Capers...Mediterranean Fruit

Hallo dudes again!

Oh summer is really beautiful, near the sea, sunshining and endless fishing hours. In the middle of the drain scenery there's a small plant that resists weather, sun, drain. Is among the walls and the rocks. Its dark green and has small flowers. You want one flower of the wild nature but not be harry. Spins are all over the plant and small fruits like hearts are growing. Ladies and gentleman let me proudly introduce you Caparea Spinosa or Capers.  Let's learn some stuff about this exeptional miracle of nature. You may find it in 3-4 varieties depending the color (open green to dark) and the plant itself if is  male or female. can be finded in the most coastal areas arround mediterranean sea. The best variety of the Plant can be seen in South Italy and Greece islands. Here some infos...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caper .
The fruit of Caparis is ideal for salads. Its little a bit salty, sour, and has a rich spicy flavor. A teaspoon of this and you rocket away your salads and your taste. Here in Greece only goodeaters eat Caper. Its expensive because have to collect one by one at the end of June till 20 July, under the sun. To fill a vase might occupied you about 3-4 hours!!!. Caper cannot be treated in gardens. Needs salt water to grow, and sea winds to blow. 50g costing about 5 dollars and the best quality rise up to 20 USD.
Let's Grab it

Step 1 Harvest time!

Ok...you have the mood, your hat, wear a pair of smooth cotton gloves else you will not recognise your hands at the end. We need to collect the small beans, leaving the big to bloom. We start from the top of the branches and gently we remove the fruits one by one.
At the end of the day we have collected enough. You are tired I know but the job is not finished yet. But enough for today....Let's rest.

Comments

[magic eye]

very ...tasteful instructable...love capers but never taste hand made. I guess there's some different!

[agis68]

Big difference!!! no chemicals just the natural stuff!

[sunshiine]

I have had a friend in Greece for several years. It is an interesting country.

[agis68]

now you have one more....!

[sunshiine]

Ah . . . . . . how sweet! Thanks!

[sunshiine]

Thanks for sharing!

[wilgubeast]

I've always wondered about capers. Thanks for sharing your awesome caper recipe; I really enjoyed your writing style, too. But an eHow link??? Come on, there's gotta be a caper recipe here on Instructables. ;)

[agis68]

thanx...I really enjoyed this instructable. Hope you too. Now about the link....was a list of how to use capers and i found it interesting. Here in Greece we eat capers mostly in fresh salads, and with pasta...I ve had just now a capers sandwich!!!