(IMAGE: caper leaves are the heart shaped leaves on the left side of the plate)
In the midst of the planning process for this trip, we came up with a wacky idea that we never executed….ok, there was more than one ð
This idea was based on a comment our good pal Jamie O’Neill had in 2001 when we went around the world then. He said “you guys always buy such funky stuff when you travel…I wish you would just buy two of everything and then give me one and I would pay you back!” Â It was a cool idea……negotiate for 2 instead of 1 and ship both home.
So with this trip, we brainstormed about taking Jamie’s idea to the next level…it went something like this:
1) Find something cool
2) Put on etsy.com
3) Have friends and family place orders for item in 48 hour window
4) Then negotiate with vendor for X number of item based on friends and family demand
5) Ship everything to Seattle port and have importer break bulk and ship individual items off
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It seemed like a doable plan but #5 stalled us out. Â We couldn’t identify an importer who could help us pull this off. Â Maybe it is because we didn’t focus on it….getting VISAs and booking accommodations ended up taking priority ð Â Oh well….
But as we left Santorini, I regretted never figuring out our scheme! Why? Â Because of caper leaves!
Caper leaves are LEAVES from the caper plant, not buds like the typical “capers” we buy for cooking in the US. Â Caper leaves are put in brine and used in cooking in Santorini. Â They are delicious! Â My sister, Kaarina, and I spent a good portion of our month in Santorini back in 1993 trying to figure out what caper leaves WERE! Â We kept encountering them in salads and asking what they were but nobody knew the english word for “caper leaves” and we still didn’t speak Greek. Â Finally, we found somebody who told us what they were, but back then, 20 years ago, they were hard to find in the grocery stores.
Things have changed! Â Cliff and I went to a specialty food store on Santorini and they had PILES of caper leaves! Â Wahooooooo!!!!
We bought a couple jars for our apartment and polished them off in no time!
We looked on the web to see if we can get them in the USA but the only thing we found was on Amazon for $15 for the same small bottle. Â YIKES! If anybody has any ideas of how to become an importer of specialty foods, we should bring these to the US! Â They would be SOOO…. good on salmon and on bagels! Â http://santowines.gr/en/santorini-food-products/capers-a-caper-leaves
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