Vegetable
Caperberry
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Caperberries are the fruit of the same bush, olive-sized, milder, often on the stem, a tapas pickle more than a chopped seasoning. They have seeds. A dirty martini or a plate. Non-pareil buds are the seasoning leaf.
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Characteristics
Preparations
MartiniPicklePlate
Traits
Fruit Not BudMilderNot NonpareilOlive SizeSeedsStem OftenTapas
History
ES
Spanish and Italian tables served caperberries as a pickled fruit.
Caperberries reached cocktail bars and tapas lists abroad.
Jars distinguished berries from buds so cooks would not chop the fruit for piccata.