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On 7/3/2013 3:04 AM, casa bona wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Jul 2013 06:53:54 +0100, Janet wrote:
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>> In article >, says...
>>>
>>> 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.

>>
>> 2 tablespoons sounds an awful lot of capers in anything; are you sure
>> it wasn't 2 teaspoons?
>>
>> Janet UK

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> You're


Ah the sporgers are out...