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RE: two mysterious tall green bottles - 5/26/2004 5:35:30 PM    Bluebelle   Posts: 181 Joined: 4/16/2004 Status: offline I found capers today in my neighborhood Albertsons, on the pickle aisle, among the more exotic stuff. Come in clear glass cylinder bottle, 3.5 oz, imported from Spain, Crosse and Blackwell brand (which is now a subsidiary of Nestle's) However, they were almost $5, so they won't be back on my menus anytime soon. (in reply to hokeypix) Post #: 21

RE: two mysterious tall green bottles - 5/26/2004 5:54:25 PM    Harry Pristis   Posts: 495 Joined: 7/24/2003 From: Northcentral Florida Status: offline Thank you, Jane, for the report. I suspect they have always been a luxury item here because they are imported. And we don't even get a fancy bottle these days! ---------Harry Pristis _____________________________ ______________________________________________ Visit The Demijohn Page at: http://members.aol.com/pristis/index.html (in reply to Bluebelle) Post #: 22

RE: two mysterious tall green bottles - 6/1/2004 6:41:27 PM    Harry Pristis   Posts: 495 Joined: 7/24/2003 From: Northcentral Florida Status: offline I found three different brands of capers, plus capers berrys, at my local Albertsons supermarket recently. They were priced at about 60 cents per fluid oz. None of the jars holding the capers had much resemblance to the green jars with fluted corners that I think of as "classic" capers bottles -- all were clear cylinders. This is a representative example. Note that there is a ring in the neck above the shoulder as with the "classic" form. -----------Harry Pristis Attachment (1) _____________________________ ______________________________________________ Visit The Demijohn Page at: http://members.aol.com/pristis/index.html (in reply to Bluebelle) Post #: 23

RE: two mysterious tall green bottles - 6/1/2004 9:23:24 PM    Bluebelle   Posts: 181 Joined: 4/16/2004 Status: offline Thanks for continuing the research, Harry! The Cross and Blackwell one I saw was just a straight cylinder, no shoulder rings. So, did you buy some capers? (in reply to Bluebelle) Post #: 24

RE: two mysterious tall green bottles - 6/1/2004 10:36:35 PM    Harry Pristis   Posts: 495 Joined: 7/24/2003 From: Northcentral Florida Status: offline Yes, Jane, those are my capers. I am gonna' try them soon. I like pickled olives and pickled onions, and I believe I will enjoy the pickled flower-buds as well! Eating some of these "green floaty things" will cap this learning experience for me. Thank you to all who participated. ---------Harry Pristis _____________________________ ______________________________________________ Visit The Demijohn Page at: http://members.aol.com/pristis/index.html (in reply to Bluebelle) Post #: 25

RE: two mysterious tall green bottles - 6/2/2004 4:00:44 AM    bigkitty53   Posts: 286 Joined: 3/28/2004 From: Bermuda Status: offline Harry, Mix some capers in tartar sauce for fish-it's quite good. KAT (in reply to Bluebelle) Post #: 26

RE: two mysterious tall green bottles - 6/2/2004 8:14:07 AM    luvtodig   Posts: 88 Joined: 4/30/2004 From: Southern Illinois Status: offline Harry, I hope you enjoy your capers unlike olives or other pickled things, I am not sure I would eat them by themselves my experience, they have always been used in sauces..I am sure you know this tho intresting side note on the bottle..the other day on e bay, saw one of the old capers bottle being sold with medicines...the decription on it said old medicine bottles...guess they did not know what they had, or these bottles were used for other things? what I am finding on e bay, buyer beware..take care! _____________________________ Susanne (in reply to Bluebelle) Post #: 27

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