And the seeds themselves are "capers".
Capers are watercress seeds? - We had them on the cruise ship in '86 on
different foods - thought it was a Greek thing - excellent
Gale :~)

G Pearce wrote:



And the seeds themselves are "capers".
Capers are watercress seeds? - We had them on the cruise ship in '86 on
different foods - thought it was a Greek thing - excellent

Er, no, capers are nasturtium seeds.

Now I'm confused, too :-)

Plants with the common name "Nasturtium" are genus Tropaeolum ("Flowering
Nasturtium" is /Tropaelum Majus/) and not at all related to watercress -
which is genus Nasturtium! Watercress is a type of mustard.

Here's a good page: http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Lepi_sat.html

Now I have to follow up what he said about capers - maybe they _aren't_
actually the same thing...
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And the seeds themselves are "capers".
Capers are watercress seeds? - We had them on the cruise ship in '86 on
different foods - thought it was a Greek thing - excellent

Er, no, capers are nasturtium seeds.

Now I'm confused, too :-)

Plants with the common name "Nasturtium" are genus Tropaeolum ("Flowering
Nasturtium" is /Tropaelum Majus/) and not at all related to watercress -
which is genus Nasturtium! Watercress is a type of mustard.

Here's a good page: http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Lepi_sat.html

Now I have to follow up what he said about capers - maybe they _aren't_
actually the same thing...

OK, Derek - you got the ball, run with it :~
Gale :~)

G Pearce wrote:


And the seeds themselves are "capers".
Capers are watercress seeds? - We had them on the cruise ship in '86 on
different foods - thought it was a Greek thing - excellent

Er, no, capers are nasturtium seeds.

Now I'm confused, too :-)

Plants with the common name "Nasturtium" are genus Tropaeolum ("Flowering
Nasturtium" is /Tropaelum Majus/) and not at all related to watercress -
which is genus Nasturtium! Watercress is a type of mustard.

Here's a good page: http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Lepi_sat.html

Now I have to follow up what he said about capers - maybe they _aren't_
actually the same thing...

OK, Derek - you got the ball, run with it :~

Right, he's across the 50 yard line and heading for the end zone:

capers are "Caprissa Spinosa", not very closely related to Tropaelum,
but ...

He's at the 30 yard line and leaving the opponents behind him:

Capers _are_ fairly closely related to Watercress! (both being members of
the Mustard family).

Touchdown!

I love following up these questions because I invariably learn something I
didn't know before. I've just complained to DW that she lied to me about
the Capers - she insists that she didn't lie, she just believed somebody
else who told her the same thing.
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Derek Broughton wrote:

Now I have to follow up what he said about capers - maybe they _aren't_
actually the same thing...

I love nasturtiums. It's fun eating flowers!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caper

Scroll down to the "Culinary Uses" section and it says that unripe
nasturtium seeds can be substituted for caper berries.

As for watercress, you just explained why my flowering watercress looks
so much like the wild mustard weed that grows around here. Thanks!

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