I see people eating things all the time and they have no clue what they are. What is a pimento, a caper, and chittlins? And if they are something you already are familiar with, why give it a different fancy name?
How do you know that they don't know what they are eating if all you do is observe them? Do you go up to total strangers and ask them? :shrug:
Main Entry: chit·ter·lings Variant(s): or chit·lins \ˈchit-lənz\ Function: noun plural Etymology: Middle English chiterling Date: 13th century : the intestines of hogs especially when prepared as food
LOL, you think I haven't? I usually get: "Well, these are capers. They are so nice on fish" "But what are capers?" "Umm, gee, I don't know. <turning to husband> Do you know dear?" "Yeah, capers are those little round things you like on your fish" :wallbang:
We have a Russian (originally Tatarian) food here called "bleashi", it's basically meat inside a special kind of bread and is usually sold in train and bus stations, and I have never eaten it myself. Among friends we call it "buy three, collect a cat", because the meat in those has historically been of dubious origin and many have been cought selling it with cat, dog or city pidgeon meat in souviet times as well as now.
My family is really into gizzard stew. Tastes alright, but i can't swallow it , come on its basically intestines. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
kinda like sexual assault vs rape? umm, so what is a caper and a pimento? And how do they get that itty bitty corn for my chinese food. Is it mutant or just corn they pull early?
Gizzards are in a chickens neck. Its kinda their teeth. It holds the gravel to grind the food. It doesn't digest it.
This is a pimento. They are just a variety of chili peppers. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! And this is where capers come from Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Capers are just the pickled bud of that plant. It grows in the Mediterranean region.
THANKS!!! Is that a caper flower then? Are there white and black capers? And why call it a pimento and not a pepper?
like teeth. Its why they peck at gravel. I think some dinosaurs are rocks for the same reason. Ever butchered a chicken. Its full of gravel and whole grain (because it hasn't been ground up yet)
Capers are the buds of a weedy thorny Mediterranean plant, in Cyprus they grow wild everywhere, even out of our pavements (sidewalks for you yanks). Collecting the buds is difficult because of the thorns and because of the limited time scale available, as they flower within days, and that is why they are so expensive. Pickled capers have the chewy texture of meat and are satisfying to eat. We also pickle the young thorny stems and leaves (which I prefer), but they're nowhere near as popular outside the Med region. Pimentos are mild red peppers with an intense flavour.