On Wed, 8 Jul 2015 11:17:35 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote:

> On Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 8:07:05 AM UTC-10, 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.
>
> My guess is certain people are highly sensitive to the flavor compounds that are unique to capers. Those things mostly taste slightly salty to me. They barely taste like anything. OTOH, putting tiny salted buds on top of foods is an amusing thing to do.

Or it could be a texture issue they don't even recognize.

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