"Captain." Hogfish. A large wrasse of the western Atlantic with a piggy face. They are related to Spanish hogfish and Spotfin hogfish. The meat is of high quality with a firm white consistency and flavoured by its own diet of molluscs, crabs and sea urchins.
Capelin. A small bony fish of Arctic waters, resembling smelt and with the same cucumber smell when fresh, and treated in the same way as whiting.
A dish from Nice of cooked leaves of cabbage or Swiss chard, stuffed with sausage, rice and cheese and then baked.
Capers. The pickled flower buds of the white-flowering, low-growing caper bush which grows around the Mediterranean on rock faces exposed to the sun. They are usually pickled in vinegar or salt. They are particularly popular in sauces with fish but also served in other savoury dishes. There is a variety, nonpareilles, which is well named. On occasions the seed pods of the nasturtium are used instead - not really recommended. They are used in tapenade and with fish, particularly skate wings.
"Whim of the gods." A factory-made, soft, pasteurised, double cream (US: heavy cream) cow's milk cheese with a soft rind from Champagne, shaped like a small oval loaf and sold in a cardboard box.
Capers. The pickled flower buds of the white-flowering, low-growing caper bush which grows around the Mediterranean on rock faces exposed to the sun. They are usually pickled in vinegar or salt. They are particularly popular in sauces with fish but also served in other savoury dishes. There is a variety, nonpareilles, which is well named. On occasions the seed pods of the nasturtium are used instead - not really recommended. They are used in tapenade and with fish, particularly skate wings.
