What are Capers? #1 Health Benefit and Best Prep Hack
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What are capers exactly? Harvested from the Capparis spinosa flower bud, these pickled morsels not only add a burst of flavor they're also valued as a health-enhancing part of the Mediterranean diet. Learn more about which caper buds contain the best flavor as well as source of compounds that can support health and wellness.
Along with the difference between a caper and a caperberry, we'll also share the preparation hack for enhancing their natural floral, grassy and mustard-like taste. (Use the Video Chapter Timelines in links below to jump to your preferred topic of choice.)
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History and Features, What are capers and where do they come from?: bit.ly/2V0YggE
Phylogeny of Capparaceae and Brassicaceae based on chloroplast sequence data: bit.ly/3BllvS6
Polyphenol Compounds and Biological Activity of Caper (Capparis spinosa L.) Flowers Buds: bit.ly/3sXkYCB
Top List Quercetin, Wiki: bit.ly/3mFnnki
Top List Kaempferol, Wiki: bit.ly/3sUxx1C
Bioactive compounds in fresh and fermented caper (Capparis spinosa) buds and berries: bit.ly/3yusYfE
Pharmacological Effects of Capparis spinosa L: bit.ly/3jpIANm
Plant of the Millennium, Caper (Capparis spinosa L.), chemical composition and medicinal uses: bit.ly/3mVe4gz
Video Chapter Timelines:
0:19 What are Capers?
2:07 Pickled Capers Vs Fermented
3:26 #1 Health Benefit of the Caper
4:47 Best Preparation Hack
5:59 What are Capers Culinary Uses?
6:46 Precautions
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Disclaimer: All information in this video is for educational and general purposes only and is the personal view of the authors; not intended as medical advice, diagnosis or prescription. This content has not been evaluated by the FDA and is not intended to cure or prevent any disease. Always consult a medical professional to seek treatment for any health issue or medical concern.
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Capers are an unusual superfood loaded with polyphenols. They can be found growing WILD in the Mediterranean and are a food you should be interested in including into your diet.
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I'm wondering if things like acorns have a medicinal value for humans ?
Maybe your wife or your team can look into that for us ... if and when you should find the time , of course .
That is so stupid. You can only eat a few, so the benefit is totally minimal.
These are one of those foods that I’m secretly addicted to and while I’ve never done it, I could it a quart jar full no problem.
My mother used to make a Hungarian snack for us when we were kids. Cottage cheese, not the wet creamy kind, the drier version, mixed with a bit of sour cream, finely diced onion, paprika, lots of capers, salt and pepper. We ate it on fresh rye bread like it was candy!! It was called Turo!
That sounds so delicious!
I will definitely make it, but I'll have it on Swedish crispbread instead.
Very, very interesting, thanks for posting!
Sounds good.
Quark cheese. My father used to make it at home. It has only 3 ingredients: milk, acid, and heat.
I'd add smoked salmon on top
I have friends that deep fry them, until crispy as croutons. Fantastic on a salad ! A must!
My grandparents were from Spain. They used capers in many recipes, I learned to like them as a child. They used to put them in their sofrito.
I'm late to the game, but good stuff...
One of the reasons my wife married me was because I had capers in my refrigerator. She thought that indicated class & a knowledge of cooking. Nah. I just liked them with lox & bagels.
Capers & Love!
Lox and bagels with capers are great!
I learned to eat capers in Israel, my best friend gave me she made pickles she picked from her garden
Hey... it worked 🤷🏽♂️
Your wife is smart. And I'm certain that you have class and great knowledge of cooking. I remember reading it somewhere.
Yes, I didn't know they were so good for you..
I think I'll use my Capers for Chicken Picata
They Reduce Blood Pressure & Are Good For Blood Circulation helps with heart diseases
Reduce Inflammation
capers also tenaciously grow in cape breton, canada, it is a hot spot for capers
Nice to know, but am scared of Canada ATM.
I have an adventurous palate, and am always open to learning about food. I have a jar of capers in my fridge, but did not know their true value. Guess I will have to incorporate them in dishes that I prepare, and get ready for my picky wife to question them. She turned the kitchen over to me two years ago, on our 50th wedding anniversary!
Best of luck!
LOL! When I married almost 50 years ago, my wife knew nothing of cooking. I had been cooking since I was 8 years old and had to teach her how to use MY kitchen.
She became a great cook in her own right during our 45 years together...
I love capers. Dry toast, pate, diced onions and the just smack the piece face down into a pile of capers. Yum!
Interesting!
I make a three bean salad with red onions, steamed English peas and string beans and capers each week to have with my lunch. With a mustard vinaigrette dressing, Excellent!
Sounds lovely. I love bean salad. Although as a Brit I’m confused as to what “English peas” are.
Sounds great!
@@JulieWallis1963 English peas are also sweet peas.
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same here about 4+ years for me
Wow, thank you!
Thank you. Never having researched it, I always thought capers were some sort of seafood like mussels or something like snails.
So did we!
Me too!!!!...
This was lovely…I really enjoyed how the info was plant specific with proper genus names, plant pictures and correct terminology about what makes capers so special in their structure. Kudos!!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you I use them blended in homemade salad dressing and always wondered about nutritional value
Never thought to put them on pizza. I first learned about them in a restaurant I used to work at. They were lightly chopped up and mixed with the chicken salad mix, along with mayo, mustard, onion, celery, herbs de provence paste, and salt and pepper to taste.
Seems to be a thing!
With some anchovies they'd be divine
I use them several times a week; in scrambled eggs, in stew, in soup, in egg salad sandwiches, etc. Tasty.
I have eaten Nasturtium buds and when I first had a Caper I thought that is what they were. Thanks for the video!
You bet!
You have just made my mouth start to water and a craving. Heavens to Betsy.... LOL
One of the best things I ever had was capers as a garnish on carpaccio. They were deep fried and sprinkled with salt and gave such a wonderful texture to the dish, as well as being delicious, even though I am not quite as fussy on the brined variety right out of the jar.
Yikes!,, No need to add salt- some people even rinse them, although it doesn’t really remove much of the salt.
Try them browned or even blackened in butter and add them on top of sautéed flounder or sole. (Martha Stewart)
Really, really fantastic! I often serve it to guests and everyone totally raves! For less salt use unsalted butter, but I always use salted.
Same! My favorite dish
These are found in many Hispanic recipes as well. I add these to baked fish, sauted ground beef/turkey with olives, rices, and soups. It adds a robust flavor. Just a spoonful is enough for a big pot.
Interesting, thanks for sharing!
I use capers for bagels & lox.
Never knew they could be used for other purposes. I'll try some on my next pizza.
It's Caper mania!
Jeff’s Garden is my favorite brand for capers! I’m so glad you guys highlighted that brand, they have the best flavor and they’re not overly salty.💚🌱
Thank you for that info as I have slightly weak and hyperactive kidneys and really have to watch my salt intake .
Yes that's a good brand.
They are so salty! I have been buying that brand, but I am rinsing the salt off th3m from now on.
I love these damn things... eating a mix prepaired with capers and chopped olives. tastes great.
Wow! Who wooda thunk it...??? I use Capers all of the time. I buy huge jars of them from Greece. They are an automatic in my Greek and other salads. Then, I have heard that it's against the law, in some countries, to make Bagel & Lox without Capers...lol
I loved this info. Thanks so much. 💜🙏🏽
Glad it was helpful!
It is one of the best balancing for your allergies💜
Love love love capers
I love crab cakes and capers. Sooooo good.
I LOVE capers and in fact used them tonight in a Chicken Picatta! Also love them in my egg salad.
I, the narrator, have fallen in love with them as well...
I always keep them on hand for tuna salad sandwiches! LOL
Such an interesting video. Thank you.
Thanks for watching, we appreciate it!
I eat capers as a relish, like I do pickles and olives. Remove the salt?😳 no way! Just cut back somewhere else, like cheese and added salts. How do I eat them? With my fingers😂 I use them in many sauces but really like them best as a garnish for fish or just eat them like others eat popcorn. Yummmm
Now I have to get a teaspoon of capers. I love them drained of their liquid and I eat them like snacks.
interesting video. Capers are on my shelf. Some dishes ask for capers: pizza, steak tartare and peppersteak sauce.
A good use of capers is to put them in a homemade potato salad.
We eat mutton and capers in a white sauce Love it!
If you have seen "Invasion of the Body Snatchers " , ( II) I know you are remember the opening restaurant scene . " if it's a caper , eat it " .
for what ever reason i thought capers was some sort of sea food LOL
I did too !
Ha! I just had chicken piccata for dinner... :0) love capers!
Loved this one on a much loved though infrequently eaten ingredient! For whatever reason I didn't know very much about capers, so your video really rounded out my education. Crazy, I never realize they were a flower bud, but now when I think of the texture it makes perfect sense!
Have you tried growing your own and if so what were the results? I'd love to taste the fresh one.
We haven't grown them yet...
@@SuperfoodEvolution "Yet" being the operative word! 😊🌱😊 I think they would look very pretty in a rock garden or maybe even a hanging basket, plus be a nice culinary addition!
The fact they are flower pods makes that scene from Invasion of The Body Snatchers more interesting......
Wonder if the heat/pasteurization will destory the antioxydant/polyphenol?
It's really good in tartar sauce.
Isn't that interesting. I've photographed those flowers around Tzfat any number of times because they are so lovely, on the way home from buying my capers at the supermarket!
I actually eat nasturtium flowers all the time but only discovered capers recently ...my new fave!!
Awesome!
I make a wonderful gravy with paprika and capers and the caper juice that I serve over Weinerschnitzel. I also use capers in my Chicken Piccata! Both delicious dishes!
Yum!
The only other time I've ever heard the word(s?) Weiner schnitzel was on the movie Dumb and Dumber 😁🤣😂🤣😁😂🤣
@@OhHapppyDaay It’s all one word and is a breaded and fried pork cutlet. Not anything funny.
I love them, 😋
My favorite capers are batman and Robin
Love your channel I learn a lot to help with my health but can you please do Neem and flowers that a lot southeast Asian people eats a lot
We'll consider that, thanks!
Thanks. One ingredient that I never ever bought but had tasted few times in salads. It simply is never on my grocery list due to lack of knowledge on the item. Thanks again.
You are so welcome!
Interesting, thanks.
Thanks for watching friend...
once you open the caper jar how long will they last in the fridge?
The illustration is of a nastershum seed not flower bud .I grow them as a salad crop .
Minor correction: the substitute is the seed/fruit of the nasturtium, not the flower bud.
Please also check that it's the nasturtium depicted in the video: Latin name Tropaeolum majus. There are other plants called Nasturtium that should not be consumed.
I really really like capers
Yes!
I was thinking, "I saw recently capers on a list of foods that have a certain beneficial compound... what was it..." and just found out it's *quercetine* . I will start incorporating capers. I think I'm going to put them in my teff pasta with tomato sauce, and see how that works.
Lemon & Caper Chicken is Delicious
Chicken piccata
I like this.
Thank you!
Love them in pizza and pasta
Good for the liver too!
Yes!
Liver and onions with capers.
well glad saw this. in pezza recipe book no what hell capers are? so like olives only grow that area
thanks.
Thanks SKPjoe. We are Escapees as well!
Since you didn't mention it once I'll do it for you- Capers #1 health benefit; protecting the body's tissues against oxidative stress and associated pathologies such as cancers, coronary heart disease and inflammation.
You're welcome.
We are careful with claims for obvious reasons...
@@SuperfoodEvolution Yeah, but the title of your video has the phrase "#1 Health Benefit" in its title!
A little clickbait-ish don't ya think?
I like them in pasta sauce and egg salad
💚
Also great fried
Lot of votes for fried capers...
What is the name of it in English
Yummy on pizza with pine nuts and rasins, and olives
Oh yes!
Now I no longer fear them! For years I wondered what the heck they were and what do I do with them. Superfood? Maybe I'll throw some in my green smoothie...🤔
Yikes!
@@SuperfoodEvolution 😂
“Eaten in moderation” i am eating them as a snack rn
Ha!
Pescasdo Vera Cruz !
I ate so much Chicken Picatta while on deployment, I cannot stomach capers any more.
Rolled anchovies with capers…
No one stocks them anymore near us
Do my salmon in the oven with a lemon sauce.Top it with capers for last few minutes
Nice!
Capers are delicious
You know it...
a vine like bush?
Very high in quercitin
Yes!
Sushi!!!
Capers with grilled salmon.
3:46 for health benefits.
Legend, lore, and location rules!
hi i love capers. ok bye
Are they high in carbs or protein? 🇨🇦✌🙏
Neither...
I mix into cream cheese for a sandwich with salmon. Add some to salads. I rinse them off before using them.
For salmon:
Capers > Black pepper
Carrie Heffernan hates capers 😂
Do tapirs eat capers?
How now brown cow...
What stores sell them in oregon?
they usually near the olives
A caper is an activity that is typically illicit or ridiculous.
Nice one!
Superman and Batman are capers while Iron Man uses jet pecks.
Many years ago, a friend of my brother was cooking dinner and using capers in the sauce. My brother made the mistake of asking him what they were.
"Well," said the friend," You know what a capon is, right? Capers are what they remove when they make a rooster into a capon..."
They are supper on burgers.
And lunch, too 😋
Oo
oO
In steak hachée.
Best Anti histamine ever
I see them in every grocery store. I tried them in many foods.. No matter what I eat it with it taste wrong. I have no Idea what this could tase good with. The taste is very strong and kills other flavours in food, killing pretty much every meal..
I love them a large salad personally...
try caper berries....youre welcome
I have more than 300 tons of this product. Is there anyone who wants to buy it in bulk?
yes
Casper? Wasn't he the friendly ghost? Oh wait....
Ha!
Weird sour food
Not for everyone...
That background music is annoying as hell.
It's a necessary evil...
@@SuperfoodEvolution: Anything but that Euro-trash techno garbage.
This is interesting but they’re still gross to me
Started putting these in my tuna sandwiches 🤌🏼 now I can't go without them.