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On 7/3/2013 2:57 AM, casa bona wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Jul 2013 22:22:09 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> I do not have much experience with these. Used them some time back in a
>> recipe and don't recall a problem. Then put them in that rice salad that I
>> made last night. I ate one and noticed a medicinal quality to it but since
>> there were only 2 T. for the recipe, I thought it would be okay. Well...
>> It wasn't! The salad tasted fine when I first made it. But after it sat?
>> The capers sort of took over the whole thing and all I could taste was
>> those. I fear I am going to have to dump it all out. I could only manage
>> to eat a few bites. Even after trying to pick around the capers, they had a
>> very aggressive quality to them.
>>
>> Did I get bad ones? I bought the store brand but the other kind was about
>> twice as expensive. Are they supposed to taste really strong and bitter
>> like that? I don't remember the others being like that. I think they
>> tasted more like a pickle.

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Ah the sporgers are out...