12/10/09

Capers, Olives, and Radishes

The bitter and the puckery. These little nibblets of sour and bitter and zang are the curious flavors I have worked into the raw and cooked health foods I now devour. Capers look like gallstones. So do green olives.


Lithotryptic Salad

A ring of pineapple for balanced stomach acids
a handful of Spanish Olives(Green and stuffed with pimiento)
A handful of green organic mix cleaned and sprinkled on a pretty plate or in a bowl
two radishes sliced thinly like cross sections of a gallbladder
A square of cheddar cut into little nibbles
a strand of chicken from the rotisserie
a handful of capers rinsed of their brine