Capers are the buds of the caper bush, while caperberries, much larger, are the fruits. The flavour is similar, but stronger and more concentrated in the berries. Both are almost invariably pickled. In Spain they may be served as a tapas,

Capers are the pickled flower buds of this white-flowering, low-growing caper bush which grows around the Mediterranean on rock faces exposed to the sun.

Capercaillie. Black cock. Wood grouse. This large, grouse-like game bird is found in coniferous woodland hills of Scandinavia and Baltic countries, Scotland, the former Yugoslavia and Central Europe with some in the Pyrenees. They are usually found on the floors of coniferous forests during summer and up in the trees in winter.

Capercaillie. Black cock. Wood grouse. The largest of European gallinaceous birds; the male is also called Mountain Cock or Cock of the Woods. Formerly indigenous in the Scottish Highlands, where, after having become extinct, it has again been introduced from Scandinavia.

Blade meat. A sub-primal cut of the beef primal rib. It is the lean flesh overlying the rib eye and ribs.