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Interesting information about capers, and how to make a good substitute.

http://homecooking.about.com/od/cookingfaqs/f/faqcapers.htm

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26-Sep-10 01:09

I never did like capers. I never liked sumac either. Sumac is ready for harvest around here now.

I'd just rather use lemon. Actually, I don't like tangy fish, so I don't even like lemon for that. Maybe I just never got use to tangy food. However, I do like sauerkraut.

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26-Sep-10 07:29

I love lemons, but I always wondered why people would ruin a good lemon by sliding a fish underneath it?!

Lemons give me heartburn sometimes, though. Maybe it's all that Vitamin C, ya think?

I've never had sumac. What does that taste like? Capers are usually for fancy dishes, so I rarely use them, but I thought it was interesting to see that a person could make them.

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27-Sep-10 08:39

Sumac is tangy and astringent. It is easy to find in Texas along the roadside. Berries grow on small trees here, but are more commonly found growing in shrubs. I don't know what the poison sumac looks like, so I don't bother with it at all. Commonly used in Turkish and Greek dishes.

North American indigenous peoples (Indians) used two native species of sumac - Rhus glabra and Rhis aromatica - to prepare a concoction similar to beer. http://greekfood.about.com/od/greekspices/p/sumac.htm

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27-Sep-10 09:59

They didn't give the recipe for the Native American drink (beer-like stuff) so I'll do some checking. DH probably knows but I have no clue.

The sumac which grows here in this part of the country is poisonous, I'm sure. It's beautiful right now (autumn) because it's just bright, bright red. Yesterday we took Hwy. 385 (scenic rather than quick!) down to Custer State Park for the beginning festivities of the Buffalo Round Up, which is actually today. We saw sumac (which around here grows either in bush form or crawling vines) all over the place. Of course, the farther south we traveled the more flat the land gets and when we left the Black Hills National Forest behind, the sumac became scarce and we saw a lot of nothing but browning grass.

We had a great time though, and tasted lots of different types of chili, saw a plethora of quilts, ate some Native American fry bread, etc. A fun time was had by all.

P.S. My new grandbaby is growing like a little weed. He eats constantly! Already over 11 pounds, but long. He's so long that even at 11 pounds he still looks thin to me. I guess some breastfed babies are like that, but mine just got chubby and stayed that way!

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