bistro. The head chef came up to me and handed me a little piece of bread, made in house, with some butter and caper on top. It was SO fucking good, i couldn't believe it. He thought it was so cool that5 I liked it also and eventually started teaching me to cook. Still in the industry 18 years later. But yeah, idk man, they are just little pockets of salty briny goodness.
Deep fry them as a garnish for saladsAlso the smallest ones are the best
>>21601968They also have a very strong and specific flavor that does not pair well with too many things. Worth having a jar around if you make a lot of seafood because pan-fried capers are amazing but otherwise not so much.
If you don't like em, you can just brush them off.
I use cocktail capers rathen than olives in my martinis.
Capers are brilliant with chicken (picatta) and fish (smoked salmon). They're both tangy, salty and weirdly vegetable in a small footprint. If you cook with lemon, consider including capers. Thai food can benefit. Red meats and very rich foods typically not-so-much, say, French au gratin onion soup or savory buckwheat crepes.
>>21603143Yuck.
>>21601673Capers are not redpilled Capers are bluepilled AFLibs add capers to sandwiches to mock Chatlie Kirks death
>>21603370Bullcrap. I throw libs down on the ground, shove caper berries up their noses with a large spoon, and eat their sandwiches as they suffer, all the while chanting "Charlie! What's your caper?" Capers are based and red pilled as Hell. The only nasty thing about them is that some are grown in India.
