What is a Caper Berry?

By Madalene Hill And Gwen Barclay
Published on October 1, 2001
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“What are these little green things?” people sometimes ask when
we serve a delicate lemon sauce with fish or chicken. Those green
things floating around are capers, which add a piquant flavor and
garnish to a simple sauce.

Capers are small, pale green, unopened flower buds of the caper
bush (Capparis spinosa). The buds are pickled in a solution of

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