Why It's So Difficult To Harvest Capers
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- Опубликовано: 1 июл 2022
- One of the oldest cultivated plants in the Mediterranean region thrives in the south of Italy: the caper shrub. Apart from its fruit, the flower buds are eaten, too - and they're a real delicacy. The best capers traditionally come from the volcanic island of Pantelleria, south of Sicily. Capers are the flower buds of the caper shrub native to the entire Mediterranean region. They are pickled in salt or oil and fermented for several months. Before sunrise, workers begin harvesting the buds by the light of their work lamps. Later, the flowers might open, at which point they are worthless. Gabriele Lasagni of the traditional caper manufactory "Bonomo & Giglio" is considered the "revolutionary of capers", because he transforms the traditional capers into innovative products.
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When I was a child, i thought capers were harvested from some sort of algae because they were salty like the sea.
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Thought the same
I thought it had something to do with sardines... So I understand what you mean. I can't remember tasting them.
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It's incredible how capers plant loves rocks and bricks. In Italy is very common to see it growing in the old walls.
Though not as popular with the masses outside of Italy, capers remain an accessible go-to for the common but more discerning foodie.
How informative! I thought capers had something to do with fish... I had no idea what it was at all.
They're often paired with fish. Also Capers are not to be confused with Carp.
After watching this I am getting hungry and now I want to make puttanesca today, it includes capers, which I love.
Sounds great!
I love jars of these little beauties.
It grows around rocky mountains in Ladakh India and recently the locals have been foraging them for sale to cafes and restaurants. A new discovery for them
Capers are one of the foods with the most umami
Tf are you talking about, they're SOUR with a BITTER aftertaste, absolutely not Umami at all.
@@michaelh.g.4045ig thats ur opinion But its all i crave when im on my period
Are these edible raw?
@@AntiBtsArmy18 you could, but it's like eating an untreated olive, very bitter. Capers must be either pickled or exsiccated before being consumed.
@@frafrafrafrafra oh...... You would not imagine how bitter is a bitter gourd, we often boil those up or fry with some potatoes lol but the bitterness will stay at least 20 hours in your mouth. You wouldnt even taste anything else after eating one
My grandma in croatia collects a fistful of capers before going back home from fishing. They taste very well and they grow very fast. They are also wild capers, not grown by people.
By the way, i'm eating them right now from a jar.
Nice,
Thank you for the video on capers. I love the taste of capers but never heard much about them. Am learning.
Can anyone explain it's benefits?
In my Country Iran They Grow in Everywhere even in the Wall or In Road's !!! In our language, we call them, the "Stupid Watermelon" or the "snake watermelon"
We Mostly Make Pickle From Them
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wait till you try the spanish ones
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No la mejor alcaparra del mundo es la variedad NOCELLARA de pantelleria, Italia.
It's incredible how capers plant loves rocks and bricks. In Italy is very common to see it growing in the old walls.