Caponata

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La Gallina Caponata was a Barrio Sésamo character played by Emma Cohen corresponding to Sesame Street's Big Bird.

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Caponata is a Sicilian eggplant relish made from chopped fried vegetables (mostly eggplants and peppers), seasoned with celery, olives and capers, in a bittersweet sauce. Variations of the ingredients exist: the "classical" recipes on the whole island number well over 37.

Today, caponata is typically used as a side dish or appetizer, but, since the 1700s, it has sometimes been used as a main course.

Caponata is an example of the eggplant-tomato combination that is found in many cuisines, such as the different moussaka found in the eastern Mediterranean.

The etymology of the name is not entirely known and evokes some controversy: it comes from either the "capon" or from the "caupone", the sailors' taverns.^{[1] [2]}

[edit] References

1. ^ Wright, Clifford A. (2008). A History of the Sicilian Caponata. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.
2. ^ Gangi, Roberta (2006). Caponata. Best of Sicily Magazine. Retrieved on 2008-05-26.