Thread: The Tomaper

"tom" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I have a Turducken-inspired idea. Stuff an tomato with a big caper.
>
> (For those unaware, you can get capers that an inch or more in
> diameter.)
>
> The thought occured to me while snacking in my kitchen.
>
> I cored a tomato and stuffed in a caper. I found I could slice the
> thing.
>
> That's about as far as I have gotten experimenting with this new
> culinary discovery.
>

Tom, take some time and get out of the kitchen.

cybercat wrote:
> "tom" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:c82350e2-3198-4545-910e-
> [email protected]...
>> I have a Turducken-inspired idea. Stuff an tomato with a big caper.
>>
>> (For those unaware, you can get capers that an inch or more in
>> diameter.)
>>
>> The thought occured to me while snacking in my kitchen.
>>
>> I cored a tomato and stuffed in a caper. I found I could slice the
>> thing.
>>
>> That's about as far as I have gotten experimenting with this new
>> culinary discovery.
>>
>
> Tom, take some time and get out of the kitchen.

lol

"Ophelia" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> cybercat wrote:
>> "tom" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:c82350e2-3198-4545-910e-
>> [email protected]...
>>> I have a Turducken-inspired idea. Stuff an tomato with a big caper.
>>>
>>> (For those unaware, you can get capers that an inch or more in
>>> diameter.)
>>>
>>> The thought occured to me while snacking in my kitchen.
>>>
>>> I cored a tomato and stuffed in a caper. I found I could slice the
>>> thing.
>>>
>>> That's about as far as I have gotten experimenting with this new
>>> culinary discovery.
>>>
>>
>> Tom, take some time and get out of the kitchen.
>
> lol
I was sweet, wasn't I?

On Oct 7, 1:20*pm, "cybercat" <cyberpu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Ophelia" <ophe...@elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]..
>
>
>
> > cybercat wrote:
> >> "tom" <tadams...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >> news:c82350e2-3198-4545-910e-
> >> 60f890528...@d34g2000vbm.googlegroups.com...
> >>> I have a Turducken-inspired idea. *Stuff an tomato with a big caper..
>
> >>> (For those unaware, you can get capers that an inch or more in
> >>> diameter.)
>
> >>> The thought occured to me while snacking in my kitchen.
>
> >>> I cored a tomato and stuffed in a caper. I found I could slice the
> >>> thing.
>
> >>> That's about as far as I have gotten experimenting with this new
> >>> culinary discovery.
>
> >> Tom, take some time and get out of the kitchen.
>
> > lol
>
> I was sweet, wasn't I? - Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -

I'm going to make myself a Capri Salad with tomapers, and a tomaper
sandwich.

Cherry tomapers on a toothpick, anyone?

On Oct 7, 1:20*pm, "cybercat" <cyberpu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Ophelia" <ophe...@elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]..
>
>
>
> > cybercat wrote:
> >> "tom" <tadams...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >> news:c82350e2-3198-4545-910e-
> >> 60f890528...@d34g2000vbm.googlegroups.com...
> >>> I have a Turducken-inspired idea. *Stuff an tomato with a big caper..
>
> >>> (For those unaware, you can get capers that an inch or more in
> >>> diameter.)
>
> >>> The thought occured to me while snacking in my kitchen.
>
> >>> I cored a tomato and stuffed in a caper. I found I could slice the
> >>> thing.
>
> >>> That's about as far as I have gotten experimenting with this new
> >>> culinary discovery.
>
> >> Tom, take some time and get out of the kitchen.
>
> > lol
>
> I was sweet, wasn't I? - Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

It's catching on.

"Tomaper Tomato Caper" (without quotes) already gets two hits on
Google since I posted!

On Oct 7, 1:20*pm, "cybercat" <cyberpu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Ophelia" <ophe...@elsinore.me.uk> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]..
>
>
>
> > cybercat wrote:
> >> "tom" <tadams...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >> news:c82350e2-3198-4545-910e-
> >> 60f890528...@d34g2000vbm.googlegroups.com...
> >>> I have a Turducken-inspired idea. *Stuff an tomato with a big caper..
>
> >>> (For those unaware, you can get capers that an inch or more in
> >>> diameter.)
>
> >>> The thought occured to me while snacking in my kitchen.
>
> >>> I cored a tomato and stuffed in a caper. I found I could slice the
> >>> thing.
>
> >>> That's about as far as I have gotten experimenting with this new
> >>> culinary discovery.
>
> >> Tom, take some time and get out of the kitchen.
>
> > lol
>
> I was sweet, wasn't I? - Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Wow! my post has already climbed to the top of the 10,000 previous
hits for Tomaper!

On 7-Oct-2009, tom <[email protected]> wrote:

> The thought occured to me while snacking in my kitchen.
>
> I cored a tomato and stuffed in a caper. I found I could slice the
> thing.

How about a cherry tomato stuffed with an black olive stuffed with cream
cheese and a caper.
--
Change Cujo to Juno in email address.

On Oct 7, 2:20*pm, "l, not -l" <lal...@cujo.com> wrote:
> On *7-Oct-2009, tom <tadams...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > The thought occured to me while snacking in my kitchen.
>
> > I cored a tomato and stuffed in a caper. I found I could slice the
> > thing.
>
> How about a cherry tomato stuffed with an black olive stuffed with cream
> cheese and a caper.
> --
> Change Cujo to Juno in email address.

I bet that (without the cream cheese) might make a great stuffing for
a Turducken.

In article
<[email protected]>,
tom <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have a Turducken-inspired idea. Stuff an tomato with a big caper.
>
> (For those unaware, you can get capers that an inch or more in
> diameter.)

Those are caper berries. They are the berries from the plant. Capers
are buds.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]

On Oct 7, 1:20*pm, "l, not -l" <lal...@cujo.com> wrote:
> How about a cherry tomato stuffed with an black olive stuffed with cream
> cheese and a caper.
> --
> Change Cujo to Juno in email address.

That sounds MUCH better. The "big capers Tom's talking about are
"Caper Berries" they are pickled in brine but that's about all they
have in common. They are a fruit and full of tiny little seeds like a
fig - but the seeds are not soft. It's kinda like biting into a very
tough skinned green olive filled with mustard seeds. Capers are
flower buds pickled in brine or vinegar.

Lynn in Fargo
Caper Lover,
Caper Berry Spitter Outer

In article
<[email protected]>,
tom <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have a Turducken-inspired idea. Stuff an tomato with a big caper.
>
> (For those unaware, you can get capers that an inch or more in
> diameter.)
>
> The thought occured to me while snacking in my kitchen.
>
> I cored a tomato and stuffed in a caper. I found I could slice the
> thing.
>
> That's about as far as I have gotten experimenting with this new
> culinary discovery.

I suggest you wrap the caper with anchovies before stuffing it into the
tomato. Seriously! I'd try it if I could get a one inch diameter caper.
What's not to like for a tomato-caper-anchovy lover.

leo

"Leonard Blaisdell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> In article
> <[email protected]>,
> tom <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I have a Turducken-inspired idea. Stuff an tomato with a big caper.
>>
>> (For those unaware, you can get capers that an inch or more in
>> diameter.)
>>
>> The thought occured to me while snacking in my kitchen.
>>
>> I cored a tomato and stuffed in a caper. I found I could slice the
>> thing.
>>
>> That's about as far as I have gotten experimenting with this new
>> culinary discovery.
>
> I suggest you wrap the caper with anchovies before stuffing it into the
> tomato. Seriously! I'd try it if I could get a one inch diameter caper.
> What's not to like for a tomato-caper-anchovy lover.
>

A reasonable blood pressure reading?

In article <R%gzm.238467$[email protected]>,
"cybercat" <[email protected]> wrote:

> "Leonard Blaisdell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..

> > I suggest you wrap the caper with anchovies before stuffing it into the
> > tomato. Seriously! I'd try it if I could get a one inch diameter caper.
> > What's not to like for a tomato-caper-anchovy lover.

> A reasonable blood pressure reading?

Everything is acceptable in reasonable proportions
<http://www.healthy.net/scr/article.asp?ID=2004>. Eat it if you can
secrete it.
I was thinking thin slicing it on a salad. Um... No I wasn't. Scarfing
one down twice a year couldn't hurt, could it?

leo

"Leonard Blaisdell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> In article <R%gzm.238467$[email protected]>,
> "cybercat" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> "Leonard Blaisdell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]..
>
>> > I suggest you wrap the caper with anchovies before stuffing it into the
>> > tomato. Seriously! I'd try it if I could get a one inch diameter caper.
>> > What's not to like for a tomato-caper-anchovy lover.
>
>> A reasonable blood pressure reading?
>
> Everything is acceptable in reasonable proportions
> <http://www.healthy.net/scr/article.asp?ID=2004>. Eat it if you can
> secrete it.


Is this kind of like "smoke 'em if you have 'em?"



> I was thinking thin slicing it on a salad. Um... No I wasn't. Scarfing
> one down twice a year couldn't hurt, could it?
>
Not a bit. I had to give up black olives, as I like them too much. Too much
fat, albeit "good" monosaturated fat, and wayyy to much salt. I had already
given up green olives years ago. I don't have high bp and don't want to get
it.

In article <[email protected]>,
Leonard Blaisdell <[email protected]> wrote:

> In article
> <[email protected]>,
> tom <[email protected]> wrote:

> > (For those unaware, you can get capers that an inch or more in
> > diameter.)

> > I cored a tomato and stuffed in a caper. I found I could slice the
> > thing.

> I suggest you wrap the caper with anchovies before stuffing it into the
> tomato. Seriously! I'd try it if I could get a one inch diameter caper.
> What's not to like for a tomato-caper-anchovy lover.

Last time I looked (a long time ago), Trader Joes had the caper berries.
I think there's one not too far from you:

http://www.traderjoes.com/static/find_a_tjs.asp

I've never tried a caper berry, but I've read (here) that the taste is
similar to capers. They come off the same plant.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]

In article
<[email protected]>,
Dan Abel <[email protected]> wrote:

> Last time I looked (a long time ago), Trader Joes had the caper berries.
> I think there's one not too far from you:

I know right where it is. I really ought to get in there once. It's out
of my neighborhood a ways.

leo

In article <[email protected]>,
Leonard Blaisdell <[email protected]> wrote:

> In article
> <[email protected]>,
> Dan Abel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Last time I looked (a long time ago), Trader Joes had the caper berries.
> > I think there's one not too far from you:
>
> I know right where it is. I really ought to get in there once. It's out
> of my neighborhood a ways.

Well, maybe you should check their product listings first. Oops! No
product listings on their web page.

Anyway, I was in desperate need of some almonds covered with dark
chocolate, so a couple of hours ago I went down there (they are 1/4 mile
away). I got my almonds, but as I walked by the pickles I took a look
for the caper berries. None. They are always right next to the capers,
which looked good and at a good price (US$2.49 a jar). But no caper
berries. If you are in the area, it's worth stopping by. I don't buy
much there, but like the free samples.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]

cybercat wrote:

> "Leonard Blaisdell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
>> In article <R%gzm.238467$[email protected]>,
>> "cybercat" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> "Leonard Blaisdell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]..
>>
>>>> I suggest you wrap the caper with anchovies before stuffing it
>>>> into the tomato. Seriously! I'd try it if I could get a one inch
>>>> diameter caper. What's not to like for a tomato-caper-anchovy
>>>> lover.
>>
>>> A reasonable blood pressure reading?
>>
>> Everything is acceptable in reasonable proportions
>> <http://www.healthy.net/scr/article.asp?ID=2004>. Eat it if you can
>> secrete it.
>
>
> Is this kind of like "smoke 'em if you have 'em?"


Kinda what "they" say about yer hubbie's pipi, cyberkittie...

;-)


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Greg Morrow
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