Nestled in the cocoon of bed, pondering breakfast.
Singing = no dairy. So eggs on toast? But the homemade chutney I made at Christmas is no more. What else to add zing?
The jar of caperberries? Yes.
Alas, to decide is to arise.
Eggs frying, toast browning, husband unscrewing stubborn caperberry jar. Inside the camouflage green fruits shift in their vinegar ocean, waiting… and freedom is granted! Kisses for the strongman.
Each oval is attached to a longer stem, with yellow veins stripes giving the impression that they once had a thicker skin but are now peeled.
Slice one.
Oh, I expected it to be the same green flesh the whole way through, but this really is the outer layer. Inside is a creamy collection of tiny seeds, like a chilli’s inner parts, nestled in a soft matching pulp.
Cut another one. Surprise again: this one’s seeds are larger and orange.
Taste. Vinegar and salt, like a caper. The white seeds are gritty, the orange ones hard and crunchy. The green skin gives easily, the smoothness enjoyable against the scattering pulp.
Fresh, zingy. Will go great with the eggs. Olives would be too heavy, capers too salty and intense, but the caperberry seeds spread the bright flavour well across the toast instead of concentrating it.
Thanks random jar that was reduced to clear!
Rating:
Specifics: Delicias Caperberries, bought from Coles Macquarie Fields
Caperberries
Nestled in the cocoon of bed, pondering breakfast.
Singing = no dairy. So eggs on toast? But the homemade chutney I made at Christmas is no more. What else to add zing?
The jar of caperberries? Yes.
Alas, to decide is to arise.
Eggs frying, toast browning, husband unscrewing stubborn caperberry jar. Inside the camouflage green fruits shift in their vinegar ocean, waiting… and freedom is granted! Kisses for the strongman.
Each oval is attached to a longer stem, with yellow veins stripes giving the impression that they once had a thicker skin but are now peeled.
Slice one.
Oh, I expected it to be the same green flesh the whole way through, but this really is the outer layer. Inside is a creamy collection of tiny seeds, like a chilli’s inner parts, nestled in a soft matching pulp.
Cut another one. Surprise again: this one’s seeds are larger and orange.
Taste. Vinegar and salt, like a caper. The white seeds are gritty, the orange ones hard and crunchy. The green skin gives easily, the smoothness enjoyable against the scattering pulp.
Fresh, zingy. Will go great with the eggs. Olives would be too heavy, capers too salty and intense, but the caperberry seeds spread the bright flavour well across the toast instead of concentrating it.
Thanks random jar that was reduced to clear!
Rating:
Specifics: Delicias Caperberries, bought from Coles Macquarie Fields