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On Wed, 08 Jul 2015 14:07:00 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2015-07-08 6:18 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
> >> Maybe you added too much of the liquid they're in. I think capers can
> >> vary from great to medicinal.
> >>

> > Capers are in brine. Salted water. How would that taste medicinal?
> >

>
> I was out for supper with my son recently he was going to order the
> pasta special that I had, but rejected it because there were capers in
> the sauce. It seems he absolutely despises capers. He doesn't even
> like them on smoked salmon with cream cheese. I find them sharp and
> tangy, an interesting touch to some things, and I was surprised at the
> extent of his disgust for something so innocuous. He is not at all a
> picky eater.


Husband doesn't like them either. I can make a piccata sauce and add
brine to it (because the more the better IMO - he likes the sauce and
pick out all the capers, so I don't give him capers anymore except one
or two just to see what happens. More for me. Yum!

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