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Default Dinner 9/22/2016 Chicken Picatta

On Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 4:46:35 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
> >
> > Gary wrote:
> > > First time ever for me. Just bought a jar and tasted 3 of them.
> > > Interesting taste. I'll use them in the future as appropriate. IE, they
> > > won't go to waste.

> >
> > Mostly, capers function as garnish. It's tough to get excited about garnish.

>
> LOL! True.
>
> > My wife likes them a lot. She must see something in them that I don't. I like it on top of tuna salad.

>
> That sounds interesting. Now that I have them, I need to learn what to
> use them with. Tuna salad sounds worth trying.
>
>
> >I also like them rolled with anchovies because they're so damned cute. Rolling anchovies around capers must the the world's most depressing job though.

>
> I would think the anchovies would cancel out any caper taste.


You might be right about that. I like them because they're cute and easier to pull out a piece than regular pack anchovies but I'll check that one out. I better buy two cans to make extra sure that you are indeed right.

>
> Anyway, I heard of ant-other job thats sounds even more depressing or at
> least highly boring....
>
> Sheldon talked about cooking large for many, many people. He said...
> don't count eggs, just keep on breaking them until you fill a gallon
> jug. arrgghh. Oh man, it's got to take at least 100 eggs to fill a
> gallon (and probably more). I would hate that job.