Poor Man's Capers Recipe
After the blossom falls off, pick the half-ripened (still green) nasturtium seed pods. Continue picking as long as the seed crop continues. Drop them in a boiled and cooled mixture of:
- 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
Keep the mixture refrigerated and use the nasturium pickles in sauces, dips, casseroles, soups, stews and as edible decorations.