Poor Man's Capers Recipe

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 quart nasturtium seed pods
• 1 quart white wine vinegar
• 2 teaspoons pickling salt
• 1 medium onion, thinly sliced
• 1/2 lemon, thinly sliced
• 1 teaspoon pickling spice
• 1 clove garlic, smashed
• 4 to 6 peppercorns
• 1/2 teaspoon celery seed

Preparation:

After the nasturtium blossoms fall off, pick the half-ripened (still green) nasturtium seed pods. Continue picking as long as the seed crop continues.

Combine wine vinegar, pickling salt, onion, lemon, pickling spice, garlic, peppercorns, and celery seed in a 2-quart saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and cool.

Pour cooled mixture over nasturtium seeds and refrigerate for 1 week.

Keep the mixture refrigerated and use the nasturium pickles in sauces, dips, casseroles, soups, stews and as edible decorations.

Yield: 1 quart

Recipe Source: Marion Owen
Reprinted with permission.