Sunday morning, January 14, 2024, the outing consisted of buying only a few things like cambures, lechoza, auyama, plus the purchase of capers that always have their place in the fridge.
The caper is an ingredient in various food dishes not only vegan, but also in other styles.
As it has a strong smell, some people do not like its smell and taste. My knowledge about capers was only limited to the month of December because it is included in the ingredients for the elaboration of the traditional december dish in Venezuela.
I was not very fond of using them in the preparation of my meals, there was a belief in me that because they were so strong the dishes were salty (a belief that came from my mother, I remember that she soaked the capers to use them in the hallacas stew).
One day I decided to try one, just by itself, without using it in the food, because that's how far I got with this belief... I said: ummm, delicious, it seems that I am tasting olives. Its taste is very similar. Then, I started to use it in my meals.
A vegan dish: vegetables, the same in other non-vegan dishes such as chicken with vegetables or red meat; it all depends on the taste you want to give it; it is a taste that who eats it says: it seems that we are in December ... by the smell associated with the memory that they bring.
With the use of the cap by the sides of the market and at the beginning of the Av. where the business where the purchase was made is located.
When I was a child I only used to see them being bought in their respective glass jars with their liquid, which give them durability...they can be kept for months in the cabinets as long as the lid of the jar is not opened for its use. When you do that, the jar goes into the refrigerator.
Nowadays, they come covered with salt in grains for durability and sales are by weight, where I bought them already prepared in 100 gram bags and refrigerated. You can still get them in their jars only in some places. I keep them in a glass jar in the refrigerator, so far they have kept. Throughout the year there are capers in the fridge.
Already at home with my 100 grams of capers.
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Domingo en la mañana 14 de enero 2024, la salida consistiò en comprar solo algunas cosas como cambures, lechoza, auyama, ademàs la compra de alcaparras que siempre tienen su lugar en la nevera.
La alcaparra es un ingrediente en diversos platos de comidas no solo veganos , de otros estilos tambièn.
Por ser de olor fuerte hay a quienes no les agrada su olor y sabor . Mis conocimientos acerca de las alcaparras solo se limitaba al mes de diciembre porque entra en los ingredientes para la elaboraciòn del tradicional plato decembrino en Venezuela.
No era muy afanada con el uso de ellas en la preparaciòn de mis comidas, existìa en mi una creencia que por lo fuerte, los platos quedaban salados (creencia que vino de mi madre, recuerdo que remojaba las alcaparras para su uso en el guiso de las hallacas).
Un dìa me propuse probar una , asì sola , sin usarla en la comida, pues hasta allì llegò esa creencia instaurada en mi...dije: ummm, deliciosa, parece que estoy degustando aceitunas. Su sabor muy parecido. Luego, comencè a usarla en mis comidas.
Un plato vegano: vegetales , igual en otros platos no veganos como pollo con vegetales o carnes rojas; todo depende del gusto que le quiera dar; es un gusto que quien lo come dice: parece que estamos en diciembre...por el olor asociado al recuerdo que ellas traen.
De niña sòlo veìa que se compraban en sus respectivos frascos de vidrio con su lìquido, que le dan durabilidad...pueden estar guardadas por meses en los gabinetes siempre y cuando no se abre la tapa del frasco para su uso. Al hacer eso, ese frasco iba a la nevera.
Actualmente, vienen cubiertas con sal en granos para su duraciòn y las ventas se hacen por peso, donde comprè ya las tienen preparadas en bolsitas de 100 gramos y refrigeradas. Igual se pueden conseguir en sus frascos solo en algunos sitios. Las mantengo en un frasco de vidrio en la nevera, hasta el momento se han mantenido. Durante todo el año hay alcaparras en la nevera.