The old minaret adjacent to St Nikolaos church is a perfect reminder of the way the East met the West in the town I made my home, Chania, Crete, Greece.
The photographs I post all help to tell a part of a longer story that focuses on the town and its citizens, whether they are living there now, or have made their home in other parts of the world. As a newer resident, by writing about the town in this way, I am trying to put some order into the chaos that I seem to be confronted with.
Saturday, 1 November 2008
Caper bushes
Caper bushes growing in the original wall of the old town of Hania, near the Naval Museum.
Do you pick the caper buds off & then brine them to be used later? I've been told that capers can be quite delicious, but all the ones I have eaten seem too salty & sour.
Don't you love to see plants between a rock and a hard place, overcoming adversity? Capers grow in the Western Wall too. My nun friends pick the capers and pickle them.
Do you pick the caper buds off & then brine them to be used later? I've been told that capers can be quite delicious, but all the ones I have eaten seem too salty & sour.
ReplyDeleteDon't you love to see plants between a rock and a hard place, overcoming adversity? Capers grow in the Western Wall too.
ReplyDeleteMy nun friends pick the capers and pickle them.
I don't know that plant. I associate capers with nasturtiums.
ReplyDeleteMakes a pleasant, well balanced picture.
Amazing how they survive there!
ReplyDeletetough plants!
ReplyDeleteI like capers, but had never seen the plants
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Ooh, I love capers. I had assumed they grew on trees like olives though!
ReplyDeleteShall I say a good contrast? I don't know!!!
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